Rocket® RM/COBOL

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 04 May 2011]HiI realise that this is now the current forum for RM related issues/questions, but "read only" access to the old forum would still be useful.The old forum contains a number of solutions, fixes, and ideas that still have relevance to the RM community. Just removing access to the old forum seems a bit drastic!Any thoughts?Nigel

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 11 August 2011]Old Cobol objects RM/COBOL Runtime – Version 7.00.03 for 32bit Windows (9x/Me/NT/TS/2K). This is old Cobol and the user would like to move to 64bit Windows. Can a run-time be purchased? Would the source code have to be recompiled? (I am afraid that over the past 20 years some source/object issues would occur). Can the existing objects run in a 64bit environment? Any help would be appreciated. Michael

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 01 August 2011]I did put CALLFH(ACUFH) on Aditional Directives and gave me this error:Error COBCH0865 : Failed to find system program 'ACUFH'. Could some bodie tell me what this mean.Thanks: Manuel Guevarajose61@pryma.ws

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 14 June 2011]I have installed the vcobol and I am doing tests.When you import a source of rmcobol'm trying to put "addicional directives" as stated in the manual. But i don't know that put on this site.To set properties and directives on a single fileIn the Navigator view, right-click the file to change. Click Properties. Click COBOL Settings. Check Enable file specific settings. Click in the Additional directives field and type the directives to be used when compiling this file. Separate each directive with a space. Click OK. To specify whether or not to compile the file, right-click the file and click Build Action > Compile or Build Action > Ignore as required. By default, files with a .cbl extension are compiled. Parent topic: How to...What do I put here (additional directives)?Thanks.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 12 July 2011]I had been download Visual Cobol R4, UnInstalled Visual Cobol R3 and Installed Visual Cobol R4; but when I open Visual Cobol R4, this sed: "The licence has been expired". Is this posible to gen one trial version for R4?. Thanks for any Help.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 16 June 2011]Hello I have a cobol program with which I read a MySQL database with InstanatSql compiles without errors but the error run the following commands:desrcs@may2:/usr/acct/Inst-InstantSQL/ftes$ runcobol85 sample1.cob L=/usr/acct/Inst-InstantSQL/ftes/libisql.soRM/COBOL Runtime - Version 12.02 for Linux Intel 32-Bit.RM/COBOL Runtime System issued to IT Innovation & Technology S.A. de.Configured for 10 users.Arrendadora RamaCopyright (c) 1985-2008 by Liant Software Corp. All rights reserved.Registration Number: 6E-1000-25620-0010COBOL procedure error 213 (library not found). Error processing library /usr/acct/Inst-InstantSQL/ftes/libisql.so.COBOL procedure error 214 (library not valid). Error starting application sample1.cob.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 17 March 2011]Microfocus will support RM/Cobol till 2014 and there is no end-of-life announcement.What does this mean for future compatibility with new versions of operating systems ?What if the current RM/COBOL V12 is not compatible with a future Microsoft Server release ?Is there going to be a new RM/COBOL version for that ?What happens if customers who use our application with an RM/Cobol V12 runtime wants to upgrade their OS to this new version ? How long will we be able to sell RM/COBOL runtimes (with a support contract) ? Also after 2014 ?

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 17 March 2011]I'm RM-Cobol User, have some body a little sample how to create one wpf on Visual Cobol? or on eclipse I like to se how I can access data files with Visual Cobol R3. Another questios is: Any body knows when Visual Cobol R4 will came?, becouse this will be compatible with RM-COBOL Files. Thanks for your help.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 29 March 2011]HiI understand some of the C$ routines are being converted to VC4, along with the RM file handler; but what about the P$ Subprogram library for access to Windows printing features - will that be there too? Also, how does the wow to VC form conversion process work, supplied by ETS - is this a tool to purchase, or is it more complicated than that..?Steven H