rmcobol and vcobol

[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 file



In 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.
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What do I put here (additional directives)?
Thanks.

Can you explain your problem more clearly ?

Is the problem that you cannot find where to enter the additional directives,
or you're not sure which directives you need ?

[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 file



In 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.

--- in inglish --------
I have a cobol aplication in rm/cobol running in ver. 5.35. Too running in last version 12.

Two days ago, I download visual cobol and i am doing test it.

Now, i want compiled my aplication source in rmcobol with visual cobol. It saw errors in the compilation. I see in the manual reference of visual cobol, that i have put directives of compilation for don`t have errors.

The problem is that i don't know what directives put for don`t have errors.

Thanks

--- en español ----

Yo tengo una aplicacion en rmcobol funcionando con la version 5.35 y tambien con la ultima ver. 12.

Hace unos dias yo me baje una version de visual cobol para evaluarla.

Ahora quiero compilar mi aplicacion con visual cobol para probar como funciona pero me da muchos errores.

He leido en el manual de referencia que debo de meter unas directivas de compilacion para que compile fuente de rmcobol sin errores.

Pero no se que directivas poner.

Gracias

[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 file



In 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.

I resolver my problem. For compile source rm/cobol, i put in directive of compilation "RM".

WIth directive "RM" there is not errors.

Now, i have convert index file rm/cobol .

how do it?

I am running "rebuild file_input,fichero_out /s:cisam /r:v256-512"

and give errors:

file_input,file_out /s:cisam /r:v256-512
***Error on input file - status 9/043 - records read = 0


somebody know what do it?

Thanks.

[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 file



In 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.

9/043 is file information missing for indexed file

I've never used rebuild, but it looks like you haven't properly defined the input file (records read = 0).

In order to move files, it might be an option to write a program in RM, to output to a flat-file, and then
read that in, in a Visual COBOL program, which will write your indexed file in the Visual COBOL format.

You should also search the Micro Focus web-site, and the web itself, for any documents concerning moving to/from RM to MF/Visual COBOL.

edited for extra info

[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 file



In 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.

jcantero

I understand that Visual COBOL R4 is due to be released any day now. This, reportedly, includes direct support for the RM/COBOL file system, so no conversion of data files should be required. It might be worth waiting for this release before getting bogged down in data conversion.

It also, reportedly, contains better support for RM/COBOL syntax - although I think that this is probably just that some C$ routines are now supported (MF are reporting back to me on this).

After a brief look at Visual COBOL, I decided that it was not worth going a lot further until V4 comes along - because it should hopefully make life a lot easier for RM users!

Cheers

Nigel (AKA Lee Ant)

[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 file



In 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.

Could anyone give me an example of: how to read indexed files of RM-Cobol with Visual Cobol. My e-mail is jose61@pryma.ws

Thanks: Jose Manuel Guevara