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I've been asked to investigate the transfer of a screen containing many similar values into a Datagrid object as provided for in Visual COBOL. Can anyone point me in the direction of some basic 'how to' instruction on how to: a) create datagrids b) populate them with data coming in from a table c) movement between cells in a datagrid d) validate cell data (as entered by the user) e) retrieve datagrid content and put back in table Thanks very much. P.S a Wiki on this topic would be welciome!

We are running a ten years old desktop based application. Presentation layer or GUI is built on Net Express deployed on Windows machines and business logic (or transaction program) is built on Micro Focus Cobol deployed on UNIX server. Cobol programs use embedded SQL to persist data on Oracle database. We are now evaluating different options to switch the application to a web based application. Organization has taken strategic decision to use .NET framework for any future development though J2EE option is still open if it has significant edge over .NET. Cost and quick turn around is key factor while evaluating different options. We have following options in consideration. 1. Replace Net Express front end by .NET and re-use micro foucs cobol transaction program and embeded SQL. 2. Decommission existing application and re-write a brand new application on .NET framework.

Some of our Windows forms are made up of tabs. Each tab contains data relevant to the header. My first tab on form XYZ is called 'Personal'. The first field on tab 'Personal' is called 'Per-Code'. My tab ORDER says that 'Per-Code' is value 0.0.0 with the Personal tab having a tab order of 0. I have no other tab values of 0.0.0 within my tab of Personal. At runtime I use the code Invoke Per-Code::Focus() BUT on running the form the field Per-Code doesn't become active until  I press the <TAB> key when the field Per-Code then becomes 'live' and editable. What command do I need to use to have it so that I don't have to press the <TAB> key first? I note that this does NOT happen when I'm NOT using a tabbed form!

I am get this error after 15 minutes.   Can I control the loading process? Is there a document that describes the loading process? ProcessRun: tmp = C:\\ACCOUNTS\\DEV10\\IO\\MGR01.io ProcessRun: runProg = C:\\MF-SYSTEM\\WORKBENCH\\BIN\\ORDERMGT.EXE ProcessRun: runProg = C:\\MF-SYSTEM\\WORKBENCH\\BIN\\ORDERMGT.EXE /P:C:\\ACCOUNTS\\DEV 10\\IO\\MGR01.io /D:C:\\LISTENER\\DEV10\\DEV10.CONFIG Unhandled Exception: OutOfMemoryException Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown. at Void  ORDERMGT.Main._MF_PERFORM_4_642(Int32 start_end) at Int32  ORDERMGT.Main.Main() at Int32  ORDERMGT.Main._MF_ENTRY()

Good afternoon. I am currently working with RM/COBOL and we are planning to acquire Visual COBOL, the download for evaluation but so far I can not make an application that uses indexed files. Therefore I request any help that I can provide, I would serve much any tutorial or in your case a basic project in Visual Studio that handles files. Thank you...

We have certain fields on forms designated with a 'Leave' event so that in once the user leaves the field the field is validated. In the event that the field is deemed to be in error focus is returned to the field and the user then re-enters the data. I have a problem in that the user wishes to leave the form by way of an Exit button. Clicking on the button when a field is in error though generates a 'leave' event for the incorrect field even though there is a 'Click' event attached to the Exit button which says 'Get Out of form' and we go round in a circle with the user continually being presented with the field in error in focus instead of the 'Exit button' event being done. How do I overide one event with another so that the Exit button 'Click' event supercedes the 'Leave' event of the data field on the form? 

A jar file containing the run unit manager needed for the JSP Book demo.rununitmanager.zip

The source code for the BookJSP tutorial application.COBOL_JSP_DEMO_2_1_SRC.zip

This document describes the steps needed to configure Visual COBOL for Eclipse to work with the JVM servlet APIs and common Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) application servers. It will include the steps needed to configure both the IDE and the server. It will include the steps needed to make the Micro Focus JVM COBOL runtime environment available to deployed web applications. Finally it will include appropriate setup steps for various third party APIs and frameworks that can be used with JVM COBOL. Contents 1 Setting up the Servlet Container 1.1 Setting up Tomcat 2 Installing the Eclipse Web Tools Platform 3 Setup of the Server Runtime for Eclipse Web Projects

I tried to install the trial versions (visual cobol eclipse and visual cobol visual studio) After installation (which seems to work properly) i will alwas be asked for a license key after programm startup. It is possible to cancel the license key window, but doing this both versions will not allow to open a cobol project (there are no cobol projects listed to choose from ).   Same for both versions (eclipse and visual studio) same behaviour on Win7 (64) and Vista (x86) both versions are german Please help   Thank you das      

I haven't found a good solution for this on the Web.  Project A in solution 1 wants to call a program in project B in solution 2.  Because project B is in another solution I don't see it on the Project tab of the Add Reference dialog so I add a reference to project B's dll file from the Browse tab.  Once I've done this I can call project B's programs from project A.  The problem is that I'm doing this for the debug build and looking inside the cobol project file the reference is shown as  "debug\\ProjectB.dll".  All of our compiled programs are being output to this directory.  When we later do a release build all programs will be output to the release directory and we will need to replace all references.  Because we are keeping our solutions small this could require a lot of work. What is the best way to add references to projects in other solutions ?

This is not a feature that is built into the MessageBox class and the message box is always centered over the desktop.  I have found some examples written in C# on how to do this but they run for many lines of code and my C# training is not far enough along to where I can translate them into Visual COBOL.  Has anyone written a routine for this in Visual COBOL ?  Our other option would be to write our own message class or use a third-party control that allows positioning.#VisualCOBOL

Currently have this version of Visual Cobol: Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.0 Version 2.0.00110.Serial number:  Trial days left: 12Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.0 Copyright (C) Micro Focus 1984-2012. All rights reserved. We used single program .APP in Net Express - I do not see a way to create a .SLN with the import. Also when I use  NEW\\PROJECT\\COBOL\\NATIVE\\Console Application for native code I have a new dir created and then the .SLN in that dir - this occurs even when I have "create directory for solution" not checked.  How can I bypass this issue ? If I compile from the command line and try to execute the exe it created I get a dos command window that apprears and disapprears in a flash.  I cannot find any log or message file as to what is not correct.  Any idea where to look ?  I am currectly using c:\\VCSOURCE to do all my work and the new .exe is in this dir. What is t

What is the meaning of this message? What should I do to avoid it? The program never executed.

Getting Started with Visual COBOL for Eclipse Creating web applications using JSPs and Tomcat Summary In this tutorial, we take you through the steps to create a web application using JSPs and Tomcat. To create web application in Eclipse we need install some new plugins, we’ll walk you through this step too. First of all, you need to install the Web Tools Platform for Eclipse. From the help menu, select Install New Software. Paste this URL into the Work With entry field:

An ASP.NET web application using JQueryVS-JQuery-WebApp.zip

Getting Started with Visual COBOL for Visual Studio Creating Web Applications Summary In this tutorial, we task you through the steps to create an ASP.NET web application. Start Visual Studio and from the file menu, create a new project. Under the COBOL templates and select Web and ASP.NET Web Application. Give the project a name and location and click OK

Getting Started with Visual COBOL for Visual Studio Hello World using .NET Summary This getting started tutorial shows how you can create a user interface using .NET and call a COBOL application to perform the backend processing.  Start Visual Studio and create a new project from the File -> New menu Make sure the COBOL  section is selected and from there choose Windows Forms Application  Name the project and choose a location for it to be stored and then click OK.

Getting Started with Visual COBOL for Eclipse Hello World using COBOL JVM   Summary: This getting started tutorial shows how you can create a Java user interface and call a COBOL application to perform the backend processing. We’re using the Google Window Toolkit to design the user interface. The walkthrough will guide you through the process of setting this up. Before creating your application, we need to add some new extensions to your Eclipse IDE.   Install Google Window Builder

Hi,   I'm using <LinkMultiDlls> set to true in the project definition for a Visual COBOL 2.1 project and I would like to create an installer to include all the DLL's for that project. Now this would appear to not be possible as the installer project (be it WIX, Installshield LE or a VS2010 .vdprof project) assume that the project build output has name ProjectName.dll and won't look for the multiple DLL's... I'm still researching MSBUILD but does any ideas on this? I know that I can specify each individual file manually from the project in the setup project, but if I add a new source file to the project and forget to add the associated DLL to the setup project it won't be included.   Thanks, Michael

tictac sample for oriontictac.txt#tictac#orion

Hi, Anyone know if a document exist explaining the requirement sin order to migrate a running MFC 5 application into using Visual Cobol instead?   I would be interesting in something that describe what to expect in the effort of replacing the Cobol compiler and runtime.  The obvious consist in installing the new visual Cobol and its license and recompile the source, but should we expect to have to modify any data file (KSAM for example) or should some compilation/runtime flags be used to emulate the old version behaviour. Thanks in advance -Pierre  PS: Principally on Unix.

Hi All, Could Anyone please help me in type casting in JVM COBOL ?? best regards#COBOL#JVMCOBOL

Hi I am using Eclipse Version!!! the problem is there is an error ==> Multiple markers at this line - COBCH0972S Linkage item 'CUSTOMER-MOBILE' is referenced but has no addressability. - COBCH0972S Linkage item 'CUSTOMER-NAME' is referenced but has no addressability. - COBCH0972S Linkage item 'CUSTOMER-ADDRESS' is referenced but has no addressability. - COBCH0972S Linkage item 'CUSTOMER-PHONE' is referenced but has no addressability. the code is :

Good morning,I wonder if it's possible to change the default Builder that appears for a Cobol Remote Project in VisualCobol Eclipse 2.1, and as it should be The idea would be to set up the project so that when you perform a Build,