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Problem: When using the Data File Editor in Server Express, characters appear in the wrong columns and suddenly shift while scrolling sideways in a file Resolution: In some terminal emulators, certain byte values may not be printable in the current character set used. For example, in the terminal emulator Putty, the character set may be set to ISO 8859-1 West Europe, or similar. Changing the character set to UTF-8 will correct this problem, and allow Data File Editor to correctly display records containing this kind of binary data. In Putty, this setting is found under Window->Translation, as Remote Character Set.

Problem: File status 9/194 "File size too large" was reported against a sequential file.  The file size on disk was 7.5 gig.  The file handler configuration file included: [XFH-DEFAULT]FILEMAXSIZE=8 This FILEMAXSIZE=8 setting should allow the file handler to handle sequential files larger than 4 gig, but for some reason the error was still occuring. Solution: The environment variable EXTFH is supposed to point to the location of the file handler configuration file.   In the environment in which the application ran, EXTFH did appear to be set pointing to the correct file handler configuration file.   But when we added code to the COBOL program to reveal the run-time value of EXTFH, we learned that a script used to trigger the application had modified the value of EXTFH, so by the time the COBOL program was invoked, EXTFH was not set correctly.   Here is the technique used to re

Is anyone reading/writing encrypted data from/to a text file with NetExpress? If so, how? I did a quick search of the knowledgebase and documentation and don't see anything about this. I need to store a database user id. and password in a non-clear text format of some sort, preferably using some strong, standard encryption. Thanks in advance for your help.

Dear Sirs, I'm using NetExpress 3.11 by going to Firebird. I would like to know if there is a possibility of using a variable in the where clause. Regards, Rogerio Barbosa

Problem How to solve the problem - Application reports 114 out of bounds error on ADIS Resolution The PC with the problem has a high resolution set to 1680 x 1050. If the resolution is changed to 1490 x 900 the problem is fixed. Alternatively if the resolution stays at 1680 x 1050, and if the font type in the SSH emulator is increased this also fixes the problem. For example - font type = courier new 18 x 10 This is increased to 21 x 11 This behaviour happens when using the EMTEC ZOC Emulator to connect to the server through SSH.    Incident#3110741

Problem iso2000_dialect was used in Server express, is it needed in Visual Cobol ? Resolution iso2000_direct was used in cob.cfg and cob64.cfg files. It is not needed in Visual COBOL. Incident#3119248#ServerExpress#COB.CFG

Problem Can AppTrack functions be run in batch or from a script ? Resolution Using the command $COBDIR/aslmf/apptrack batch 3 <serialnumber> <licensekey> will install a license Using the command $COBDIR/aslmf/apptrack batch 4 <serialnumber> <licensekey> will uninstall a license Using the command $COBDIR/aslmf/apptrack batch 1 and $COBDIR/aslmf/apptrack batch 2 will produce AppTrack lists. The lists can be piped to a file by adding > filename.ext   Incident#3102795#Licensing

Problem Accented characters in an HTML file, displayed through a COBOL program are not displaying correctly. Resolution The problem is that although the characters look fine in Ultra Edit or VI editor on UNIX, they are being mis-interpreted due to an incorrect setting of LANG (locale) environment variable. Using the locale command, displayed the following environment variables..LANG=en_US.UTF-8LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8"LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"LC_ALL= As the accented characters are not UTF-8, there will always be display issues if the program is run

Hi, which compiler directive I can use for check if data item is defined only once with the same name ? es: 01 NOME-PROG PIC X(08) VALUE "IXXR". 01 NOME-PROG PIC X(08) VALUE "IXXR". and the compiler should give the following error: COBCH0005S User-name FLS not unique

Folks, Hello. I am implementing PeopleSoft Campus Solution 9.0 for a University. My Operating System is Oracle Linux 5 with PeopleTools 8.53. I have downloaded Micro Focus Server Express 5.1 Wrap Pack 6 for RedHat Linux x86-64 from Oracle edelivery and installed it successfully. I have also installed the 30-day temporary license succeessfully that is "AS Developer" in license summary. Micro Focus Server Express 5.1 Wrap Pack 6 is installed in directory /Install_COBOL_CompilerAll COBOL programs are in directory /opt/PT8.53/src/cbl.I am using Unicode Oracle Database 11g. All COBOL programs should be converted to /opt/PT8.53/src/cblunicodeIf COBOL is compiled successfully, all executables *.gnt files should be in directory /opt/PT8.53/cblbin.   I compiled COBOL programs and get the errors as below: [user@linux PT8.53]# . ./psconfig.sh [user@linux setup]# export PS_HOME=/op

This article addresses COBOL search and replace of substrings in a string, the size of searched string and replacing strings being different. Problem: When doing a COBOL search and replace of substrings in a string, the COBOL statement INSPECT … REPLACING cannot be used. Why is the size of the searched string and replacing strings different? Resolution: The attachment CobSearchReplace.cbl is a COBOL implementation of a ‘search and replace’, the size of searched

Hi Chris.. I know you knew this. I'm using NetExpress V3.10 and now I'm having problem with my program.GS where sizes of my GUI windows varies according to the size of the monitor. When I MAXIMIZE the window, it places my buttons (and fields) in different places with adjusted sizes. Do we have a "default" dynamic resizing for .GS files? So that it won't resize (or it will resize in perfect sizes)... depending of the size of the monitors.#dialogsystem#netexpress3.10

Due to requirements of our authorities I have the following  XD definition          XD CATALOGO-XML.        01 Catalogo identified by "catalogocuentas:Catalogo" namespace is

When trying to use the MAPDEMO, (EJB-Example in the demos), with Jboss to run as Application Server, the following error may appear: java.rmi.ServerException: EJBException:; nested exception is: javax.ejb.EJBException: setSessionContext threw NamingException: ; CausedByException is: CCIMFCobol_v1.0 not bound All mfcobol*.rar files from the base/bin are copied in the Deploy-Directory and a MFCobol_v1.0-ds.xml file with the following contents : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <connection-factories> <tx-connection-factory> <jndi-name>eis/MFCobol_v1.0</jndi-name> <adapter-display-name>CCIMFCobol_v1.0</adapter-display-name> </tx-connection-factory> </connection-factories>

Been using IDX4 data configuration in some of my applications BUT apparently it won't go any big compared to IDX8. However I find that IDX8 is much more vulnerable to corruption (well, mostly on desktop/PC power failure interruptions). Is any of you experiencing the same?#netexpress#DataLimitation

Please, I have problem with inserting PIC N variable into NCHAR column in DB (MSSQL) I read line from UTF-8 file to PIC N record - here is everything ok, but when I do SQL INSERT from this variable to NCHAR column in DB exec sql insert into AAA111 (TEXT) values(:data1) end-exec I got complete rubbish data here. How to do this correctly? Thanks#SQL#cobolnetexpress

We are going to be getting a server with 4TB of memory  (yes... 4TB,,, not GB..) This is an HP Superdome  We are SEE 6.0SP2.    For years we have had in our ENV for Red Hat dynamic_memory_limit=50000000.  I am unclear from the documentation how this can be taken advantage of.  If I just eliminate it, will the OS and RTS handle this by taking the top off it or restricting it to 0?  Looking to really maximize this huge memory allocation.

Hi, as you can see on attached screen I can't search for program in browser view. Search for variable or section name in specific program is working correctly. Screen is from Net Express 3.1.11, but I have same problem in Net Express 5.1 Please is there solution how to search for specific program within whole project in this window? Thanks #netexpress

Using DYNAMIC.CBL from \\NETEXPRESS\\Examples\\Net Express IDE\\ODBCESQL as an example, I have written a program to test dynamic SQL against a SQL Server Database.  I was wondering if there is a way to declare more than 1 DYNAMIC_SQL cursor?   I first coded and tested retrieving data from 1 table using the following cursor: EXEC SQL    DECLARE VCURS CURSOR FOR DYNAMIC_SQLEND-EXEC Then, I added a second cursor to retrieve data from another table in the same database: EXEC SQL    DECLARE VCURS CURSOR FOR DYNAMIC_SQL END-EXEC EXEC SQL    DECLARE cursortest CURSOR FOR DYNAMIC_SQLEND-EXEC However, it fails compile with the following error: "ES0100 Duplicate cursor name: cursortest" I am using NetExpress 5.1 version f.110.0022 and SQLServer 2012.

Problem: I am a systems administrator responsible for licensing Server Express on Linux/UNIX systems, but I am having trouble understanding the licensing system.  Where can I find an overview and a summary? Solution: Here is an overview of the Server Express LMF/Apptrack licensing system on Linux/UNIX.  You should read this if you are responsible for administering Server Express on Linux/UNIX systems.  This augments the official licensing documentation.   Instructions for accessing the official documentation are included below. DEVELOPMENT VERSUS RUNTIME LICENSES For the LMF/Apptrack licensing system, there are two types of licenses: development licenses and runtime licenses [other types such as Enterprise Server licenses also exist, but consider just development licenses and runtime licenses for this discussion]. Development licenses control the use of the COBOL compiler. They are officially named "Server

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 20 June 2011]I am using Dev Software Netexpress 3.1. Need to develop HMAC and SHA1 Hash encryption in Cobol.I have had a look at the specifications and it is quite a task to develop. I was thinking if there is a Cobol object for HMAC and/or SHA1 I can use.If not then is there a exe, dll I can call from the Cobol program, limited to Netexpress 3.1

Say, I have a copybook 'CPBK' which is placed in MYFOLDER. CPBK:   03  WA-FIELD1   PIC X.   03  WA-FIELD2   PIC S9(9) BINARY.   03  WA-FIELD3   PIC 9(3).   So when I access copybook in my program I use following statement in Working Storage Section. COPY  CPBK in MYFOLDER.   Now, I have a table having following fields TABL :FIELD_1    CHAR (1),FIELD_2    NUMBER (9),FIELD_3    CHAR (3) I want to perform 'Select *  from TABL' and fetch the details in copybook CPBK But I get compilation error when trying to declare following: EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION END-EXEC. 01 CPBKREC.    COPY  CPBK  IN MYFOLDER. EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION END-EXEC. and

We are using Server Express 5.1 Wrappack 10 on a Solaris UX box.  We have separate locations for the .gnt and .idy files and we have the COBPATH and COBIDY variables set correctly.  Animating works for most modules, but a few are reporting errors where the .idy cannot be found.  The .gnt and .idy were created at the same time for all modules via a mass compile.  The error is indicating that it cannot find the .idy file, but it appears to be searching the COBPATH not the COBIDY path.   Any hints?#ServerExpress

Hi, We are facing issues while animating the COBOL programs using Net Express. Please see the below details and please refer the attached document for more information. While executing the jobs in our application using the executable files (.DLL& .EXE etc.), the jobs ran without any errors.  During the jobs execution process, we have data base calls where Cobol will fetch the information from data base (SQLSERVER/DB2). There were no issues while fetching the information using exe files.  However when we tried to Debug the Cobol programs by using Micro Focus Net Express Animation process, we found issues while retrieving the data from the data base. There was no data base errors (SQL code is zero after executing the SQL statement) after the data base calls, however the numeric data fields after the data base calls having the illegal data. Please see the below detailed information about the problem.  Detailed information about the issue:&

Hello,I have a small project in netexpress 5.1 free that will run only 3 months.I developed an exe project in netexpress and wanted to know which dll I need to put together to run on Windows XP.Which files tell the client to run without needing NetEpxress.