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How to deploy a managed COBOL application over the network or on a standalone machine. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000017203#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hey guys. This code was converted in https://cs2cobol.microfocuscloud.com/ but it is showing an error on the following line: C# DataTable objDataTable = new DataTable();objDataTable.Columns.Add("Student Id", typeof(int));objDataTable.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { objDataTable.Columns["Student Id"] }; VC   What would be the correct syntax? Thanks

Certain characters (e.g. the right quote x"92" character as in <MYTAG>SOMEONE’S CODE</MYTAG>) cause to fail with exception code +000798818 in Visual COBOL. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000017084#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Upgrade Visual COBOL from version 3.0 to 6.0 now see slow compilation with MSbuild. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000016975#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hello I'm looking for a solution to write the outer left join on several table of the sql in pro-cobol because the latter does not know how to manage it. Here is the error I had and the code I wrote. I work under oracle mistacke  from VIVERS a    244   Pro*COBOL: Release 12.1.0.2.0 - Production on Thu May 6 13:53:12 2021 Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved. Error at line 245, column 12 in file VIH400.pco   245             LEFT OUTER JOIN VICOMPTE    245  ...........1   245  PCB-S-00400, Encountered the symbol "LEFT" when expecting one of the following:                   , START END-EXEC CONNECT GROUP HAVING INTERSECT MINUS ORDER           WHERE WITH FOR UNION    &n

Hi, Trying to compile a simple Cobol-Db2 program (DB2 ECM - Select) to test the setup as mentioned here: Demonstration Applications (microfocus.com)  Getting these error messages during build: Build started... ------ Build started: Project: Select, Configuration: Debug x86 ------C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Micro Focus\\Visual COBOL\\Samples\\SQL\\db2ecm\\Select\\Select.cbl (1,1-2) : error COBDB0006 : Required DB software 'db2agapi' could not be found.SQL processing cannot continue. * Compiling "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Micro Focus\\Visual COBOL\\Samples\\SQL\\db2ecm\\Select\\Select.cbl"C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Micro Focus\\Visual COBOL\\Samples\\SQL\\db2ecm\\Select\\Select.cbl (74,15-22) : error COBCH0012 : Operand sqlcode is not declaredC:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Micro Focus\\Visual COBOL\\Samples\\SQL\\db2ecm\\Select\\Select.cbl (77,25-33) : error COBCH0012 : Operand sqlerrmc is not declared COBOL compile: 0 item(s) succeeded or up-to-d

When installing an AutoPass license, the following error is produced: [7021] autopassJ instance is null. The installed license does no show in the License Manager and any other AutoPass licenses installed have disappeared too.  Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000016726#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Is Visual COBOL Dev Hub 6.0 supported on Red Hat 8.4? Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000016646#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

launching imtkmake on an OPENAPI 3.0 json file generates a message : Cannot find type information for: 'no-name-0037-op02I' References in parameters are not well converted (See part below).There is a no-name instead of the right name referenced. - name: includePendingValidation in: query required: false description: By default.... schema: type: string enum: [ "Yes", "No"] # Pagination - $ref: '#/components/parameters/skipParam' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/takeParam' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sortByParam' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sortDirectionParam' - $ref: '#/components/parameters/paginationTokenParam' Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000016773#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hi Team, I am trying to convert the RM COBOL program to visual cobol 8.0 but getting the below error. Please advise. #COBOLVISUALCOBOLMIGRATION

Version is Visual Cobol 8.0 into MSVisual Studio. Using DB2 preprocessor and need to create ,BND file. In the generated DB2 bin file I need information on table inside EXEC SQL INCLUDE as shown here: 002330 EXEC SQL INCLUDE SQLCA END-EXEC.002360 EXEC SQL INCLUDE NFODG657 END-EXEC. This information is not included in the .BND file. How can this be done? Is there a DB2 directive that would achieve this. I tried MULTI-NESTED and MULTI-PACKAGE but that does not add this.

The license manager was successfully installed with the 32-bit setup lmsetupx86.msi or the 64-bit one lmsetupx64.msi, but the license manager fails to launch on some machines even if the DLL mentioned below resides in the Licensing folder.For the 32-bit license manager, the error message says "Unable to load DLL 'ceswrapper.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)"For the 64-bit license manager, the error message says "Unable to load DLL 'ceswrapper64.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)" Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000016268#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

It may happen that the uninstallation of Visual COBOL may be completed, but it may still be detected when trying to install another version.It may also happen that the uninstallation of Visual COBOL fails for an unknown reason. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000016353#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Behavior changes have been highlighted during upgrade from v2.3 to v7.0.What is the best way to identify the issues and amend application code accordingly. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000016332#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Swagger data type : "name" : "entityId", "in" : "query", "required" : false, "description" : "entity identifier(s)", "schema" : { "type" : "array", "items" : { "type" : "number" Cobol Copy data type : 05 entityId pic s9(9)v9(9) occurs 0 to 256 Value Sent : 1009548 Value in the URL : (from the mccerror file)xxxxxxxxentityId=-1009548.00000000%3B&lNegative value is sent through the URL and also a strange %3B (corresponding to " ; ") and a point instead of comma in the value sent.Compiler directives used: cob64 -C warning=1 assign=external defaultcalls=4 filetype=4 idxformat=4 vsc2 fp-rounding=vsc2 checkdiv=vsc2 sign=ebcdic NORTKEY host-nummove hostarithmetic host-numcompare -O -v -u -C ibmcomp perform-type=osvs noalter notrunc bound defaultbyte=0   Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000016515#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Is there a tool or process to migrate a native COBOL project from a version of Visual COBOL or Visual Studio to another version? Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000016479#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Editor is not accepting the arrow keys for navigation instead its inserting A B C D as up down right left. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000016417#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hello, What are the support Oracle ODBC drivers for Visual COBOL 4? Is Oracle 19 32bit ODBC driver supported for Visual COBOL 4? Is there somewhere in documentation that details supported ODBC drivers for Visual COBOL releases? Thank you, Doug

I just installed Visual COBOL. I get the COBOL language option in Visual Studio 2022 but not 2019. Can I configure the "VSIX Installer" to target VS 2019? Also, not sure what type of project to start in Visual Studio to debug Infor Lawson Microfocus COBOL. Also do not know how to connect Visual Studio to the source code on the Infor server. Do I have to download the PD, WS, rpt and .scr files to my local windows PC? Any help appreciated!

After installing the Oracle Data Provider (ODP.NET) 19c product files, the Oracle Data Providers still do not show in the Visual COBOL ADO.NET Connection Editor. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000016031#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

The Micro Focus Native Database File Handler (MFDBFH) enables you to store your COBOL data files in a relational database without changing your application. This walk-through outlines the steps required to store your data files in a relational database. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000015911#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

After upgrading Kubernetes version and O/S Kernel, attempts to run a COBOL program under COBOL Server for Docker might begin issuing 245 COBOL RTS errors consistent with not being licensed: 245 There are no valid product licenses Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000016093#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

For issues using the Eclipse remote connection type "Micro Focus DevHub SSH Only", a checklist of items that may interfere with remote debugging. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000015528#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hello, Recently, when working in a Visual COBOL 4.0 Visual Studio 2017 environment, if we leave Visual Studio 2017 up for a length of time, we get the following Visual Studio 2017 error.   We then have to kill Visual Studio 2017 via Task Manager.   Has anyone else experienced this?  Could this have been caused by a Microsoft update?

We are using WPF with Visual COBOL in our software, and our software is setup where our screens display in tabs.   I need to figure out a way to check to see if the user has a program open in one tab, and then tries to run that exact program from a call statement in another program.  I want to display an error message letting them know that the program is already open on another tab. Is there a way to do this?