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When using the EXEC ADO BIND CONNECTION TO :object WITH TRANSACTION :object statement to share a connection and transaction object between C# and COBOL how is the transaction handled if a COMMIT/ROLLBACK is done in the COBOL program? Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000014049#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hi Sirs, During the base install in linux  (i.e setup_visualcobol_devhub_8.0_redhat_x86_64)  , can you tell the setup program to use a different folder instead of the default /var/microfocuslicensing/  Thanks.

Hi, I need to convert this code in C# to VC. In the link: cs2cobol.microfocuscloud.com/ the conversion has errors. DataTable table = new DataTable(); table.Columns.Add("Salesman", typeof(string)); table.Columns.Add("ClientID", typeof(int)); //insert your data table.Rows.Add("Bob", 1); table.Rows.Add("Bob", 2); table.Rows.Add("Bob", 3); table.Rows.Add("Tom", 4); table.Rows.Add("Joe", 5); table.Rows.Add("Joe", 6); table.Rows.Add("Tim", 7); table.Rows.Add("Tim", 8); // query with LINQ var query = from row in table.AsEnumerable() group row by row.Field<string>("Salesman") into sales orderby sales.Key select new { Name = sales.Key, CountOfClients = sales.Count() }; // print result foreach (var salesman in query) { Console.WriteLine("{0}\\t{1}", salesman.Name, salesman

We use Visual Cobol 7 in Visual Studio 2019, patch update 14. When changing Git branch we sometimes get the following message: As usual, it doesn't happen every time. We haven't been able though to see any pattern. If you click on Cancel nothing happens. The only way to continue is to finish the process in Task Manager and restart VS. After that you can switch branch.

We are converting microfocus dialog screens into C# screens. we are facing problem like in sub-programs we have function for call dialog screens now we are unable to find the way to call C# screen or code from managed Cobol. we are accessing the data from C# to Cobol and Cobol to C#  by using data blocks but with this approach we are unbale to maintain the state(table variable are getting empty, validations are getting fails) because we are exiting the from the Cobol and transferring the control to C#.  is any way to call C# code from the Cobol. So that we can trigger the screen where ever we required in Cobol.

Hello, I've always been a IBM mainframer, we just switched over to micro focus Cobol. I need to use the call "system" command to call the dos command prompt and then I need to execute the windows  lpr print command to send a print file to specific printer. Any suggestions?. I've heard I can also use the x91 function 35.

Hi, This old tool of graphical design to make Cobol applications, in graphical environment in Windows, little has evolved since it was published with Net Express. What we have NE projects that contain on average between 200-700 GS files per project and we want to continue in native environment, I ask if there is any alternative to DS in Visual Cobol, as a tool for graphic design of COBOL screens more complete. Is there a tool to migrate from DS semi-automatic to another similar and more modern tool? I have seen documents and examples of migration from DS screens to Forms, which requires adapting screen to screen and related source to source program, and this is a very laborious and tedious work,

Getting the error "Execution error: file “error code:245,pc=0,call=1, seg=0 245 There are no valid product licenses" after installing the license. Although Micro Focus License Manager indicates COBOL Server licenses are installed, the COBOL application fails with the following error:"Execution error: file “error code:245,pc=0,call=1, seg=0 245 There are no valid product licenses." Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000013468#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

How to upgrade from an earlier version of Visual COBOL? Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000013621#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Using Visual Cobol Eclipse with Subclipse as SVN integration. When trying to create a new project with "Checkout project from SVN Wizard" select SVN repo and then select "Checkout using "ew project wizard" then select "Remote SSH Project". This gives the error "Cannot create project to checkout to".  A remote folder is created at desired location but we there are no content except for files ".cobolBuild .cobolProj  .project  .settings" which are created at project initiation but before local SVN checkout is started. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000013612#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Using new-x = 900 and new-y = 300 with PC_PRINTER_SET_POSITION returns 31 in managed while it returns zero in native. If new-x is reduced to 300, then it returns zero. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000013593#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

While debugging in Eclipse and stopped at a breakpoint, it's possible to edit the source file(s). In Enterprise Developer/Visual COBOL for Eclipse 7.0 Patch Update 11 with JVM COBOL, the focus in the editor keeps jumping to the breakpoint line while typing elsewhere. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000013671#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Error: "### Initialization error - License storage configuration not set in config.properties" appears when trying to execute a COBOL program. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000013663#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

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I normally use VS 2019 and VC 7, but did some experiments with VC for Eclipse and VC 8 last autumn. Since these experiments didn't turn out the way I had expected I uninstalled VC 8, but when trying to open VC 7 that didn't work at all. I tried first to repair and then uninstall VC 7, but neither worked. I'm afraid I have created a real mess of this so the best thing would maybe be to manually delete all crucial points in Windows Explorer and the Register Editor. Is that possible and what should I do in that case?

Hello all. I'm preparing for a future rollout of Visual COBOL on a few machines. Most of them were able to successfully uninstall the old version of Visual COBOL, but two machines have done their best to spite me. If I attempt to uninstall it on the machine interactively (physically or Remote Desktop), the uninstaller will appear for a brief second, then close itself without showing any content besides a white screen inside the window. If I attempt to uninstall it silently using the "/uninstall /quiet" flags, I get no output and a return code of -1073740940, which as far as I'm aware doesn't have an equivalent error message to interpret. Are there any tricks or processes I should complete to uninstall it? Thank you!#VisualCOBOL

Hi , Could you please help us on the below issue . We are able to create and connect to remove project from visual cobol eclipse to Linux SLES15 , but not able to debug remotely. The startrdodemon is already running on port 4075 in Linux. When trying to debug getting an communication error . Please note the connection is done using DEV HUB SSH only. The linux server already has a a dev hub installed. Regards Ram

Able to connect to remove project in Linux SLES15 , and create a project , but not able to debug remotely. The startrdodemon is already running on port 4075 in Linux. on starting a debug session , getting an Debug error code 7#VisualStudio#Windows#SUSE

Hola, He importado un antiguo proyecto en NE (EDISQL.app) a Visual Cobol. que incluye instrucciones de SQL embebido con (DBMAN=ODBC)  El proyecto en NE funciona correctamente y se compila sin errores, pero cuando lo importo desde VS2019, Archivo,Nuevo,Import NetExpres projet, parece que la importacion la realiza correctamente, pero cuando compilo la solucion por primera vez, en alguno de los programas CBL del proyecto, genera algunos errores en la linea END-EXEC.     Adjunto panttallazos de uno de los programas que da error. He configurado las SQL directivas con SQL(DBMAN=ODBC) SQL(BEHAVIOR=OPTIMIZED) SQL(TARGETDB=MSSQLSERVER), Como puedo solucionarlo?. Gracias

The reference on the ALLOCATE statement (ALLOCATE Statement (COBOL) (microfocus.com)) says that: If the specified amount of storage is not available for allocation: If the RETURNING phrase is specified, the data item referenced by data-name-2 is set to the predefined address NULL. My question is can someone give me an example of how to test the returned USAGE POINTER variable for NULL? Thanks

I currently have the extfh.cfg file handler in the same folder/directory where my Visual COBOL application resides. However, the data files that the extfh.cfg is handling are located on a different folder. My extfh.cfg looks like this:   [XFH-DEFAULT] IDXFORMAT=3 [file1.dat] IDXFORMAT=8 FILEMAXSIZE=8 [file2.dat] IDXFORMAT=8 FILEMAXSIZE=8   Since the data files are located in another folder, do I have to specify the path where the data files are located in the extfh.cgf file? For example, does the configuration have look like this:   [c:\\files\\XFH-DEFAULT] IDXFORMAT=3 [c:\\files\\file1.dat] IDXFORMAT=8 FILEMAXSIZE=8 [c:\\files\\file2.dat] IDXFORMAT=8 FILEMAXSIZE=8 Thanks in advance. 

Hi Team, In Microfocus MFJSORT when i try to convert from PD to ZDF in sort jcl it throws an error as 'FIELD FORMAT 'ZDF' invalid.please let me know the alternate approach for ZDF

how to declare hexadecimal value in cobol. i declared x(2) value 'X'E2E4' .it shows value literal size is greater than data item size error.how to rectify it

The problem occurs when creating a new list in cobol. The list defintiion is in a c# dll. Whenever the list is instantiated in code we get the following error: System.ArgumentNullException: "Key cannot be null. Arg_ParamName_Name" The program compiles and can be started but when the line is reached, the error occurs. When setting a breakpoint the error doesn't occur but then a second error occurs. Inside of the object the list is created of we get a NullReference VARIABLENAME not set to an instance of an object. The variable is of type string and is initialized with an empty string in the constructor. The variable is private and can only be accessed over an property which does a null check as well. Object declaration: private string _VALUETYPE= ""; private string _VALUE = ""; private string _VALUE_EXTENSION = ""; public string VALUETYPE { get { return _VALUETYPE; } set { _VALUETYPE = value; } } public string VAL