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Within CA (Cobol Analyzer) Web it is possible to see the source code that has been loaded into a workspace. Is it possible restrict access to CA Web so that a user needs to be authenticated before using CA Web? It is possible to do this by enabling security with TomCat Web server and it will authenticate the user before allowing the user access to CA Web. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007405#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

How to use the 26 COBOL switches supported in a MF COBOL program by default and how to set these using COBSW environment variable and using the cobrun command. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007260 #SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

I Am trying to install the trial version of COBOL for windows. I installed the Eclipse for Java. Is that the correct version to be used for the COBOL for Windows? Thanks PS I am an old M/F COBOL programmer, not that good on the W/10 platform.

Under Visual Cobol Windows is it possible to map the numpad plus key to an adis function? For example: I want to map the numpad plus key to the tab function Thanks for any help#VisualCOBOL#keybcf#adis

I have to reinstall Visual Cobol for Eclipse in other computer because i have some trouble with the requerimients. So when i reinstall on my others PC i couldn´t insert my autorization code because i think that the code is asociate to my first installation.

Hi, I'm using Visual Cobol for Eclipse on Redhat, and trying to migrate from MF COBOL to Visual COBOL. I noticed [The static-linked run-time system is not available in Visual COBOL] from a document. But what is [static-link] ? and how can I find out whether [stacic-link] used in the current MF COBOL? Is where any keyword for using [static-link] ?

Hello,  Microssoft has released VS 2022 and we are looking to move to it from VS 2019.  I can not find any information on the Micro Focus pages about support for VS2022.  Does any one know when they plan to support it?   We are using Visual Cobol 6 currently. thanks

Visual COBOL allows you to deploy COBOL applications as SOAP or REST web services running in Enterprise Server. You can also generate COBOL client programs that are capable of calling these or 3rd party deployed web services. There are a couple of videos that describe this feature in detail: Using Visual COBOL for Eclipse to Create SOAP Web Services Using Visual COBOL for Eclipse to Create REST Web Services There are also a couple tutorials in the product documentation that will walk you through this process. Web Service Tutorials for Eclipse Web Service Tutorials for Visual Studio#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#VisualStudio#Videos#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#IMTK#HowTo-BestPractice#webservice#VisualCOBOL#Eclipse

Did you know that the Acu/extend product line includes Acu4GL, which allows you to leverage COBOL applications written with traditional file I-O statements (OPEN, READ, WRITE, etc.) to instead access data in Relational Databases? For more information, here is a link to an overview of the Acu4GL product.#programming#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocss/KnowledgeDocs#extend#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#AcuCobol

After editing the log4j2.xml file and following the steps indicated here, the AutoPass licensing logs are not being generated. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007151#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

How can tracing or diagnostics be enabled when issues occur with AutoPass licensing in AMC products? Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000006884#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

In certain situations, CA (Cobol Analyzer) will fail and produce an error message. As directed by the Micro Focus team, more information about the error may be required and this may require CA logging be enabled. Once the log file has been created it can be added to the case for further investigation by Micro Focus. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000006984#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hello everybody, my colleagues and I work with Visual COBOL (VC) for Eclipse 7.0 Version: 7.0.00247 under a host: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8350U CPU @ 1.70GHz, 8 cores, 15G,  Windows 10 , 64 bit. We have the following issue: VC crashes after starting it by fatal error; see below # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:##  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION## JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment AdoptOpenJDK (11.0.8+10) (build 11.0.8+10)# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Client VM AdoptOpenJDK (11.0.8+10, mixed mode, g1 gc, windows-amd64)# Problematic frame:# C  [ucrtbase.dll+0x26cbc] The Java Thread  "Cobol Indexing" deamon is causal. After set '-Ddisable.cobol.indexing=true' in eclipse.ini it works fine again.The Cobol project is 384 MB in size. Did you got this error before? Can you support us. Best regards, Eike Weiss #win#Eclipse#cobolindexing#fatalerror#VC7#Java

I have just taken delivery of a new PC. On my old PC I have Visual Studio 2019 CE and VC PE.   I wish to continue COBOL programming on my new PC. As I understand it, there is not yet a VC PE which is compatible with Visual Studio 2022 CE, so I will have to install VS 2019. Is there still a link on this web site where I can apply for a VC PE license to use? Thanks

The License was applied, however it does not seem to be correct for the installed product. Error reported: The License was applied, however it does not seem to be correct for the installed product. Please try again with valid license information and /or contact your loval Micro Focus Customer Care representative. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000005897#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

How do I setup CGI to launch AcuCOBOL applications? The only document that outlines this is for a older version of IIS and the steps are not the same. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000006780 #SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Excel and Power BI, downloaded from the Windows Store, do not connect to AcuXDBC. They give an error, even when the PATH and GENESIS_HOME variables are set correctly:DLLLOAD: acuxdbc04, The specified module could not be found. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000006779#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When running a COBOL program on the server, while connected via RDP, the style of the title bar of the COBOL program can change and then the minimize button will stop working. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000006782#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When using the HTTPPOST function with extra headers the response received is ‘HTTP 400 - Bad Request’. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000006784#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Windows has its own locking mechanism, called Opportunistic Lock, for files shared in a network environment. This mechanism is enabled by default and can contribute to file errors and performance issues in such an environment. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000006730#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Lack of performance accessing VISION files located in a shared directory. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000006724#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

After the installation of a new release of ACUCOBOL-GT, the following .Net statement: Dim cblObj = CreateObject("AcuGT.Application") may fail, returning the following error: The remote procedure call failed. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BE)  Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000006721#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When running a script, an error appears that states, "Execution error: File error code:244, pc=0, call=1 seg=0 244 licensing initialization error." Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000006696#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

I have a program that uses HTTPPOST to upload an XML data file to a REST web service using the form-data content type. This was working OK but now on some systems it has started to report a NULL response and I cannot determine why. The equivalent web page upload works OK via Chrome and does not give any errors so dismissing Op sys, machine configuration etc. I run the post with the code shown below Any ideas as to why I get a null response on some machines and not others? 01 post-address pic x(150).78 Content-Type value 'multipart/form-data; boundary="12345"'. 01 request-payload usage pointer. 01 response-payload usage pointer. 01 response-len pic s9(8). 01 request-len pic s9(8). 01 response-status pic 9(3) value zero. 01 import-xml-request pic x(180).01 parser-handle usage handle.01 xml-content pic x(99999999).01 form-data pic x(99999999). linkage section. 01 response-data pic x(5555). initialize request-payload request-len. set request-payload to address of form-d

Did you know you can confirm the version of the Acu/extend runtime in use, by specifying the -vv option on a command invoking the runtime? For example:   Windows: wrun32 -vv UNIX: runcbl -vv   For further information about this and other options for the runtime, please see this link.#extend#AcuCobol#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#programming#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocss/KnowledgeDocs