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I'm unable to download the Patch Update 1 for 4.0 for Visual Studio 2017. I get an error message indicating either "INET_E_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE" in Microsoft Edge or "ERR_CONNECTION_RESET" in Chrome.  In Firefox I get a message saying the connection was reset. I do not use a proxy. I tried both on my Windows 10 VM and on macOS

I get the above error when building my Visual COBOL solution using Visual Studio 2015.  Is there something simple I'm missing?  The code worked fine using the old MS-DOS Micro Focus compile and link.  Do I need to check one or more namespaces in the solution properties, for instance?  Or something simpler? Thanks in advance, Wes#errorCOBCH0854#VISUALSTUDIO2015#VisualCOBOL

I have a problem with ACUBENCH 9.1.1 , i use this editor from many years but this morning when i push the button to show the WORKSPACE ,this window doesn't appear.   Do you know a solutions?   thank you.   Maurizio from Italy.

I get an error accessing the data grid that the index is out of range. I have done this many times so the error is unusual. The only factor different in my many uses of data grid is that I have two data grids on a single form. I'll provide some detail. Here is the code invoke self::dataGridView2::Rows::Clear set dataGridView2::ColumnCount = 3 set dataGridView2::Columns[0]::Width = 100 *> Hole set dataGridView2::Columns[1]::Width = 150 *> player set dataGridView2::Columns[2]::Width = 100 *> results perform varying sub1 from 1 by 1 until sub1 > 9   subtract 1 from sub1 giving line-number (this gives zero)   move 0 to column-index   set dataGridView2::CurrentCell = dataGridView2::Rows[line-number]::Cells[column-index];The above set datagridview2 fails with  An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' occurred in mscorlib.dllAdditional information: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of t

Hi there I'm sorry when how to solve this issue is known the most, and the work-around might be obvious to just as many  Even though, I've not been able to figure out what - as I've installed MF visual COBOL and is about to migrate older programs Doing so, I'm compiling from Visual COBOL command promt (64-bit) using COBOL.exeIt goes well, but next when using the linker (LINK.exe), it comes up with "LINK : fatal error LNK1561: entry point must be defined" And, the compiler doesn't take any of the compiler options in account - no matter whether I use CBL or PROCESS statement Any help will be greatly appreciated, kind regards

It appears I have successfully installed Visual Studio 17 and Visual Cobol for Visual Studio 17.  When I go through the process to create a project: File,new,project,intalled,cobol,native or managed(same with any option), console application (or any option), complete the file name and hit 'OK' key, a Microsoft visual studio window appears stating it's creating the project (name I entered).  It never completes and will not cancel.  I have to end visual studio from the task manager, endtask option ( three times ). I do not have this problem with any other language, only visual cobol.  Same thing happens if I load a cobol program and attempt to create a project.  I can successfully compile the program and run from the debug choices, but that is where my capabilities appear to end. Of course the question is:  How do I resolve the problem?

It appears I have successfully installed Visual Studio 17 and Visual Cobol for Visual Studio 17.  When I go through the process to create a project: File,new,project,intalled,cobol,native(same with any option), console application (or any option), complete the file name and hit 'OK' key, a Microsoft visual studio window appears stating it creating the project (name I entered).  It never completes and will not cancel.  I have to end visual studio from the task manager, endtask option ( three times ). I do not have this problem with any other language, only visual cobol.  Same thing happens if I load a cobol program and attempt to create a project.  I can successfully compile the program and run from the debug choices, but that is where my capabilities appear to end. Of course the question is:  How do I resolve the problem?

how can i  handle RMCOBOL files over 2 GB in open server 6.0. I managed to set the variable to the system ulimit.RMCOBOL use version 11 and indexed level 4.report 4194303 ulimit variable and we could not change it.measuring 1.8 GB file when running processes and displays Error 24.02. teh ulimit command report 4194303  if I do ulimit-f unlimited then ulimit shows 4194303. if I do then ulimit-f 5242880 ulimit report  5242880 this only with root in other users with this value appperas bad limit erro how can do  change the parameter in the kernel? which is the recommended value for the 1.8 GB file server has 4GB of ram#Relativity#RMCOBOL

Hi We are trying to used web services but i do not now from where to start what i sould used to implement could you help me? His there a tutorial somewhere!   Thank !

I have a user request to reassign the Windows CTRL-Del (Erase to end of line = kL) keystroke to an Fkey (editing only - no termination no exception or exception value.). Using AcuGT runtime for Windows I have had some limited success with text mode (not ENTRY-FIELD) with  KEYSTROKE Edit=Erase-Field k9  With it, F9 erases the entire text field but has no effect in ENTRY-FIELDS. Ideally I would like KEYSTROKE Edit=Erase-to-End k9 to mimic CTRL-Del for both text fields and ENTRY-FIELDs, but I can't make it work for either.  (No effect for ENTRY-FIELD and works like Erase-Field for text.) The user would be happy with Erase-Field. Thanks for any suggestions. Sal UBCC Development#AcuCobol

does anyone have any suggestions on: 1. how to re-organize rmcobol index files? 2. how often should this be done? 3. someone told me that rmcobol index files self-reorg or have some kind of self maintenance? please advise. and thanks for all your help. bill

Can I get an example of embeded ESQL CONNECT command that specifies a password for an password/encrypted XLS?  This would be in native COBOL. Thanks, Ellen S.

 I've been using the message box (Windows) for long time, and once in a while a message box will hold up a process from finishing.  Is there any way to code a timeout on a message box and force the default response after say X number of seconds?   The message box variables I'm familiar with are TEXT, TITLE, TYPE, ICON, DEFAULT (response), VALUE  Thanks,

Hi all,   we created a project form scratch, in a new workspace, on acubench 10.1.1 (Windows 10) and we are facing the following problem: Project has a single program with one form. When we add a new empty report "Report1", option "Generate Source" completes with no errors. When we add a single report entry field, even with no value, option "Generate Source" hangs at 39% and after few seconds acubench crashes. Same project opened from acubench 10.0.1 works fine. We noticed that at the /Report folder, Report1.rpt file exists but is empty. Are we missing something in acubench configuration? Thanks in advance

Our existing NET EXPRESS system has a MAIN program in in called REPORTS.CBL. Within the program there are calls made to upward of 100 potential bespoke report 'sub-programs'. In Visual COBOL I've found that these 'sub-programs' must be mentioned in the REFERENCES of the main program otherwise the sub program will fail to load when called. The problem is is that it takes an increasing amount of time to complie the VC COBOL version of the MAIN program as all the sub-program references are added. Thirty references takes 3 minutes. Sixty takes 6 minutes and 100 references takes almost 10 minutes just to compile the program then another several minutes while it 'thinks' about doing a debug (if requested to do so!!) Is there a way of calling out to other programs (.dll built) WITHOUT referencing them within the MAIN program as this would be a big help if there is!  

Hello, I am calling a cobol program, from a Java servlet. I can successfully run the cobol program, but if I display a JSP, and then try to invoke the program again, I get the following exception: com.microfocus.cobol.program.COBOLRuntimeException: 119     Name is not unique  This is how I am invoking the program… private Boolean STAGE_1 (StateLinkage sl, IRunUnit runUnit, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) { boolean successFlag = false; AMSC535A pgm = new AMSC535A(); Amsc535aParms AMSC535Aparms = new Amsc535aParms(); runUnit.Add(pgm); int GCSrc = pgm.AMSC535A(AMSC535Aparms); if ( GCSrc < GCS_WARNING )  { successFlag = true; } return successFlag; }       Could someone advise me on how to fix this please.  #JVMCOBOL

we are looking for options to call a non cobol api's from native cobol programs :: using visual cobol with eclipse#VisualCOBOL#Eclipse#visualcobolruntimeswitchlinking#APICALLNONCOBOLAPIS

I have a project that I have converted from Net Express into Visual Cobol with DS screens. Everything works great in the development environment, but when I deploy at a clients site with cobol server, I get a error load error on DSGRUN.  Noticed it is not in the Cobol Server BIN folder.  Am I missing an install step for COBOL server?

I recently installed Visual Studio 2017 and Microfocus Enterprise Developer 3.0. When debugging our application, which is a managed application (mixture of C# and Cobol compiled for .NET), I can't see the values of Cobol data items. The error message I get is: error CS0103: The name 'AFD2' does not exist in the current context. To be clear, the results of the run are 100% correct, so it's seems to be a debugging issue exclusively. I suspect that I have a wrong setting somewhere. Kind regards, Mark de Vos

Problem: After installation, when opening any workspace you receive the following error. "TSUIN0126 At least one exception occurred during the initialization of the AWM meta model. See error log for more information." Resolution: This error can be caused by a bug in the version of Eclipse that is delivered with Visual COBOL 3.0, which may not recognize Windows Server 2016 as a valid operating system. This can be resolved by manually specifying an Operating System version that Eclipse will recognize, following these steps: 1) Open "C:\\Users\\Public\\Micro Focus\\Visual COBOL\\eclipse\\eclipse.ini" 2) Add the following to the bottom of the file -Dos.name=Windows Server 2015 R2  3) Save the file and then reload Eclipse Note: This problem does not occur in Visual COBOL for Eclipse 4.0.#VisualCOBOL

HI All We are using Acu4gl v9.3.2 A large client has a great number of Users logging in and we had instance of the Aculocks table becoming locked It was so bad we had to revert back to v9.2.1   We have a stored procedure that I have a suspicion may have had a hand in.   sp_AcuRemoveUnusedLocks_1   Not sure what info is relevant

When I use AGS-CREATE-CLIENT, it takes an eternity to time out if it cannot make a connection (by which time users have broken-out). Is there any way to control this? (The manual states that "The length of time is dependent on the underlying socket layer".)

I have a user that is receiving the above error when attempting to send a letter using mail-merge. Error: lcsltr Run-time error '4605'; The OpenHeaderSource2000 method or property is not available because this command is not available for reading.   I have attempted to recreate the error but have been unsuccessful.  Can anyone help me determine the problem/solution? I appreciate your assistance.

Problem: How to include a comment in cobol.dir file ? You can include a comment in the file by placing an ampersand '&' in column 1 followed by a space. If you omit the space the comment is treated as a directive, and the syntax check on that file fails. It is a same way for the file that is defined with the Compiler directives DIRECTIVES or USE . Resolution: You include a comment in the file by placing an ampersand '&' in column 1 followed by a space. If you omit the space the comment is treated as a directive, and the syntax check on that file fails. It is a same way for the file that is defined with the Compiler directives DIRECTIVES or USE . Old KB# 4523

We are trying to implement a complex web application that has access to our legacy ISAM GEN.4 and 5 data files via AcuXDBC. One of the common uses of the app is searching and paging through results. We thought AcuXDBC would be perfect for this, however it seems that support for paging is somewhat broken. There are two issues we have with this: (1) SKIP and TOP are undocumented, yet exist and work. (2) SKIP doesn't appear to be at all performant, appearing to internally do a full table scan and simply omit the skipped results. Am I missing something here? Should this be working better, or is it undocumented because it doesn't work correctly?#AcuXDBC#SQL