Rocket® Net Express/Server Express

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: Release 4.0: The creation of apslastdir key works for AS service-pack update. Application Server installed to a non-default location using the following command line: setup -s f1Drive:\\FolderName\\NewSetup.ISS For example, setup -s f1C:\\MFAS40\\NewSetup.ISS The concern is that MF AS setup files will be packaged to a seft-extract file for our customer to download.  They will probably extract it to a network drive for their users to run MF AS silent install (Setup.Bat in our case).  What we will have to ask them to do is to edit Setup.bat to specify where the NewSetup.Iss is located. Also, when distributing MF AS setup files on a CD with Setup.Bat.  They cannot run Setup.bat directly from the CD, because they have to update Setup.Bat to specify the location of

Problem: How can the e-mail program be determined which is installed on the Windows PC Resolution: Please have a look into the registry. Step1: Directly under \\\\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT the entries for the e-mail protocols pop and smtp can be found. The subentry PROTO HANDLER shows a (different) CLSID for each of used protocols. Step 2: This CLSID references its own entry under \\\\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\CLSID. Open the subentry belonging the CLSID found in step 1. There, on the next level, the subentry InprocServer32 shows the DLL which handles the actual  protocol for the search started in step 1. Old KB# 1394

Problem: Trying to do a positioned delete for mysql table and it isn't working. Resolution: For MYSQL to work you need to compile with the sql directive SQL(USECURLIB=YES) and need to set SCROLLOPTION to STATIC and CONCURRENCY to OPTCCVAL (these can either be specified through the EXEC SQL SET statement or specified in the DECLARE CURSOR statement). From on-line docs: Positioned Update ODBC supports positioned update, which updates the row most recently fetched by using a cursor. However, not all drivers provide support for positioned update. With some ODBC drivers, the select statement used by the cursor must contain a FOR UPDATE clause to enable positioned update. Most data sources require specific combinations of SCROLLOPTION and

Problem: If you want to read an XSD file programatically you may want a Schema for the Scheme so that you can generate the COBOL data structures using the cbl2xml wizard. Resolution: The schema for the XML Schemas is a available at:- Schema is http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.xsd Full details on schemas and a DTD for a schema is available at:- http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema Old KB# 1356

Problem: Release: Net Express 5.0.NET and  Visual Studio 2005: When the program executes the OPEN INPUT for a file described as:    SELECT  MyFile  ASSING  "TheFile.Dat" a file status 3/5 is returned, indicating that the file could not be found. Resolution: In the traditional Micro Focus IDE the file is found in the project's directory. In Visual Studio 2005 the file is expected in the directory of the EXE, e.g. in the bin\\debug directory below the directory of the .cblproj. You can check where the OPEN expects the file if you OPEN a (different) file in OUTPUT mode. Old KB# 1382

Problem: Ist ein paralleler Einsatz des Net Express Application Servers der Versionen 3.1 und 4.0 moeglich? Resolution: Ja, es kann ein paralleler Betrieb der Net Express Application Server Versionen 3.1 und 4.0 auf einem Rechner ausfuehrt werden, wenn folgende technische Anforderungen erfuellt sind: a) Zunaechst werden die Installationen der Application Server 3.1 und 4.0  vorgenommen und damit  in der Windows Registry die passenden Eintraege hinterlegt (zu finden unter HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Micro Focus) b) Die auszufuehrende COBOL .exe (bzw. die erste COBOL .dll Datei) sollte  'shared dynamic'' gelinkt sein, damit beim Start der Applikation die dynamisch gebundene .exe (die erste .dll Datei) ueb

Problem: After migrating some C code that calls COBOL from UNIX to Windows  get the following errors on linking:- myprog.OBJ : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _cobprintf myprog.OBJ : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _cobgetch myprog.OBJ : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _cobclear RELEASE\\myprog.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals Resolution: These routines provided by Micro Focus are only supported on UNIX and are not documented or provided on Windows. Solution is to replace these calls to standard C library callls such as printf , _getch and system("cls") Old KB# 1335

Problem: Solution is only to have on-line the LINK.exe Version 8  thru PATH environment variable  and the link Version 8  libraries thru LIB  environment variable... These ressources having to be invoked firtsly before the ones delivered under Net Express ( ie: [NetxInstallDIR]\\base\\bin\\link.exe & [NetxInstallDIR]\\base\\lib\\user32.lib & kernel32.lib & advapi32.lib & msvcrt.lib & gdi32.lib & advapi32.lib LINK.exe version 6 is delivered with Net Express... Resolution: Working in a DOS command prompt and manage so Net Express uses MS LINK.exe Version 8 ================= 1) ---> Launch Visual Studio 2005 Command Prom

Problem: This example illustrates how the CBL_FILENAME_CONVERT call-by-name routine can be used to accomplish various filename conversions and measurements. Resolution: BUILD W/RELEASE:     Net Express v4.0 and up.                                   INTRODUCTION ========== The example program includes the code for 10 different conversions and measurements. This "Readme" file includes concise descriptions for each usage. The example program includes these descriptions together with the code that implements the example. SOURCE FILES:

Problem: How can you validate numerics in a .Net Winforms TextBox control. Resolution: The keypress event in .Net allows you to trap when a key is pressed on the keyboard and interpret what key was pressed. This allows you ensure that only digits , "." , " " and "-" are entered. More complex checking can also be performed on the TextChanged Event. This is fired when the Text in a textbox is changed and allows you to check the full text that is in the control. Some examples of using these events to handle numeric checking is:-        method-id.  "textBox1_KeyPress" final private.        linkage section. &nbsp

Problem: How to tell what fixpacks ( updates ) are already on? Resolution: Using the MFSupportInfo utility, which will create a log with details of what is on the computer.   This utility can be downloaded from the samples and utilities page on the supportline website. http://supportline.microfocus.com/examplesandutilities/nesamp.asp#Utilities MFSupportInfo is part of the Net Express 5.0 installation based in ..\\base\\bin folder. This is also an essential to send in when  reporting any problems to supportline. To go also into netexpress - help \\ help about \\ and click on the more info button which will reveal the list of updates (version numbers)

Problem: Error Edit134 appears when attempting to save an edited source member to a SAMBA drive. Resolution: Incorrect permissions prevented the deletion of temporary file mfeditor.sav. Change permissions to allow deletion from the directory. Old KB# 1342

Problem: In Character Dialog there is a procedure P000. In global dialog this is called the first time a character screenset is called and in local dialog it is called when a panel is first entered. What is the equivalent of this is Graphical Dialog System. Resolution: In GUI Dialog there is a SCREENSET-INITIALIZED event in global dialog. This is executed when the screenset is run for the first time. Its only called first time and will not execute on re-entry to the screenset following a RETC etc. On specific windows you could also use the WINDOW-CREATED event as an equivalent for P000. Old KB# 1279

Problem: Release 5.0: During publishing to Unix from Net Express under Windows XP SP2 Microsoft's error message occurs: C0000005 Access Violation Resolution: Creating a dump from this error message gets back a content similar as follows: This dump file has an exception of interest stored in it. The stored exception information can be accessed via .ecxr. (16fc.1694): Access violation - code c0000005 (first/second chance not available) eax=00000070 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000010 edx=002f6797 esi=01374438 edi=01374470 eip=7c90eb94 esp=0525b5e8 ebp=0525b5f8 iopl=0         nv up ei pl zr na pe nc cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023&nbs

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: Microsoft SQL Server Insert statement with quote within value Resolution: To specify a value that contains a quote, i.e. Del'Oro, the following can be done: 1. Move the value to a host variable previously:        01 MYLNAME PIC X(20). ...            MOVE "Del'Oro" TO MYLNAME ...            EXEC SQL                INSERT INTO SQLTEST                (ID_KEY, LAST_NAME)   &nbs

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: When opening a Dialog System ScreenSet a message box reported a warning: IE: Font not found Resolution: The ScreenSet might be corrupted. 1. Please export the ScreenSet to an IMP file. 2.1. Open the IMP file with notepad or a similar editor and search for: font 2.2. If an illegal font name can be found, please correct it. 2.3. If nothing obviously false can be detected, import the IMP file into an empty GS file         The syntax check might find something which can be corrected.         Go back to the IMP file and try to correct what was detected as being wrong 3. Import the IMP file into an empty GS file

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

Problem: A 'Read' on a Fujitsu data file will cause a 039 RTS error. Is it possible to access and read a Fujitsu data file with MF COBOL? Resolution: It is not possible to access a Fujitsu data file as the format will not be recognised. It is recommended to convert first to a Sequential file using Fujitsu tools. Old KB# 1348

Problem: Net Express 4.0 Dialog System Is there a way of making it obvious to a user that a tick box or radio button has the input focus? Most fields change in some way but these object types don't seem to. Resolution: This is a known issue on XP and 2000 operating systems. Pressing the 'Alt' button when the project is running turns on the highlighting. You can change this setting from 'Control Panel > Display > Appearance > Effects...'. By unchecking the last option 'Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key', the highlighting of the controls becomes visible. It is not likely that there will be an enhancement to Dialog System for this.

Problem: Net Express has built-in support for the following character sets. The numbering convention used for single-byte character sets is that defined by the CCIT/ITU country code. Resolution: Support is provided for the following character set conversions, except where indicated: " EBCDIC to ANSI " ANSI to EBCDIC MFCODESET Character set AUTOMATIC Determined from the Windows country setting AUTO Determined from the Windows country setting DEFAULT US English 0031 Dutch 0033 French 0034 Spanish 0039 Italian 0043 German (Austrian) 0044 UK English 0045 Danish

Problem: When using client-side cursors with SQL Server 2000 or earlier, there is a limitation of only allowing one active cursor per connection. Attempting to open a second client-side cursor will issue an error "connection is busy processing another hstmt". It is not possible to use separate connections for each cursor as this could lead to locking issues. Resolution: SQL Server 2005 has implemented support Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS). MARS removes this constraint/limitation and allows multiple queries or stored procedures to be performed on a single connection. In order to take advantage of MARS with Net Express, the program must be compiled with the following directives : SQL(DBMAN=ODBC, TARGETDB=MSSQLSERVER, MARS)

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