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Linux has libvision.aWindows has avision6.libWe have an acucobol application, which maintains many data files.  Have an idea for an external application, and the easiest way to interoperate would be to access the vision files directly.  How do I use those libraries from another language, in order to open/read/write/etc vision files?

Well since i,ve been asking questions about a simple setup, the answers i have received have been very dismal. Go watch the videos. This is like telling a new Stealth Fighter pilot on how to use the Aircraft, to go read up on the Wright brothers page on how to fly a plane. Things changed since those videos, and if you cant get hold of the version of Eclipse with that version of Visual Cobol, you cant follow along. And we should you, there are now major revisions to both of these programs. So here is a simple request, from whomever, A video for beginners, in Micro Focus, how to install it correctly, try and follow the latest manual out there,  the one i followed on how to install it, how it works with one of the later versions of Eclipse, not the Europa version, and how can you access input and output files in Eclipse with the VC Editor, what has to be setup where. Just basic information. Next time you tell someone to watch the videos and get with the program, see if maybe they are

Hello,I need to calculate the CRC code to a 36 position alphanumeric field, applying the crc8 algorithm. Is there any example in COBOL for NetExpress or VC?I have tried, from several examples in C#, to generate a cobol program, using the C# to MF COBOL converter from https://cs2cobol.microfocuscloud.com/, but the sources that generate give problems.

by build in vc6.0 we can see:xyz successfull or actual, xyz errors, any skipped (Translate from german vc2019)How to find the skip files?thanks for answer!

Need Help from Someone to Get Alfred Code to Compile. I want to make a few Minor Changes to the program, But I am confused at best in how to get this to compile. I currently have a old Editor from UNICON and I use Acubench also. I don't really know how to get Alfred to compile via Acubench. I am open to anybody hopping on my laptop\\PC and getting this up and running. I have read the README.txt but makes no sense to me.

I'm running Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and can't seem to get it to recognize the directory where all my data files(.dat) are. I'm running a PowerShell script that sets up an environment variable, i.e.; $env:dd_MYFILE = "MYFILE.dat" In the script I also try to set COBDATA, before running the batch program,i.e.; [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("COBDATA", "c:\\data", "User") Then I run the batch program that opens this file but am getting an error 35 in the file status after the open. In the COBOL, the select looks like: SELECT MYFILE         ASSIGN TO "MYFILE"                                        ORGANIZATION IS INDEXED If I change the PowerShell script to the full path, i.e.; $env:dd_MYFILE

I have been able to LOAD a COBOL DLL - using com.microfocus.cobol.RuntimeSystem.cobload(xxx.dll) - from inside of a Spring Application that is running in a JBOSS or WAS Server when using version 3.0 of Visual COBOL or COBOL SERVER runtime in a Windows environment and using OpenJDK 1.8.0_265.In addition, after the LOAD, I was successfully able to execute the COBOL DLL with a call to com.microfocus.cobo.RuntimeSystem.cobcall("PROGRAM_ENTRYPOINT", params).I have now upgraded to version 6.0 of VCE and COBOL Server and get the below message on Windows when attempting the LOAD itself - not got to cobcall as yet:"java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: COBOL Runtime - unsupported JVM"I am also attempting for the first time, to compile to SO (Unix) and LOAD the same on the App Server (JBOSS) running on Linux where I get the below message (compiled and linked via Dev Hub):"Application should use "cobjrun" to execute this application instead of the default "java" trigger.Question: How would you call a D

Wow after working for many of the greatest banks, like Goldman, Suisse, Privates, big studios like Warner and Sony. all i wanted to do, was try to see how Visual works with Eclipse, so  far been trying for 3 weeks. First tried it with Visual Studio was no problem, but too much overhead, and had issues in doing simple things. When I tried Eclipse, everything broke down, have done everything to my pc, just for it to work, now trying for weeks. moving files, partitioning, getting rid of any sub linux subsystems, all that worked perfectly with GnuCobol. But with simple Eclipse and VS Cobol, only was able to get it to work twice the rest of the time, was not able to connect eclipse with VS on a Windows 10 PC. The Customer service been of zero help, no answer from them at all, so i come here, to see if someone could just help me, get it to work. I will say the Visual Studio was with Visual Cobol, but there was no documentation how to open or write files, it was all very confusing, thoug

Last week I came here asking, why I couldnt access my files in the Cobol Program which I can always access in any other editor. Well I got answer such as Cobdata, but then someone told me since i have PE (personal edition) COBDATA wont work, so i was on my own. No answer no help. Though Micro Focus called me back from England i missed them. Anyways there is two solutions. One way is enter the full path, which i wish someone could have mentioned but didnt. So I created a directory, with all my files i have 100s and i dont use the same File Control Name in each program so using SETFILE  was not an option.The other way is tricky. In my workspace, well in anyones workspace with VC editor with COBOL Projects. What happens is orignally i had placed each file in the PROJECT directory, and accessing a file that way is easy in any editor since, you just assign the file name in your FILE-CONTROL Paragraph as "filename.dat" whatever. But with me in using MF VC it never worked. Well

FordonsData’s DMS is called Kobra II and is regarded as the most complete DMS for the Swedish automotive retail industry. It manages orders, planning, billing, spare parts, warranty, vehicle sales and renting, and accounting. The solution was COBOL-developed in the early 1990s and operates as a client/server model. In the last 30 years, the system has been under constant development, following the waterfall method, resulting in 5.5 million Lines of Code (LOC) in over 5,000 COBOL programs. Data is stored in over 1,000 ISAM files. FordonsData developed its own transaction processing monitor to handle the communication between the client and the server. Micro Focus Server Express and Net Express were used for COBOL development and deployment purposes. Read the full case study here. #CustomerStories

And this after creating so many programs in cobol to test MF VC, and messing with all the options and settings to get it where i wanted. So if i enter the brand new auth code i get this Remote request error - The authorization code has exhausted the activation count. or if i enter the one from this week or last week, same error, not sure why, just installed MF once this week. So anyways only solution i see, is uninstall MF completely, try to reinstall and try with a fourth license, since the 3rd one i already tried 3 times, so now too it will have exhausted activation count. Its sad since if i download a trial of SQL, VS Professional, or DB2, i never ever got a license issue, unless the time expired, after a year or so. Unfortunately i will need to uninstall MF completely lose all my settings, download a copy with a new license and try again. I will say this, after really wasting weeks on figuring out MF VC it is well worth it over anything else out there, for the PC, like GNUCobo

I am trying to compare 2 ISAM [RM/COBOL] files as below :a. 2 version of same RM/COBOL [ISAM] file. [Say file1 and file2]b. Trying to compare using Cobol program.c. Each file around 41M records. and record length is about 500 Bytes [FB]d. Compare program is taking about 1 hours and 40 mins.e. Recovered each file then try to compile files. Still around  same result.f. I copied file1 to file1new and file2 to file2new [RM/COBOL file - ISAM]. g. Tried to compare file1new and file2 new. Compare program took 7 mins.Is it possible to rebuilt file1 and file2 so that 7 mins performance could be obtained ? [ Since I cannot file in Prod]How to identify file problem [so that check our entire  file repository for such issue] ? Please excuse me if this topic is already discussed previously. [I tired but not able to find].

Hi,I recently upgraded my HD and copied my entire old one to the new one. since then i'm unable to lunch Visual Cobol for Eclipse. Sounds like the license is linked to HD serial number and not MB!!Called the Canadian Support line couple of weeks ago, and they opened a ticket for me, but unfortunately up till now didn't receive any feedback from them!!!I still have the old HD and can re-install it if needed to export license.Thank you in advance for your helpMF_VC_License_prob4.pngMF_VC_License_prob3.pngMF_VC_License_prob1.pngMF_VC_License_prob2.png

Has anyone got the Alfred.cbl to compile? Lots of weird errors when I try to compile it. Or is there another solution\\Sample (Program) that you use.  

I am trying to use runcobol rmmapinx. Interactive message are getting distorted - as below. (base) [root@ctreetest10 rmcobol] # runcobol rmmapinxRM/COBOL Runtime - Version 12.12 for Linux Intel 32-Bit.RM/COBOL Runtime System issued to Pharmacy Data Management Inc.Copyright (c) 1985-2016 Micro Focus. All rights reserved.Registration Number: 6E-1000-28423-9999C?12lProvided In?25lIndexed File:?1049h?12lB62;1H

I would like to unit test a program that is several layers deep in a large monolithic application.  The program undergoing change and requiring testing has a lengthy list of fields that needs to be supplied via its Linkage Section.  Is there a way I capture the contents of storage during execution, perhaps in debug mode, so I can more easily use these values in my unit test?#UnitTest

Hello,I am trying to test the 64 bit version of AcuXDBC and am having some issues when trying to use the ODBC connection in applications like Microsoft's Power BI.  When I try to access my ODBC connection I get the following errors:We encountered an error while trying to connect.Details: "ODBC: ERROR [S1000] [TOD][ODBC Driver]DLLLOAD: acuxdbc04, The specified module could not be found.ERROR [01000] [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] The driver doesn't support the version of ODBC behavior that the application requested (see SQLSetEnvAttr)."Now if I use ASQL.bat that Microfocus supplies, I am able to connect to my data source and query data from it.I also have the 32 bit version of XDBC installed on my computer, so I am not sure if that is causing any conflicts or not. I currently have the GENISIS_HOME set to my 64 bit install ACUGT directory.  I have my ACUGT\\bin folder in my Path.  When I check my registry for my data source, it all appears to be po

HiWhen I create solutions in VCVS2019_6.0, importing from projects in Net Express, apparently they are generated without problems, and when I try to execute them, some go correctly and others give me the message "Micro Focus License Manager service is not running".Why is this and how can I solve it?If I try to execute them from the Command Interface,Another type of message appears. (mf2 and mf3 displays) Thank you  Captura_mf2.PNGCaptura_mf3.PNG

I would like to learn how to connect, read and modify an SQL database in Managed COBOL. I have created a simple sql database in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio v 18.7.1. Is there documentation and/or a sample program available for beginners?

Why do i obtain this message when i'm installing visual cobol 6 ? I run the install program as administrator however

We have a mixed language system, C main program and COBOL sub programs.runner.c -–(cobcall)--> a.cbl --(call)--> jump.c --(cobcall)--> b.cblAfter exiting subroutine b by using longjmp (going back to jump.c), we are trying (in a.cbl) to do a CANCEL “b”. This does not work:Load error : file 'b', 177 Attempt to cancel active programObviously, there is an active flag or active counter, which gets not reset or decremented by longjmp. A CALL “b” thus stops with:Execution error : file 'b', 166 Recursive COBOL CALL is illegalDoes anybody know, how to reset the active state of an active subroutine?Why are we not using coblongjmp, which will safely eliminate this problem? We would happily do, but starting with Visual Cobol 5, Micro Focus has changed the behavior of coblongjmp so that it will refuse to work in some situations. Unfortunately, we are in one of these situations.

 Would like to change the color of the scroll bar to make it more visible.   

Hi,I recently restored my old backup and testing my programs under visual cobol for eclipse. Initially the programs were created under MF Cobol, then customized for MS Cobol (screen section).I'm attaching a sample programs (part of accounting system i did in mid 90's). I made some modification to it recently.I would appreciate having a second opinion and ideas about what to change? what to enhance?Thanks in advanceNB: CHPBNY.TXT = CHPBNY.DAT | LOCBNY.TXT = LOCBNY.DAT | CURBNY.TXT = CURBNY.DAT | MAFBNY.TXT = MAFBNY.DATDSPLYMAF.TXTMAFBNY.TXT

hello,I use Netexpress 2.0 with Dialog.I've tried to show a bitmap image (x.bmp) from a master-field containing a path 'c:\\folder\\x.bmp'.The system shows me an error:DSRUN error 17,851,3a panels v2 error ocurredpanels v2 function Pf-Add-Resource returned error P2ERR-BAD-PARAMETERCould anyone help me to solve the problem ?Thanks in advance. R. Lima#Pf-Add-Resource#P2ERR-BAD-PARAMETER#bitmap#DSRUNerror17-851-3#dialogsystem

I'm using Indexed-file with LOCK MODE IS AUTOMATIC,also, I have these directives     $set ans85 comp     $SET AUTOLOCK FILESHARE the file opened as i-o,the file contains these records keys:  1,  5, 12my issue:if user1 working on record no 5,, user2  can't add new record no 4