Rocket® Net Express/Server Express

Problem: You can use Snippits to help you complete repository entries in .Net COBOL. Resolution: In the repository section if you type "class" then TAB it will run a Visual Studio "Snippit" to help you complete your repository entry for the class. Old KB# 1379

Problem: Programs compiled in NT, are going to Windows 2003 and having a problem. error is cannot find entrypoint 'cbl_get_file_info '  in cblrtss Resolution: recompile and link with the dynamically bound runtime on cbllink  -Rs would be required Old KB# 1323

Problem: Releases: Net Express and Mainframe Express: Want to know which files are involved to store breakpoints / watchlists during an IDE session. Resolution: The file which stores the breakpoints is the projectname.~ds file on Net Express and projectname.dbs on Mainframe Express. The ~ds/dbs file is only written when the project is closed. So if for example Net Express  just had the unfortunate occurrence to crash, then the breakpoints do not get saved and they are lost. Alll the watchlist information is stored in the ~ds/.dbs file as well. Net Express:The .idy file and .app file do not store breakpoint information. Mainframe Express: The .idy file and .mvp file do not store breakpoint information. Old KB# 1268

Problem: Subprogram's Working-Storage is only initialized the first time is called. Any subsequent calls to the same subprogram will find the previous values of Working-Storage. Resolution: Add the INITIAL clause to the subprogram's PROGRAM-ID, e.g. PROGRAM-ID SubProgram IS INITIAL. An initial program is one whose program state is initialized when the program is called. During the process of initializing an initial program, that program's internal data is initialized as described in the section State of a Function, Method, Object or Program. The initial attribute is attained by specifying the INITIAL clause in the program's Identification Division. Old KB# 1350

Problem: When CBL_DEBUGBREAK is included in code containing threads running at the same time, the first thread that hits it causes Animator to start, but the other threads execute through with no animation. Resolution: CBL_DEBUGBREAK tries to start a copy of the debugger, but as only one debugger is allowed per process (Microsoft limitation), the call to CBL_DEBUGBREAK made by the second, third and fourth thread, etc.. fails. Displaying the return-code straight after the CBL_DEBUGBREAK call,  and seeing that is 0 the first time but it isn't on subsequent calls. A solution would be to lock the call to CBL_DEBUGBREAK, so the first thread that gets there it, and all the others wait until the first one unlocks it.  That would give you the chance to start Animator and once Animator is up to swap from one thread to the other using "Animate / Threads...".  You can Freeze threads, Thaw them, set one as active, and so on...

Problem: This document describes how to open files or create new files that are not included in a Project. It is not necessary to have a project open in order to use the Data Tools. You can open or create new files using the File menu from the Main tool bar in NetExpress. For more help using the Data Tools to convert, browse, edit and create data files, refer to the Getting Start Online Book chapter called Maintaining and Creating Data Files. It contains an excellent sample on performing these tasks. Resolution: Creating New Files using the Data File Editor 1. From the File menu, select New. 2. From the New dialog box, select Data File. 3. Enter the appropriate characteristics for your data file, and select the Create button. Opening Files using the Data File Editor 1. From the File menu, select Open. 2. At the "Files of Type" option, select Data files (*.dat) or All files (*.*) 3. At the "Open As" option, select Dat

Problem: In Visual Studio 2005 you can now comment out blocks of COBOL Code using a menu option. Resolution: If you have a block of code highlighted you can comment out the code by using the Edit / Advanced / Comment Selection menu option. There is a corresponding "Uncomment" option. This option will comment out code using the "*>" comment syntax. Control-C and then Control-K is the keyboard shortcut for this. Old KB# 1378

Problem: Release 4.0 / 5.0: Is there a tool available to get back version numbers from Net Express Applications installed on both development also Application Server environment? Resolution: Yes, this tool named MFSupportInfo is available as a .zip file for downloading here: http://supportline.microfocus.com/examplesandutilities/nesamp.asp#Utilities Up to Net Express V5.0 MFSupportInfo is part of the Micro Focus product delivery, to find under: (1) ..\\base\\bin  installation directory for Net Express development environment (2) ..\\Server 5.0\\bin installation directory for Net Express Application Server Be aware, running this MFSupportInfo utility needs Administrator rights for the underlying Operating System because of reading the Windows registry. Old KB# 1357

Problem: FD  VAR-LENGTH-REC-FILE                     LABEL RECORDS ARE STANDARD.        01  REC1 PIC X(10).                    01  REC2 PIC X(20).                    01  REC3 PIC X(30).                    but when it gets written all records are 30 bytes long. Resolution: Adding RECORDING MODE V corrected the problem. Old KB# 1328

Problem: OS: Windows By default Dialog truncates text on a Button when it is larger than the button size. Resolution: There's a demo called buttontext.zip, which demonstrates how to use Windows API calls in order to make the test go over multiple lines.  To locate the demo, go to the Micro Focus Supportline website.  Click on the 'Self-Service' link, then click on the 'Examples & Utilities' link and is located under the 'Dialog System' category. (http://supportline.microfocus.com/examplesandutilities/nesamp.asp) Old KB# 1337

Problem: In Dialog System how to control the First Window displayed? Resolution: Dialog System will display the first Window as defined in the screenset. This screen is configurable at design time via the Sceenset/First Window menu option. If you want to control at runtime you can use the SET-FIRST-WINDOW function. This needs to be done in the SCREENSET-INITIALIZED function in Global Dialog. For more information please see the online documentation on the SET-FIRST-WINDOW function. Old KB# 1278

Problem: Wie loesche ich die Markierungen der Elemente, die bei der Textsuche gefunden wurden? Resolution: ueber den Menueeintrag View->Clear->Text Finds. Old KB# 1367

Problem: Have a machine that still uses Microsoft DOS V 6.2 and using IBM's bi-synchroneous communications app that is on the old machine. How to get this running? Resolution: This is not possible because Net Express character-based applications are not DOS programs. They are actually 32-bit Windows console programs that require Windows 98 or higher to run. Only our very old 16-bit Workbench products would create applications that could run under DOS. Old KB# 1329

Problem: Net Express 4.0 Recompilation/rebuild of an existing project fails with error: Rebuilding    F:\\.......\\FILENAME.CBL Error during generation of INT-code Rebuild complete with errors. A new .int file is not created. COBOL programs that are modified may recompile cleanly. Resolution: Close the project and the Net Express IDE. Delete the debug directory for the project. Restart Net Express, open the project and rebuild. Old KB# 1265

Problem: Using an XP machine with the Regional Language settings set to Japanese. receiving the following syntax error .... * 230-S************************************************ **    PICTURE string has illegal precedence or illegal character 1875             15  WPRTL-PRINT-AMOUNT2        PIC $$$$9.99. * 230-S************************************************ This line of code, compiles fine on an XP machine with the regional language settings set to English.     Resolution: Setting the compiler directive to CURRENCY-SIGN"36" corrects the problem. Old KB# 1370

Problem: Can the Net Express Development and Server products be installed on the same PC? Resolution: Unfortunately it is not possible to install both the development and runtime systems on to the same PC.  Our development environment contains all the runtime files anyway. If you need to run both on the same PC then you may want to consider Microsoft Virtual PC.  We use VPC here to run different products/versions on the same box. Old KB# 1396

Problem: How can I check to see if the Escape key was pressed in my graphical application ? Resolution: In Dialog System the escape key can be trapped with "ESC" Event. If you are using the GUI Class library for controls or windows then you can trap the ESCAPE key with the p2ce-functionkey event. Attach is some example code to illustrate how you can acheive this. Attachments: escape.zip Old KB# 1361

Problem: When a deadlock between 2 processes occured it was found that a SQLCODE was being returned with 100 (row not found) rather than a -1205 SQLCODE. Resolution: This issue has been fixed. Please download and apply the latest Net Express 4 patch to resolve the problem. Old KB# 1358

Problem: In graphical Dialog System how to specify what window will get focus when deleting a window. Resolution: The second parameter to the DELETE-WINDOW function allows to specify what window will get focus when the specified window is deleted. For example:-     DELETE-WINDOW WIN1 WINDOWFORFOCUS Old KB# 1280

Problem: Die Umlaute werden nicht korrekt in der Eingabeaufforderung angezeigt. Resolution: Die Einstellungen fuer die Eingabeaufforderung ("DOS-Prompt") muessen geaendert werden: Unter Eigenschaften, Schriftart muss TT Lucida Console oder andere True Type Schriftart ausgewaehlt werden. Darueber hinaus muss die aktive Codepage fuer die Konsole gewechselt werden. Dazu wird folgendes in der Eingabeaufforderung eingegeben: chcp 1250. Anschliessend werden die Umlaute korrekt angezeigt. Old KB# 1364

Problem: Is there a possibilty to develop an application on a 64bit Windows (x64 Edition) machine and then deploy that to an Itanium based machine? Resolution: It is not possible doing cross-develop for different 64-bit platforms. So, for example, building an application on an Itanium machine, it will not run on an X64 machine. It is the need to build it on an X64 machine for it to run there. Old KB# 1293

Problem: The following CALL crashes with a runtime error 114. "GetParameter" is a C-function in a DLL created by Visual C . 01 buffer pic x(32000). 01 len binary-long value 32000. CALL WinApi "GetParameter"     using by reference buffer              by value len Resolution: For modifying a buffer with this kind of DLL, it requires a pointer to a buffer. 01 buffer pic x(32000). 01 len usage binary-long value 32000. 01 ptr usage pointer. SET ptr TO ADDRESS buffer. CALL WinApi "GetParameter"     using by reference ptr              by value len In a C program buffer might be specified as char **buffer; Old KB# 1281

Problem: There is no FTP routine in Cobol to access and interact with a FTP server. This however can be done by using the Windows Internet (WinINet) application programming interface (API). Resolution: BUILD W/RELEASE:     Net Express v5.x ============ INTRODUCTION ========== The attached demo uses the Windows Internet (WinINet) application programming interface (API) to interact with FTP protocols to access Internet resources. It is using WinInet functions to accomplish the following tasks:     1. open Internet session (InternetOpen)     2. log on to FTP server (InternetConnect)     3. determine current directory (FtpGetCurrentDirectory)     4. change directory (FtpSetCurrentDirectory)     5. create new directory (FtpCreateDirectory)     6. upload file (FtpPutFile)     7. rename file (FtpR

Problem: Is it possible to use the CALL-BY-NAME and CALL-BY-NUMBER routines within a multi-threaded application? Resolution: Yes, these routines are all thread safe and can be used within your code. Old KB# 1397

Problem: How can I set focus on an ActiveX control in Dialog. For example if my focus is on a entry field how can I reset focus on an ActiveX grid control. Resolution: You should use the "setfocus" method of the activex. Some example Dialog to do this is:-      INVOKE OCX-01-OBJREF "SETFOCUS" $NULL Old KB# 1282