I am getting this error when trying to execute my application in my dev server 

Error "Execution error : file ''  
error code: 244, pc=0, call=1, seg=0
244      error message text not found "

Is this error related to Cobol run time environment. please help.

The RTS error 244 is a licensing initialization error. It means that your licensing system isn't setup properly. These RTS errors are documented here.

Is this a Windows server? How are you executing the program, directly on the server machine or from a workstation which is mapped to the server? Is the COBOL product installed on the server? Do you have a license installed?

Any additional detailed information would be useful...

Hi Chris, Thanks for your reply ..Please find the additional details below. 

We are using visual studio 2019 and MF Cobol 5 version in local development system, We are able to create and launch the executable from the respective EXE/DLL folder and as well  from the VS command prompt.
But when executing the same EXE from application development server (Windows server 2012)  old runtime, We are facing this error when trying to launch from command prompt. Also we have noticed that Cobol product is not install on the server.  kindly advise. Thanks 

Are you trying to run the application directly from a command prompt on the server or does the application reside on the server and you are actually running it from a workstation? Either way the COBOL Server product should be installed and licensed properly either on the server or locally on the workstation machine. If you are selecting and copying the individual COBOL run-time files such as cblrtsm.dll to the folder containing your application, then it still needs to be licensed.

There is a section in the docs which covers deployment of applications using various scenarios.
It can be found here.

If you are trying to run on a workstation where the application resides on the network you could look under
Running a Native application from a network server

Thanks Chris, My understanding is that COBOL server needs to be installed and licensed on development server ..If we copy the necessary run time files to the application path still it will be checked for license when the application executes? In that case can I have trail version of Cobol server installed in development server for testing purpose. ? please suggest . Thanks.

Sorry, but there is no trial version of COBOL Server available. You would have to contact your Account Manager within Micro Focus Sales and ask for a Visual COBOL/COBOL Server product evaluation.

Ok Thank you Chris !

Hi Chris, 

I found out that there is COBOL server 3.0 available for us to install , Can you please tell me if COBOL server 3.0 can handle programs compiled with Visual COBOL   5.0 ?

Thanks

Naveen.

Hi Naveen,

Unfortunately backward compatibility between compiled module versions and COBOL Server versions are not supported. Upward compatibility is supported. You would need COBOL Server 5.0 or higher in order to run programs compiled with VC 5.0.

You should be able to upgrade to COBOL Server 5.0 at no charge if you are currently on maintenance for these products.