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I get twice a day an utf-8 fileI try to convert it with: move function display-of (function national-of (input), 1252) to outputBut the output looks like the intput.Does somebody know a solution.  

Installed Visual COBOL for Visual Studio 2019 on Windows Server 2012. I have created a project and loaded my COBOL program which has PROCEDURE DIVISION USING parameters. These parameters were declared in Linkage Section. I have set the Configuration as "Release" and Platform as "x64". I want to generate a 64-bit dll which will be accessed by Smalltalk application in 64-bit environment. We had a 32-bit dll from same COBOL program which is working fine with 32-bit Smalltalk application. Could someone help?Regards,Rahul KK

This is obviously not a significant issue, but simply to advise you that certain links in the Visual COBOL 5.0 Release Notes are not currently working.  In the passage(s) (may be more than one passage):"See this information on the Product Documentation pages on Micro Focus SupportLine, in the product help for Visual COBOL for Visual Studio 2017 (click here) or Visual COBOL for Visual Studio 2019 (click here)."... the "click here" links are not currently working.This is not to say that I have tested all the links and all the others are working, but simply to let you know about these two.Thanks,Austin   

Hi Is there anybody who have run Thin client on a Mac computer?I believe not while I have asked around!!!But have you invented something smart. Of course there is Terminal Server, but it makes the solution much more expensive?Best RegardsSteen 

Using the 2019 versions of the above, I have a problem. I have a project (MAIN program calling several SUB progs (.dlls)). Last week it was working as designed.Today 2 things are happening. If I Start without Debugging the program completely ignores MAIN prog and the required SUB.dll and runs another .dll (which is just a stub since not yet completely programmed.)If I set a breakpoint in MAIN prog at the initial PERFORM (i.e. to select which function is required) the program stops correctly. When I hit F11 to step through the program freezes and I have to use Task Manager to exit VC/VS.I have made no changes to the application so I cannot understand why this is happening. Expert help required Thanks.

Problem:From within a Windows Forms  application, when a button is clicked the program would disable the button and then perform the task associated with the button from within the button  Click event handler. If this is a long-running task then the UI thread can become unresponsive and start queuing events, even for those such as a mouse click on the disabled button. When the button is enabled again the queued events would be run and the event handler code would be invoked again in error. Solution: This demo shows one possible method of avoiding this scenario by executing a long-running task by creating a BackgroundWorker thread and running the task separately from the main UI thread. In this manner the UI thread is free to keep processing events and the BackgroundWorker thread can report its progress and also be canceled if need be.                      The zipped up Vi

What is the command to detect if the key that was pressed was numeric (e.g. 0 – 9) on a Windows Form? Or conversely, if the key that was pressed was NOT numeric? In C# the command is something like:if (!char.IsControl(e.KeyChar) && !char.IsDigit(e.KeyChar)

I uninstalled my PE 4.0 via the Control panel.When I execute VCE_50.exe it immediately gives me an error:0x81f40001 Visual Cobol 2.3 must be uninstalled before V5 can be installed. I haven't had 2.3 in years. Please provide assistance. Thank you,Warren Mundy

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I am trying to display a label control with the date field 07/23/19 but I instead get 72319 (I do not want the use to pick a date just simply to display a date to the user).  I believe there is a way to mask controls in windows form in order to get date fields and phone numbers but I am unsure as to the specific syntax for achieving this. I have attempted the following: set lbl-DATE::Text type MaskedTextBox:: This line of code, however, is either incorrect or incomplete.

The links eventually guide me to download vcvs2019_50.exe but it demains VS 2019 which I do not have. 

If I compile cobol programs in gnt format on windows server 2012 can I deploy this gnt in Cobol Server on Windows 2016?thanksbye

Are there a directive allowing this?

I'm trying to develop a project where a main program (say MAINCBL) accepts options and then CALLs sub programs. I created a MAINCBL solution and then added SUBPROG to the solution.MAINCBL works fine but when I call SUBPROG I get an error message: 'Called program file not found in drive/directory: SUBPROG'.  Both MAINCBL.EXE and SUBPROG.EXE are in my \\bin\\x86\\Debug directory so I'm at a loss to know what's wrong.I changed the Application properties to Output to: Multiple Executables (not sure if this correct so please correct me if not.)Thanks

The following article:/cobol/visualcobol/w/wikiid-120/34260/visual-cobol-for-visual-studio---solutions-projects-and-the-cobol-call-statement---nativehas an attachment which will not download.  When I click on the download link, I get the following message:

Is there a command to detect whether the Caps lock, Num lock, or the Insert key are on in managed COBOL? The command in C# is something like: if (Control.IsKeyLocked(Keys.CapsLock))    do somethingend if. The following command in managed COBOL only detect whether the keys were pressed but does not detect whether the caps lock is on: if e::KeyCode = type Keys::CapsLock    do somethingend-if.

I would like to create a base windows form with functionalities that all application forms needed and then inherits from it. This is available from VB or C# (in design mode) but I am not able to figure out how to do it in Visual Cobol so I can use the inherited form in design mode. Can someone help? Thanks!

We will be upgrading to a new server running Windows Server 2019, will there be any issue installing CS_23 on the new server? Thanks!

Problem   When trying to debug a program remotely using anim in a PuTTY terminal emulator, the X Terminal window doesn't pop up with the animator.   Solution   The problem is, PuTTY doesn't have X Terminal built in to it, MobaXterm does, so one solution would be to use MobaXterm. However, PuTTY can be configured to enable X Terminal. You can test if X Terminal is working by using the xeyes command. A small window with a pair of eyes pops up with pupils that follow the mouse cursor. If these eyes do not pop up, then X Terminal has not been configured for X Terminal. To configure PuTTY for X Terminal: Start PuTTY In the PuTTY configuration left panel click Connection->SSH->X11 In the right panel tick the 'Enable X11 forwarding' box and enter :0.0 in the 'X display location' box. Back in the left panel click on Session and sign on as usual. Once signed on enter the xeyes command to ensure X Terminal is working.      

 We are running 10.2 64 bit. We have a routine that uses the c@system command and we issue a "del" command and it does not work. It returns and exit code of 0 but the file is still there.  We also issue an "ren" command afterward. This routine works just fine on 10.264 bit on server 2008.#CSYSTEM#AcuCobol

Hi everyone, I work at an MSP in their support department, one of our clients has a line of business application that uses AcuCobolGT. There is a module in this application that prints an image of a check, after migrating them to a new server this feature causes an application crash. The vendor of the application refuses to look at it. stating that it's not the wrun32.exe causing the issue, but rather mshtml.dllI am hoping someone here can provide more insight into this than the vendor and maybe tell me which file is likely casuing the issueThanksEnvironment DetailsWindows Server 2016 Standardwrun32.exe version - Au Windows 10 - 10.001.014Here is a copy of the event logFaulting application name: wrun32.exe, version: 10000.1000.1.3902, time stamp: 0x56e081bbFaulting module name: MSHTML.dll, version: 11.0.14393.3053, time stamp: 0x5d01d3abException code: 0xc0000005Fault offset: 0x00aa911fFaulting process id: 0x5748Faulting application start time: 0x01d543e85a8b7e2fFaulting applicatio

I'm testing AcuToWeb and I'm experiencing some problems.Is there a list of already known problems (and how to fix them) or constructs to avoid ?

Is it possible to show more than one (up to 3) bitmap in one grid cell ? 

Hi, I have the next definition in a file:            SELECT SOMODFOV  ASSIGN TO FIL-SOMODFOV                            ORGANIZATION BINARY SEQUENTIAL,                            ACCESS SEQUENTIAL                            STATUS W-ESTADO.          FD  SOMODFOV    LABEL RECORDS ARE STANDARD                       RECORD IS VARYING IN SIZE  FROM 1 TO 4000  &n

Is there any way to use acuthin to transfer files between the local machine and the host/server?  That is, a utility...I know I could write a small program to do so.  It is for when FTP, RDP, etc are unavailable.  thanks