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Did you know that the install process for Acu/Extend products on UNIX/Linux no longer requires extracting an archive file? Instead, an executable installer is provided for recent releases. You can find instructions for using these installers in the Release Notes document for your product version; see this page for an example.#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#extend#AcuCobol#programming#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocss/KnowledgeDocs

PDF documents may be created using XML Extensions in conjunction with the open source Apache FOP product for a cost effective solution. Problem: Modern applications are often required to produce PDF documents, for example as replacements for traditional printed reports or as a standardized mechanism to distribute documents via email. Many of the available existing PDF creation solutions are expensive and/or lack the portability of RM/COBOL applications. Resolution: Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter. Because it is a Java application, its portability is quite comparable to an application implemented in RM/COBOL or Xcentrisity Business Information Server. Apache FOP is an open source project of The Apache Software Foundation licensed under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0, which permits redistribution under terms that are quite useful for

hello , i am new to visual studio and cobol an i need to connect to sqlserver to delete and insert in table throw cobol any help?

Hi! I hope you all are well Is there any documentation on the event.log file that Relativity DataServer creates? We see tons of WARN with Query Time Out Exceeded and as there is a problem working with the Data Server since a couple of days ago, I would like to understand the cause of the problem. reldbsrv : WARN: Unix event ID=-2147483574: Event Msg=Query Time Out Exceeded: HostName=PCSC0532, Application=Relativity® Database Designer, IP=10.8.0.66reldbsrv : WARN: Unix event ID=-2147483574: Event Msg=Query Time Out Exceeded: HostName=PCSC0533, Application=Relativity JDBC Client, IP=10.8.0.194 Any ideas? Regards,

An ACUCOBOL-GT application can be executed as-it-is in multiple modes, such as a standalone runtime installation, an AcuConnect Thin Client environment, the newest AcuToWeb mode.The developer can anyway decide that some piece of code can be optimised for each of these environments.Is there a way to identify the mode the program is executed in, so that a different branch of code can be run? Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007775#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Is it possible to skip lines of COBOL source code at run-time and activate them when necessary, for instance during a debugging session? Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007776#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When reporting an error or a bad behaviour in an ACUCOBOL-GT application, the Customer Support engineer may request a test case in order to troubleshoot the issue. Should a small stand-alone program not demonstrate the behaviour, the application itself may need to be submitted.   However DO NOT send the entire application, but rather send only the programs and data files that are actually used in demonstrating the issue.  Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007773#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Each of the following fails with '310-S ACCEPT/DISPLAY syntax incorrect' in Net Express and Visual COBOL: ACCEPT data-item1 FROM DATE-AND-TIME ACCEPT data-item2 FROM DAY-AND-TIME Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000008005#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

The following error occurs when executing the RUN.EXE command: Load error : file 'MFRUN.gnt' error code: 179, pc=0, call=1, seg=0 179 error message text not found Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000008088#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

How is AcuXDBC client and server installed and setup on Windows? Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000008028#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

For line sequential files how to keep the trailing spaces, when using COBOL-IT. The same functionality supplied by Visual COBOL EXTFH configuration option STRIPSPACE=OFF.https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/visual-cobol/vc70/DevHub/HRFLRHEXFH21.html Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007982#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Beginning with Visual COBOL V6.0 Visual COBOL supports the DECLARE statement in native code. This allows you to declare one or more local variables within the procedure division body. The scope of any inline local variable is from the point of declaration until the end of the innermost containing block, where paragraphs, sections and the whole method are considered to be blocks. This support was already in managed .NET/JVM programs although in managed code the local data items are statically scoped, but (unlike managed COBOL local items) they are not perform-range-local: if you re-enter a paragraph or section, fresh copies of any associated local data items are not created. Example: 01 names pic x(10) typedef. ... declare i1 as binary-long display i1 *> Optionally, the variables can be initialized inline declare c2 as binary-long = 5 display c2 declare name-list as names occurs 3#local

I need a help. In my application I need to get the first row out of the Select query execution through COBOL. I know the SELECT will return many rows but I only want the first row. I can not use Cursors as it can degrade the performance.

Hi, Can anyone tell me where I can download vcvs2019_50_pu02_242792.exe from? Thanks Andrea

Problem: How to make a Dialog System entry field read-only at runtime? Resolution: There may be an occasion where you have an entry field that you want to disable but allow the user to click on the field or be able to select the text and copy it. Disabling the field  or making it a DISPLAY-FIELD won't allow the user to select it though. One way to do this is to use the Dsobjcfg Dialog System Extension. You can use the CALLOUT function to call Dsobjcfg in order to dynamically alter properties of certain objects, including entry fields. See the Dialog System Help topic "Calling DSOBJCFG" for the implementation details.   The attached demo has 3 radio buttons that allow you to select the entry field that you want to be read-only. You then click the "Read Only" button or the "Not Read Only" button to turn this attribute of the entry field on or off. The datablock should contain the following group: &nbs

We are in the process of migrating from Native COBOL to JVM Cobol but that is a long process.  We have a situation in prod where we need to signal a problem from several call levels down all the way back to the top level.  In Jvm COBOL, we can use Raise (the equivalent of Throw in Java) to signal this and Catch the situation at the top level. Is there any way to do something like this with NATIVE COBOL. JVM Cobol ExampleTop Level Program        $set ooctrl"+p-f"        $set SOURCEFORMAT"VARIABLE"        program-id. aptest01.        environment division.        configuration section.        repository.            class Ex as "java.lang.Exception"            .        data division.        working-storage section.   &nbsp

What is the difference between the Shared and Static installation of AcuCOBOL-GT Extend on Linux? Is it possible to identify if the Shared or Static version has been installed? Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007682#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

The installer for AcuCOBOL-GT extend on Linux contains a number 118 (setup_acucob1041pmk118shACU). What does this mean and what do all the different numbers mean? Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007680#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Both Visual Studio 2019 and 2022 are installed, and the Visual COBOL 7.0 setup fails to install. A window quickly flashes and disappears, and nothing is installed. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007652#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

After you update your current version of Visual COBOL to  Visual COBOL to 7.0, you received an ".xml file" which is AutoPass license  you tried to install it but received the following error: "Unable to install - The license string does not appear to be valid" Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000005956#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hi, We have followed below link for doing debugging on Enterprise Server using cassi but after executing cassi -a -rESDEMO command we are getting error as “console deamon not active RC = 4605”.   Debugging Services and Applications on Enterprise Server Using the cassi Command (microfocus.com)   Can anyone help us to solve RC=4605

The Visual COBOL extension for Visual Studio Code can be installed directly from the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace, This applies to Visual Studio Code running on both Windows and Linux systems. This will provide you with a full-featured COBOL editor and if you also have Visual COBOL installed, will allow you to compile and debug your applications. Please see the documentation here:#development#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#HowTo-BestPractice#VSCode#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#VisualCOBOL#VisualStudioCode#VisualStudio

Hello  I am seeking assistance on getting my NetExpress 5.1 License renewed or to even purchase a license because presently I am unable to compile Peoplesoft COBOL Programs .  see attached screen shot  Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Hi, our company delivers the dll and exe files to our customers, which were generated with VisualCobol. Now we would like to use newer language features like functions. Unfortunately we only get executable programs if the rdf files are also delivered. Probably it is a directive, but no suitable one was found. The most promising was the repository directive: https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/visual-cobol/vc60/EclWin/HRCDRHCDIR5N.html  Currently we use Native Cobol, a change to JVM Cobol is unfortunately not planned in the near future.

Hello, My organization is in the process of upgrading from Visual COBOL 4 to Visual COBOL 7. I've been setting up formatting in the Visual Studio settings for it and I notice a difference in behavior. In VC4, if I selected a section that looked something like this: if value-item > 5    move value-item to other-value-itemend-if and used the Format Selection function, I'd had it configured where it would result in this: If value-item > 5    Move value-item To other-value-itemEnd-if Basically, it would do proper capitalization of keywords. I've tried everything I can find in the settings to replicate this behavior in VC7, but it never touched capitalization, leaving everything as it was and applying all other formatting settings. Is there something I'm potentially missing, or was this changed from 4 to 7?#VisualCOBOL#VisualStudio