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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

Trying to install Visual COBOL for Visual Studio Personal Edition (download file vcvs2019_60.exe).  Have Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 (64-bit) - Version 17.2.3 installed.  Installation pop-up screen appears and disappears.  Find this in the Event Viewer log: Faulting application name: vcvs2019_60.exe, version: 6.0.245.0, time stamp: 0x5aeb9383Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.19041.1682, time stamp: 0x9b46280aException code: 0xc0000374Fault offset: 0x000e6cf3Faulting process id: 0x60f8Faulting application start time: 0x01d877bc0e97f9e1Faulting application path: C:\\Users\\pengu\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\{E4834407-177B-40B3-8516-4B3688B84FBD}\\.cr\\vcvs2019_60.exeFaulting module path: C:\\Windows\\SYSTEM32\\ntdll.dllReport Id: b4a69d5a-df03-4193-9f73-1dba433c5020Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: Operating system is Windows 10 Pro, version 21H2, OS Build 19044.1706. Any ideas on why the installation is failing

I am working on a mainframe migration project to AWS using Micro focus. Our mainframe inventory is using AMATERSE as a service aid program that operates in problem state. You can use AMATERSE to pack a data set before transmitting a copy to another site, typically employing FTP as the transmission mechanism.  I searched microfocus documentation but seems AMATERSE is not supported directly in micro focus. Can anyone suggest me how do we achieve this functionality in micro focus?

I am working on a mainframe migration project to AWS using Micro focus. Our mainframe inventory is using DADBBI at multiple places. I searched micro focus documentation but seems DADBBI is not supported directly in micro focus. Can anyone suggest me how do we achieve DADBBI functionality in micro focus?

Beginning in Visual COBOL V7.0 support for dynamic length data-items has been added to the COBOL language. You can specify a data item as follows where the limit phrase is optional and defines the maximum size of the data-item. 01 my-field pic x dynamic length limit is 15. The length of this field will change dynamically depending on it's current contents. Example: move "larger value" to my-field display length of my-field move "small" to my-field display length of my-field move space to my-field display length of my-field move "12345678901234567" to my-field display length of my-field The lengths that will be displayed are: 125115 Please see the full documentation here#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#dynamiclength#limitis#VisualCOBOL#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#COBOL#HowTo-BestPractice#VisualCOBOL

Hello guys. I again. I'm trying to install MicroFocus Cobol Personal Edition for Visual Studio 2019 on my notebook with Win 10 64 bits but I'm having the following problem: The installer just opens and closes without doing anything. the interesting thing is that I created a virtual machine also with Win 10 64 bits and in this case it installs. I've looked for any and all references that exist about MicroFocus Cobol in my notebook to try to locate the problem, but nothing. I don't know what else to do to install. Any suggestion? Just don't tell me to reinstall Windows because I won't. Thanks in Advanced.

A call to C$SYSTEM fails when the command contains special characters like ‘&’: CALL "C$SYSTEM" USING "START C:\\TEMP\\MF&2019.XLSX" 225                 GIVING RETURN-VAL The following error is received. Only part of the command is recognized so the file cannot be found: C:\\TEMP\\MF Windows cannot find 'C:\\TEMP\\MF'. Make sure you've typed the name correctly, then try again. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007308#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When using AcuXDBC and accessing the data through a DSN in Excel, it returns the error: DLLLOAD: xvision, the specified procedure could not be found PATH and GENESIS_HOME are set correctly and using odbcsql.bat directly on the command line works correctly. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007307#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

C$JAVA, using the op-codes CJAVA-DBCONNECT and CJAVA-DBQUERY, can be used to connect to and query a database. What driver string and connection string should be used? Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007309#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When running a newer version of AcuConnect on the server, the automatic update is triggered and installed on the client machine as expected. After this, when the .atc file is launched, the previous version of AcuThin is still used instead of the new installed version. This means that the automatic update is triggered again. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007310#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When trying to install Visual COBOL or Enterprise Developer, the installation fails with the following error:"0x81f40001 - Micro Focus Visual COBOL for Eclipse has not been detected.""0x81f40001 - Micro Focus Visual COBOL for Visual Studio has not been detected.""0x81f40001 - Micro Focus Enterprise Developer for Eclipse has not been detected.""0x81f40001 - Micro Focus Enterprise Developer for Visual Studio has not been detected." Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007302#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When a shared or mapped drive is set in the Working Directory in the Alias then there will be an error 267 in the AcuConnect logs, and the program will not run. This same set up works on Windows 7 but not now with Windows 10. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007312#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When using the Eclipse Variables View (or Expressions view) to debug JVM COBOL, corruption (truncation) of data occurs if an elementary alphanumeric field contains a low-values character. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007268#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

COBOL copy files with extensions longer than 10 characters not found by COBOL compiler in 7.0 Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007226#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs