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Hello Visual COBOL community! As June comes to an end, I'm excited to share some updates and highlights from our sub-forum. Our community is steadily growing-thank you to each of our 173 members for your participation and enthusiasm! We truly appreciate everyone who has jumped in to ask questions, share knowledge, and help fellow members. More Community Activity Ahead! There's even more on the way. Expect a wider variety of conversations, fresh content, and engaging activities in the coming months. Your feedback and contributions will help shape what's coming next-so keep the posts and ideas coming! June's Top Discussions Here's a quick look at some of the hot topics and useful threads from June: Setup of Visual Cobol on WSL Ubuntu CES Daemon in Docker container Micro Focus Visual COBOL 8.0 Windows event log API functions In-person COBOL Days We had amazing gatherings in Brussels (recap here), Sydney and Melbourne (recap here), and Paris this month. If you took part, share your favor

Hello ACUCOBOL Community! We're closing out June with excitement and gratitude. This month, our sub-forum has grown to 82 members-thank you for joining, sharing, and building a collaborative space for all things ACUCOBOL! As participation grows, look forward to even more conversations, content, and community activities coming your way.  June Discussion Highlights A big thank you to everyone who contributed to these engaging topics: Reading a JSON file and using JSON PARSE $socket.dll and using ports which seem to hang when retrieving data Populate Excel from an Acucobol Program Beta Program Wrap-up The ACUCOBOL extend® 11 Beta Program just wrapped up-huge thanks to the dozens who tested and gave their feedback! 📅 Webinar: Meet Rocket® ACUCOBOL extend® 11 We're excited to invite you to a special event for our community! When: TOMORROW, 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET Join Dominique Sacre, Principal Product Manager for ACUCOBOL, as we explore: Faster development with Visual Studio Code suppor

Hello team, I have a customer reporting that "the first time I tried to run a Visual COBOL executable on our new server, Windows threw an error like the one below." and asking: Is there some trick to getting this to not occur? Initial research I've just done on smartscreen shows:  Microsoft Defender SmartScreen flags a program as "unrecognized" when it lacks a sufficient reputation or is not widely known to Microsoft's security database. This can happen due to: Low Distribution: The program is new, has limited downloads, or is not commonly used, so SmartScreen hasn't built a trust profile for it. Missing Digital Signature: The program lacks a valid digital signature from a trusted certificate authority, which verifies the publisher's identity. Suspicious Behavior: The program exhibits characteristics similar to malware, such as unusual file modifications, network activity, or code obfuscation. New or Modified Files: A recently compiled or updated program may not yet be recognized by

While working with Rocket COBOL (Micro Focus COBOL) , I encountered the following error: 87 Micro Focus COBOL Community Edition usage period has expired I would like to understand why this issue occurs and what can be done to prevent it. Does this message indicate that the license has expired? If so, is there a way to extend it? I am using this tool with Visual Studio Code. Could this be related to a specific configuration or a plugin setting? Thank you for any insights and help!------------------------------Super GoscDevRocket Software Forum Member------------------------------

Software used:   Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2019 Version 16.11.42   Micro Focus Visual COBOL 8.0    Operating System: Windows Server 2022 Datacenter   Problem Description:   I have a Micro Focus Visual COBOL code that is built into exe and made to run as Windows services. There is a requirement to capture more information through code and record it in Windows event log as part of Windows services event logging.   Looking to find solution for below two items:   1. Micro Focus Visual COBOL API functions that can access (read/write) to Windows event log.   2. Ways to capture Windows logged in user information in Micro Focus Visual COBOL code and write it to event log.------------------------------Kavitha NatarajanRocket Software Forum Member------------------------------

Created On:  2010-03-19 Problem: I want to write an event which occurred in my application in the Microsoft Event Log on a LOCAL or on a REMOTE computer so I can easily control what happened using Microsoft Event Viewer. How do I proceed? Resolution: Please find the code is attached to this KB article. The COBOL program just launches the eventcreate command.  See that the command, in the code:Writes on the LOCAL Event LogWrites on a REMOTE event log (you’ll have to change the Remote System name & accreditations)Is called from  a MF Error Handler so the MF RTS error which occurred is written to Microsoft event log Attachments CobEventCreate.cbl Old KB# 30865

We usually allow the user to specify the location to save an excel sheet produced from our system. I now want to save the sheet to a specified location/file and exit without a save dialogue box coming up. but cannot seem to get the syntax correct. Can anyone help with this?

Hi, Community! We only have 1 week left until the Rocket® ACUCOBOL extend® 11 release webinar!  Join in on Thursday, June 26, 10 a.m.-11 a.m. ET for the latest insights and live demos. Dominique Sacre, Principal Product Manager for ACUCOBOL, will guide us through: Faster development with Visual Studio Code support. Easier cloud deployment with Rocket® AcuToWeb®. Enhanced user interfaces with a new graphical features. Expanded platform support. Plus, bring your questions for our live Q&A! 👉 Register here------------------------------Martyna UleviciuteCustomer Community Managermuleviciute@rocketsoftware.com------------------------------

Hi, Community! We only have 1 week left until the Rocket® ACUCOBOL extend® 11 release webinar!  Join in on Thursday, June 26, 10 a.m.-11 a.m. ET for the latest insights and live demos. Dominique Sacre, Principal Product Manager for ACUCOBOL, will guide us through: Faster development with Visual Studio Code support. Easier cloud deployment with Rocket® AcuToWeb®. Enhanced user interfaces with a new graphical features. Expanded platform support. Plus, bring your questions for our live Q&A! 👉 Register here------------------------------Martyna UleviciuteCustomer Community Managermuleviciute@rocketsoftware.com------------------------------

I have to post base data e.g. article data, customer data, prices to a website. So I want to use rmnet in combination with JSON GENERATE. Basic technic is allready working, e.g. connection to the website, getting a token, post one arcticle data. Is there a limit to the length of the JSON string or the body in the HttpPost statement (REQUEST-PAYLOAD and REQUEST-LEN)? If I post the basic data of about 10.000 articles, do I have to spilt the posts or is it better to generate all data into a separate file and post the whole file (if this is possible)? Does anybody have any experiences about this questions? Unfornuately the sample programs (jgenerate.cbl or jsonPayload.cbl) are very simple.

We are using sockets for an internet app.  Sometimes when it does a read from the app it hangs and I cannot get the dll to return control to me. We then need to kill the port and restart the service.  We originally did not use a timeout but now using value of -1 which is the default? MOVE "Servicing HTTP request 1:" TO W-COMMAND PERFORM V910-DISPLAY-PROMPT * Setup Socket to return buffer length MOVE -1 TO W-SVR-LNGTH CALL "C$SOCKET" USING AGS-READ, W-CLI-HANDLE, W-SVR-RCVD(W-SVR-RCVD-SUB:), W-SVR-LNGTH ********************CLT 16/6/2023 , W-SVR-TIMEOUT GIVING W-SVR-READ

Can a print file be saved as a xlsx (Excel) file somehow via a cobol program? On Version 10.5.0.

Hi, Any sample on how to read a JSON file and using JSON PARSE? Regards------------------------------Juan Manuel UrraburuDirector, Information TechnologyProRM UruguayMontevideo UY------------------------------

I have been programming in RmCobol for many years. But I am using Version 5, 32 bits. It is a problem for me now, I need a compiler with runtime compatible that can runs in 64 bits, no matter how old is. Any help will be appreciated. ------------------------------Rafael MotaRocket Software Forum Member------------------------------

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All the power in your hands: You can customize your privacy settings to feel comfortable in this community. Here’s how to do it: 1️⃣ Access your privacy settings:Navigate to My Profile -> My Account -> Privacy Settings to explore your options. 2️⃣ Choose your visibility: Want to appear in the members' roster so others can find you through search? Slide the toggle to Yes Prefer to stay incognito? Select No to keep your profile hidden 3️⃣ Control your personal information. Decide who can see specific details about you: Only Me: Keep it private My Contacts: Share only with your connections Members Only: Allow visibility to fellow community members Public: Make it accessible to everyone 📝 Need help? Check out our Getting Started Page for a quick guide on how to use the forum and make the most out of your experience. Or drop me a direct message and we can work from there.------------------------------Martyna UleviciuteCustomer Community Managermuleviciute@rocketsoftware.c

It's exciting to share: we're preparing a webinar on the latest release of Rocket® ACUCOBOL extend® 11  📅 Thursday, June 26, at 10 a.m. ET. 📍 Register here Dominique Sacre, Principal Product Manager of ACUCOBOL products, will lead a deep dive into the latest features in extend 11 and live demos of new capabilities.   Topics to be covered: Faster development with Visual Studio Code support Simplified cloud deployment with Rocket® AcuToWeb® Enhanced user interfaces with new graphical features Expanded platform support Prepare for a live Q&A session as well.  To learn more and register, navigate here. See you there!------------------------------Martyna UleviciuteCustomer Community Managermuleviciute@rocketsoftware.com------------------------------

Excited to be sharing some of the highlights from the recent COBOL Days in Australia! Two COBOL Day events took place last week: one on Wednesday in Melbourne, and one on Thursday in Sydney. Twenty five customers and partners running ACUCOBOL and Visual COBOL joined the Rocket team to learn more about the future of COBOL and the latest features now available. Happy to have gotten positive feedback from customers and partners, we hope to see everyone again soon.  Thank you to those who participated, and to everyone else - please look forward to more events like this in the future.  ------------------------------Martyna UleviciuteCustomer Community Managermuleviciute@rocketsoftware.com------------------------------

I have been successful in compiling a large cobol program using this beta version of AcuGT. I am trying to generate the output code so that it will work with an older runtime. Previously, I have used the compiler option -Z21 to generate a file that would run with version 2.1 of the runtime.  Similarly -Z43 for version 4.3 The documentation provided with the version (11.0.0.0) indicates that this option -Znn is available. However, when I include it in a command line edit command, I get an error message: Warning: Option -Znn (nn < 80) is obsolete and is ignored Is there any alternative to this parameter for older runtimes? I am not in a position to update the runtime to a later version. ------------------------------Steven BurnsDirectorRocket Software Forum Member------------------------------

Can any one  help, with  the  "RUNTIME COMPILER"   variables   needed for this command  ( I have the registration/licence  number )  Usage: RMUCUTIL xx-aaaa-sssss-nnnn {RUNTIME | COMPILER} [DETAILS] or: RMUCUTIL OSTYPE [DETAILS]   All my best guesses, do not work. I can not find, a practical example on where to get the variables. I am running on this  a Red hat 64 bit linux, that went  into production  last weekend. Has twice recorded  "Error invoking unauthorized copy of runtime.  AH01215: Use count exceeded (Loc 813) "  on apache processes Cobol locks after recording  the error.   A  manual count of the Cobol processes in use (  ps  | grep runcobol | wc -l) ,  is well under  the licence count  purchased.       

Excited to be sharing some of the highlights from the recent COBOL Days in Australia! Two COBOL Day events took place this week: one on Wednesday in Melbourne, and one on Thursday in Sydney. Twenty five customers and partners running ACUCOBOL and Visual COBOL joined the Rocket team to learn more about the future of COBOL and the latest features now available. Happy to have gotten positive feedback from customers and partners, we hope to see everyone again soon.  Thank you to those who participated, and to everyone else - please look forward to more events like this in the future.  ------------------------------Martyna UleviciuteCustomer Community Managermuleviciute@rocketsoftware.com------------------------------

Excited to be sharing some of the highlights from the recent COBOL Days in Australia! Two COBOL Day events took place this week: one on Wednesday in Melbourne, and one on Thursday in Sydney. Twenty five customers and partners running ACUCOBOL and Visual COBOL joined the Rocket team to learn more about the future of COBOL and the latest features now available. Happy to have gotten positive feedback from customers and partners, we hope to see everyone again soon.  Thank you to those who participated, and to everyone else - please look forward to more events like this in the future.  ------------------------------Martyna UleviciuteCustomer Community Managermuleviciute@rocketsoftware.com------------------------------

We have a file generated in MFED where the file contains X , 9 and COMP-3 data. When we looked at them thru data tools , it looks good. But , when we transfer the file to IBM mainframes (used both ASCII and BI ) , it's not looking like a usable file. We have the dialect as ASCII . How to get the file on to IBM mainframes for consumption?------------------------------Murali nandyalaMrRocket Software Forum Member------------------------------

Hello, Greetings of the day. I am now trying to setup Visual Cobol Personal Edition for Eclipse on Ubuntu (by using Windows Subsystem for Linux). I have been able to configure as much as possible, however, while trying to setup some things, I am seeing it is NOT working. Please see below: I set the COBCPY command to point to different folders/sub-folders (for copy codes - folders are outside of the source folder), exported COBCPY and verified the environment - it's showing accurately - however, while accessing the copy codes - the program is unable to pick those copy books (different folders that are NOT in the program source folder). PLEASE IGNORE THIS 2nd point - got it resolved - While creating indexed data files, looks like the default IDXFORMAT is being used, however, there is NO separate ".IDX" file for the index. I tried setting the "extfh.cfg" - unfortunately, though I export and have the environment in place - this is NOT being read OR there is NO change in the way the progr

We've got 3 COBOL Day events taking place this month! Thrilled to invite any Aussie COBOL users to events in both Sydney and Melbourne: COBOL Day Melbourne event details: Date: Wednesday 4th June, 2025 Time: 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM Location: QT Melbourne, 133 Russell Street, Melbourne 📌 Register here COBOL Day Sydney event details: Date: Thursday 5th June, 2025 Time: 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM Location: QT Sydney, 49 Market St, Sydney 📌 Register here Also, COBOL Day comes to Europe as well. Let's meet up in Paris: COBOL Day Paris event details: Date: Tuesday 24th June, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM Location: Maison de l’Alsace, 39 avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris 📌 Register here Excited for all of you to have a productive and enriching time together!------------------------------Martyna UleviciuteCustomer Community Managermuleviciute@rocketsoftware.com------------------------------