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Patch Update installation using RPM shows multiple errors: "File <filename> conflicts with file from package <package-name>" Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000003715#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

EJB failure "RTS 173 Called program cannot be found in directory", trying to invoke COBOL module JTXDMP01. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000003676#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

I am performing below. Getting lot of timeouts. Setup: rm/cobol <=====> RMNet <====> MIRTH <====> API in Sql Server. Test Case: # 20 synchronous call to API from RM/COBOL application. [Breakout condition in our shop] Result # Majority call was successfu. # Few are timeout. [Not able to see request transaction ] Is there any tuning or setup that maybe missing ? Need guidance or direction would be helpful.#RMNet#RMCOBOL

Is there anyway to 'Read" a copy file from Working Storage each time the program is ran? Here is a example. For 20 or so programs only certain users can run different functions from the program. Currently I have to compile the program each time I change the table. 01 FG1700-TABLE PIC X(03).     88 VALID-ALL VALUE                          "SGK" "SGT"                          "DMR" "DMP"                           "DMS" "DMF"                           "DMD" "DM3".     88 VALID-FG0400 VALUE                         "SGK" "SGT"    &nbsp

Does RMCOBOL support containerization using docker? we have plans to move our application built in RMCOBOL to GCP. One of the question came out is related to possibility of containerizing the application using docker/Kubernetes. I have not seen any info related to this on web. Any leads please? Thanks, Bharath#container#Cloud#docker

Hi, I appreciate Chris Glazier has previously posted that Net Express is not certified on Windows 10. However we have a application developed in Net Express 5.1 which uses the CCITCP interface and CCITCP2 and customers have reported  the application freezing if left open on certain programs for a period of time. Looking at the mfclisrv.log I have noticed large number of CCITC32-0008E and CCITC32-0041E messages in the log. We have a large customer base running different versions of Windows and it will be hard to get them to willingly pay towards the cost of upgrading the existing application to Visual COBOL. So, with that in mind would I be right in saying this relates to the original post by Chris regarding the limitations of the underlying build tools and the c-runtime. https://community.rocketsoftware.com/discussion/netexpress-51-compatibility-with-windows-server-2012-r2#bm6d667238-0637-40c7-89ee-183be65fc7e2 Any pointers would be much appreciated as if

When i use the UNDERLINE clause with USING fields it doesn't display the UNDERLINE unless the cursor is at the field. Is there anyway to ALWAYS display the underline for these fields. The first image is how it looks now. The second image is how i would like it to appear. Thanks in advance for any help. working-storage section. 01 ws-field-1 pic x(10). 01 ws-field-2 pic x(10). 01 ws-field-3 pic x(10). 01 ws-field-4 pic x(10). screen section. 01 my-screen. 05 pic x(10) value "field-1" line 5 col 5. 05 pic x(10) line 5 col 15 using ws-field-1 underline. 05 pic x(10) value "field-2" line 7 col 5 05 pic x(10) line 7 col 15 using ws-field-2 underline . 05 pic x(10) value "field-3" line 9 col 5. 05 pic x(10) line 9 col 15 using ws-field-3 underline . procedure division.

There are some visual effects with windows11 regarding our application that are quite appealing, for instance that the entry-field that has the focus is "highlighted" by a blue line at the bottom.Is there a way to do such a thing in windows10, too ? Perhaps with manifests ?

I am using Visual Cobol for Windows Version 7 I have a Visual COBOL SCREEN SECTION FORM with a number of modifiable fields. I use the CONTROL clause to dynamically make fields modifiable or protected When i protect a modifiable field it will still tab to that field. I have tried setting the ADISCF option "Control of whether protected fields are skipped" to skip (2), but that doesn't seem to have any effect Is there any way to get ADIS to skip fields if they are protected? Thanks in advance for any help

I wish to display a bitmap or jpg file using W$BITMAP.  I want to know the width & height so I can show it in a floating window that is the correct size.  Can anyone offer a suggestion ?  Also it would be nice if there was an option with the WBITMAP-DISPLAY op to resize or scale the graphic smaller by a %

If i run a program that uses DBCONNECT/ACU4GL to access an MS/SQL Data base, and it crashes, When I run the program again i get a 9A error. This appears to be because the lock table is not updated to remove any locks. How can i reset the lock table after a crash or should i use another approach? Thanks in advance for any help#locking#VisualCOBOL#dbconnect#SQL#Acu4GL

Drake ---  Any chance of modifying this to work on ACU-Web so that it will load a photo from a tablet or smart phone ? Or setting up a new library call to do stuff on these devices such as:   -  Load a photo to be captured    -   Send a text message  Now that would be something to enhance the product.#WBITMAP#Tablets#photo#smartphone

Is it possible to configure a Docker machine with runtime and Thin-Client installed and properly configured? It would be helpfull for: - Demo environments - Upgrade system from a runtime to a newer one - Be sure to have the same environment in all deployed machines#docker

Is it possible to access an SQLSERVER VIEW using DBCONNECT?#dbconnect#SQL#VisualCOBOL

Hi.   Did a utility program to use the RMNet libraries.  Tested with 10.3.1 in linux.  Used the librmnet64.so library.   If I use the -y method of loading the library, it works and the various "methods" are available.  eg) NetInit, HttpPost, NetFree, and NetCleanup.   But if I instead try to load it using:   call "./librmnet64.so" there is no error, but the methods are not available either.  I just get an error message: NetInit: Program missing or inaccessible A symbol dump reveals the library has RMDLLNetInit, but trying to call that directly fails as well. Does the library have to load via -y or am I missing a configuration option?

I am adding Embedded SQL to my programs, and I was wondering how I would setup the Declaratives Section of the COBOL program to use the Embedded SQL Cursors instead of the COBOL Files? Do I even need that section any longer when using Embedded SQL?

It happens so easily: you run your AcuToWeb application in your browser, you open a new tab to look something up and instead of closing the tab you close the browser. Your application is still running on the server but there is - as far as I know - no way to reconnect to this session. Is there a way to prevent the browser (all browsers) from closing when running an ATW application ?

Rebuilding a Vision file with Vutil gives an unrelated error message Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000003497#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

I know my way around visual studio. I am trying to learn Micro Focus Cobol(Already know Cobol) when I bring up an example solution I get the following.. Where do I find the licesnce code for the Visual Studio Cobol trial. #VisualStudio

We have a very old single license of NetExpress, which we use very rarely for testing very old software. We have no maintanance contract. We now need to move Netexpress to a new computer. I tried to create a revoke key using PROTCFG.exe, but i get an error "Failed to revoke an option.(0)". Furthermore, i am unsure on what url to use to pass the revoke key (once i get one) to microfocus and to  obtain a new licence key subsequently. Thanks for your help!

Problem: GetFileTime MS API: .......................... Retrieves the date and time that a file or directory was created, last accessed, and last modified. SetFileTime MS API: .......................... Sets the date and time that the specified file or directory was created, last accessed, or last modified. Resolution: Sample is attached ... ..........................            copy "windows.cpy".        identification division.        program-id. MSAPI-FileTime.        working-storage section.        78 CRLF                     value x"0D0A".        78 SEP      &nbs

We recently tried to upgrade from Visual Cobol 5 to 7 but were forced to roll back because our applications were crashing Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.0x00007ffff66e149e in _mFgdlisize () This was found in two places that had extremely large initialize statements of several items (roughly 20 01-items of around 1k size each). Each time, I was able to comment out a single data item to cause the compiler to not produce the call to _mFgdlisize which allowed the program to run. Spliting it into 20 smaller initalize statements did not fix the problem, it would error on the same data item each time still. I was able to download Visual Cobol 6.0 personal edition for windows and use dependency walker to confirm that _mFgdlisize was in CBLRTSM.dll meaning that it was introduced in VC6.0 and not VC7 So my question is what is _mFgdlisize and why is it causing my programs to crash? Thank you in advance for your time.

How do i change the visual studio compiler directives for my project? When i Click Project/MyProject properties and Click the COBOL tab i can see the compiler options under Build settings but they are not modifiable. I want to change the compiler options to generate .int and/or .gnt files rather than/as well as .exe files Thanks in advance for your help#VisualStudio#VisualCOBOL

I am running 10.4.1 and tried to change my ASSIGN statement to print directly to PDF.  The old statement (which opened the Windows Print Manager) was SELECT PRINT-FILEASSIGN TO PRINT PRINTER-NAMEORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL FILE STATUS IS PRINTER-STATUS. and the new is SELECT PRINT-FILE ASSIGN TO "-P PDF C:\\apps\\report2.pdf" FILE STATUS IS PRINTER-STATUS. But now many of the WIN$PRINTER calls are getting -6 and -7 errors.  Below is an example of a call which works with the Windows Print Manager but not when printing direct to file. INITIALIZE WPRTDATA-DRAW MOVE 17.60 TO WPRTDATA-DRAW-START-X MOVE 02.30 TO WPRTDATA-DRAW-START-Y MOVE WPRTUNITS-CENTIMETERS TO WPRTDATA-DRAW-UNITS CALL "WIN$PRINTER" USING       WINPRINT-SET-CURSOR       WINPRINT-DATA                 GIVING CALL-RESULT WRITE PRINT-LINE FROM ":" BEFORE ADVANCING 1 LINE It creates the pdf file but i

Hi There, We currently use Visual Cobol 4 on Visual Studio 2017 as well as Cobol Server 4.If we start using Visual Studio 2019, must we download and use Visual Cobol 5 and if so, would the Visual Cobol version 5 programs still run under Cobol Server 4?