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Can part of all of modifiable fields be copied ? On the image only the first line in blue can be copied.

Hi , Here's a question about how to create project for [EXEC SQL INCLUDE] Copy Books. I'm using Visual Cobol for Eclipse on Redhat . I know I can create a [copy book library] or [COBOL Project] for saving Copy Books only, and Other Projects that only contains COBOL Program can use these Copy Books by setting [Micro Focus -> Build Path -> Copy Books]. But I also have some Copy Books for [EXEC SQL INCLUDE] , and seems I cannot use them by this way. How to create a project for these [EXEC SQL INCLUDE Copy Books] ? Like the following Projects 1.  Project1   ---- only contains [Main COBOL Program] 2.  Project2   ---- only contains [Sub COBOL Program] 3.  Project3   ---- only contains Copybooks(both for normal Call statement and EXEC SQL INCLUDE) ? the EXEC SQL is for Pro*COBOL Preprocessor for Oracle. Thank you.

Is it possible to launch a program via AcuToWeb and pass variables to the program via the URL? Example: the user is on a web page (HTML CSS, not AcuToWeb) that displays a list of departments. The user clicks on a department. We want to call a Cobol program to display or modify that department. We need to pass the department number to the program via the URL, e.g.: myhost:3000/&dept=ABC Thanks.

My company would like to know if such a tool is available.  It would convert Dialog System screens to Windows Forms.  I know that Micro Focus has worked on such a tool in the past and believe it has also been worked on by Micro Focus Partners. We have just two programmers converting a system with over 500 screensets.  What is its status ?#VisualCOBOL

Hi all, We want to prevent users from running more than instance of the same app. In other words, only one instance of  the app should be allowed at any given time. Is there a way to do it through compiler options or only at OS level? Thank you. 

I'm using Visual Cobol For Eclipse on Redhat Linux. There's some [EXEC SQL ~] Code for Oracle in my project so I'm trying to compile them. I've checked [ Micro Focus > Build Configurations > COBOL > SQL Preprocessor] and selected [Pro*COBOL], but while compiling , it shows error [sh cannot find procob]. I think it because of I never installed [Oracle Pro* COBOL] on my Redhat Linux. So I downloaded instance of [Pro* COBOL] from here https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/instant-client/precompiler-downloads.html#license-lightbox But I don't know how to install it, or maybe I have to install full Oracle Server? Please help, Thanks. 

When trying to register for free trial of Visual Cobol PE for Visual Studio 2019, the web page returns this error: Error: Server was unable to process request. ---> 2 OLEDB Errors Occurred: 1. Cannot generate SSPI context 2. SQL Server Network Interfaces: The logon attempt failed Unable to complete free trial registration. Has been reported to MicroFocus, but any suggestions about alternatives or detours would be appreciated.#VisualStudio#VisualCOBOL

Does Visual Cobol 6.0 support .NET 5.0? I'm asking this because today we started a new project (WinUI3) with a Visual Cobol 6.0 project in the solution. Because of WinUI3 I have to set all projects to .NET 5.0. Everything builds successfully, except for the Visual Cobol project (which I also set to .NET 5.0). I get the error that the dll I want to build cannot be found in the \\ref directory. Is this a known error message? Or do I need to upgrade to a higher version of Visual Cobol?

A previously fully operational VS and VC 6.0 system is throwing this error. Windows 10 system was powered off for a few weeks.  Hardware clock displaying the current year as 2013 had to be adjusted. Uninstalled and reinstalled Trial license, no improvement. How can this be resolved to use the remaining time on the VC 6.0 trial license? Thanks!

Hi , I'm trying to compile Visual Cobol and call them from Linux Shell , I'm new to Visual Cobol.... Here's 2 questions 1.  I created a [COBOL Project] and Newed 3 COBOL Programs named Program1~3,      and [Run As] - [COBOL Application]. but it only executed Program1.      How can I execute Program2 or Program3 directly? Like I can run a Java Program if It's a Main[] Class ? 2.  How to execute COBOL Program from Linux Shell ?      Compile Java Programs made .class files and I can run it with Shell Command. What's the runable file for Visual Cobol ? I'm reading this document https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/visual-cobol/vc70/EclUNIX/GUID-8D6B7358-AC35-4DAF-A445-607D8D97EBB2.html and maybe you can point out which part should I read ? Thanks, waiting for your response.

Hi, Im encountering error during the build of my Visual Cobol Project. [cobollink] Linking (64-bit) Sample_Windows_0314.exe...[cobollink] Micro Focus COBOL - CBLLINK utility[cobollink] Version 7.0.0.87 (C) Copyright 1984-2021 Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.[cobollink] [cobollink] Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 14.16.27045.0[cobollink] Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.[cobollink] [cobollink] Program1.obj [cobollink] cbllds00001520.obj [cobollink] LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'kernel32.lib'[cobollink] Link complete with errors[cobollink]#VisualCOBOLEclipse

Can I extract in a program the following: "C:\\Program Files\\Micro Focus\\extend 10.4.1\\AcuGT\\bin\\wrun32.exe" And if I update to a new version will it automatically get the new version? 

Hi, I am working on a POC for evaluating the Micofocus Visual Cobol converting from RM COBOL. While compiling the Program in Micro focus Visual Cobol environment I am getting the below error  I did change the below in the setting but didnt resolve the issue  Please advise how to proceed further  #VisualCOBOL

Hi , I already installed [Visual Cobol for Eclipse on Redhat] and  made my license like the this But I never received any [License File] or [Authorization code], Could you please help me get any of them to start a Free Trail ？ Thanks

Hello,  I need to make a program that runs in the background. The goal is to have a program running that, from time to time, will search a database to download new information if it exists. What will be the best way to do it? Best regards Alberto Ferraz

Hi,  I have to do one more integration between my application and a TCP/IP controller. The supplier just sent me the code with the programming of the features in C#, code that I already partially converted to Cobol. Now my question is how and what do I call these features (for example the OPEN and CLOSE functions). I type below a part of the code in C# that was sent to me.using System;using System.Collections;using System.Net;using System.Net.Sockets;using System.Text;using System.Threading;namespace NuxIOAPI2{ public class ANuxIOII : NuxIOBase { protected int nRandomtemp; protected Socket m_clientSocket; //UDP protected AsyncCallback m_pfnCallBack; protected IAsyncResult m_result; protected ArrayList _messages = new ArrayList(); protected IPEndPoint _ipEndpoint; private class SocketPacket { public System.Net.Sockets.Socket thisSocket; public byte[] dataBuffer = new byte[1024]; } public static bool WriteErrorLog(string strText) { System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine(strText); string

When i execute a Post with one entry in an array, I get a 415 error (Unsupported Media).  When I execute a Post with one entry but not part of an array, it works fine.  When I post either of them on the destination site, they both work fine.  Is it possible that something in the dll is not quite right with regard to Posts of arrays?  The JSON in question is [{"email":"default.eml.address@defaulteml.com","first_name":"WALTER","last_name":"M","company":"905 AUTO","street_1":"1160 CRESTLAWN DR UNIT#10","street_2":"SUITE 2008","city":"MISSISSUAGA","state":"ON","zip":" ","country":"CA","country_iso2":"CA","phone":"416454-9026","notes":" ","tax_exempt_category":"N","customer_groupid":0,

Dear all, We just converted our zOS cobol version 4 into Micro Focus COBOL  V6.0 revision 000 on Linux.   the XML PARSE won't accept empty attributes. Do we need to test for xml-text length, or is there a setting to tell the parser to ignore empty attributes? Thanks James

Dear all, We just converted our zOS cobol version 4 into Micro Focus COBOL  V6.0 revision 000 on Linux.   the XML PARSE won't accept empty attributes. Do we need to test for xml-text length, or is there a setting to tell the parser to ignore empty attributes? Thanks James 

IBM Terminals have an "Exit field key". This key will do the following; 1) Erase the field from the cursor position to the end of the field 2) Tab to the next field My question is; Can this functionality be implimented using the ADIS configuration utility and can said functionality be assigned to a key of my choice? I am using Visual Cobol under WINDOWS Thanks in advance for any help#exitfield#VisualCOBOL#adis

I am trying to display a pop-up menu on a grid for a program executing on Acu-To-Web I managed to get it working, and actually identify what grid row it was clicked on. It seems that you have to define the Pop-Up before displaying the original Floating window and manage the pop-up from the events it generates from the Event Procedure defined for the window. That's fine as long as the grid exists in the original window..  I need to be able to display the pop-up in a subroutine called from the original window. So I defined the pop-up, displayed the window, and called the subroutine passing both the Window's Handle and the Popup's Handle.   In the subroutine i gave the following command:               MODIFY WS-CALLING-PROGRAM-WINDOW-HANDLE EVENT PROCEDURE IS MAIN-SCREEN-EVENT-HANDLER Well guess what folks --  the MAIN-SCREEN-EVENT-HANDLER never gets executed when I finger tap any of the grid rows Can one of the developers, or pr

When a program executing on Acu-to-Web 10.4.1 on an iPad has a paged Grid, none of the Navigation Buttons on the right of the grid don;t work.   When they are tapped, they do blink Is this going to be implemented in the next release or are there new events that can be service similar to MSG-PAGED-FIRST, MSG-PAGED-LAST, MSG-PAGED-NEXT, MSG-PAGED-PREV (I noticed that you can swipe up or down, and the MSG-PAGED-NEXT-WHEEL and MSG-PAGED-PREV-WHEEL events trigger and the grid  display backwards or forwards.)#GridEvents#Acu-to-Web#PagedGrids

The ATWDesktop tool cannot connect to either Chrome or Edge anymore. <br>Using Firefox, the connection browser-ATWDesktop is almost immediate. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000002087#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When adding a short sleep to a test program I made a simple syntax error. Visual Cobol compiles with no error but Server Express flags an error. Question is if the Visual Cobol compiler is smart or just confused? identification division.program-id. demo1. environment division.configuration section. data division.working-storage section. procedure division.   call "sleep" using by value 5 size 4   on exception      display "first sleep failed"         upon syserr   end-call    call "sleep" using by value 5 length 4   on exception      display "second sleep failed"         upon syserr   end-call   goback. end program demo1. As explained, compiles in Visual Cobol, throws this error in Server Express 17 call "sleep" using by value 5 length 4* 13-S****************************************** ****

Looks like grid events MSG-GRID-RBUTTON-DOWN and MSG-GRID-RBUTTON-UP events are not supported. and looks like MSG-INIT-MENU and MSG-MENU-INPUT can't be serviced by the grid's Event Handler Is there a way to get a pop-up displayed, on a particular grid Row/Column and know what row./column it is without having to do it from the Window's  Event Procedure nd figuring it out using the Row/col returned from calling W$MOUSE ?#acutoweb#pop-upmenu#GridEvents