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A cataloged DSN (ODBC) does not appear in OpenESQL Assistant when creating an ODBC connection using the 32-bit ODBC Administrator. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000008187#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

I have installed Visual cobol recently , I'm getting below error while im compile the code/ -------------------------------BUILD STARTED------------------------------- compileSource: gswcobol_build_config.FileCompile: FileCompile.gswcobol_build_config.cobol: [cobol] [cobol] Compiling GIFPCD50.pco... [cobol] [cobol] * Cobsql Integrated Preprocessor [cobol] * CSQL-I-049: Unable to support the SOURCETABSTOP directive, defaulting to 8 [cobol] * CSQL-I-004: Accepted VERBOSE [cobol] * CSQL-I-005: Passing comp5=yes to Oracle Precompiler [cobol] * CSQL-I-005: Passing hold_cursor=yes to Oracle Precompiler [cobol] * CSQL-I-005: Passing mode=ansi to Oracle Precompiler [cobol] * CSQL-I-005: Passing varchar=yes to Oracle Precompiler [cobol] * CSQL-I-005: Passing sqlcheck=full to Oracle Precompiler [cobol] * CSQL-I-005: Passing userid=whsview/dra!gon0@gmgswsd1 to Oracle Precompiler [cobol] * CSQL-I-008: Invoking cp Preprocessor [cobol] * CSQL-I-018: Invoking Oracle Precompiler/Translator [cobo

Visual COBOL supports a number of constructs that allow you to define and manipulate UTF-8 data directly within COBOL. The PIC U data type was intoduced for this purpose. For more information, please see the product documentation here:#utf-8#PICU#VisualCOBOL#COBOL#VisualCOBOL#HowTo-BestPractice#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hi, we are working with Visual cobol in aix and we are starting with the generation of a json file with json statement of visual cobol. We want exclude all the occurrs without value ( spaces in string case). we write de supress condition supress camp1 when spaces but return a compilation error, ¿is this option of supress posible in visual cobol?

Hello,I use dfconv to load 3 vsam files, at a customer they leave 8 in parallel, and it takes several minutes to finish, the filesystem is of type gpfs (ibm). I tried several options with extfh idxfileformat 8, readsema = off, dfconv 32 \\ dfconv64 but it is always very slow,  I have noticed that many processes remain with status D for a long time and I always find "cxiWaitEventWait" withps -eo ppid, pid, user, stat, pcpu, comm, wchan: 32 44957 46189 ssdv2 D + 17.3 dfconv32 down 45123 46193 ssdv2 D + 17.5 dfconv32 cxiWaitEventWait 44963 46198 ssdv2 D + 18.0 dfconv32 cxiWaitEventWait disk is very fast on txt files and all other processes, mfsort is also very fast, both has a speed of 2GB\\s this anomaly on my test system with the same runtime version 5.6 has no problems, but I have a different filesystem (xfs) what could cause this slowdown?  it might depend on the gpfs filesystem? thank youGreetings

hello , i am new to visual studio and cobol an i need to connect to sqlserver to delete and insert in table throw cobol any help?

The following error occurs when executing the RUN.EXE command: Load error : file 'MFRUN.gnt' error code: 179, pc=0, call=1, seg=0 179 error message text not found Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000008088#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

For line sequential files how to keep the trailing spaces, when using COBOL-IT. The same functionality supplied by Visual COBOL EXTFH configuration option STRIPSPACE=OFF.https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/visual-cobol/vc70/DevHub/HRFLRHEXFH21.html Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007982#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Beginning with Visual COBOL V6.0 Visual COBOL supports the DECLARE statement in native code. This allows you to declare one or more local variables within the procedure division body. The scope of any inline local variable is from the point of declaration until the end of the innermost containing block, where paragraphs, sections and the whole method are considered to be blocks. This support was already in managed .NET/JVM programs although in managed code the local data items are statically scoped, but (unlike managed COBOL local items) they are not perform-range-local: if you re-enter a paragraph or section, fresh copies of any associated local data items are not created. Example: 01 names pic x(10) typedef. ... declare i1 as binary-long display i1 *> Optionally, the variables can be initialized inline declare c2 as binary-long = 5 display c2 declare name-list as names occurs 3#local

I need a help. In my application I need to get the first row out of the Select query execution through COBOL. I know the SELECT will return many rows but I only want the first row. I can not use Cursors as it can degrade the performance.

Hi, Can anyone tell me where I can download vcvs2019_50_pu02_242792.exe from? Thanks Andrea

We are in the process of migrating from Native COBOL to JVM Cobol but that is a long process.  We have a situation in prod where we need to signal a problem from several call levels down all the way back to the top level.  In Jvm COBOL, we can use Raise (the equivalent of Throw in Java) to signal this and Catch the situation at the top level. Is there any way to do something like this with NATIVE COBOL. JVM Cobol ExampleTop Level Program        $set ooctrl"+p-f"        $set SOURCEFORMAT"VARIABLE"        program-id. aptest01.        environment division.        configuration section.        repository.            class Ex as "java.lang.Exception"            .        data division.        working-storage section.   &nbsp

Both Visual Studio 2019 and 2022 are installed, and the Visual COBOL 7.0 setup fails to install. A window quickly flashes and disappears, and nothing is installed. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007652#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

After you update your current version of Visual COBOL to  Visual COBOL to 7.0, you received an ".xml file" which is AutoPass license  you tried to install it but received the following error: "Unable to install - The license string does not appear to be valid" Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000005956#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hi, We have followed below link for doing debugging on Enterprise Server using cassi but after executing cassi -a -rESDEMO command we are getting error as “console deamon not active RC = 4605”.   Debugging Services and Applications on Enterprise Server Using the cassi Command (microfocus.com)   Can anyone help us to solve RC=4605

The Visual COBOL extension for Visual Studio Code can be installed directly from the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace, This applies to Visual Studio Code running on both Windows and Linux systems. This will provide you with a full-featured COBOL editor and if you also have Visual COBOL installed, will allow you to compile and debug your applications. Please see the documentation here:#development#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#HowTo-BestPractice#VSCode#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#VisualCOBOL#VisualStudioCode#VisualStudio

Hi, our company delivers the dll and exe files to our customers, which were generated with VisualCobol. Now we would like to use newer language features like functions. Unfortunately we only get executable programs if the rdf files are also delivered. Probably it is a directive, but no suitable one was found. The most promising was the repository directive: https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/visual-cobol/vc60/EclWin/HRCDRHCDIR5N.html  Currently we use Native Cobol, a change to JVM Cobol is unfortunately not planned in the near future.

Hello, My organization is in the process of upgrading from Visual COBOL 4 to Visual COBOL 7. I've been setting up formatting in the Visual Studio settings for it and I notice a difference in behavior. In VC4, if I selected a section that looked something like this: if value-item > 5    move value-item to other-value-itemend-if and used the Format Selection function, I'd had it configured where it would result in this: If value-item > 5    Move value-item To other-value-itemEnd-if Basically, it would do proper capitalization of keywords. I've tried everything I can find in the settings to replicate this behavior in VC7, but it never touched capitalization, leaving everything as it was and applying all other formatting settings. Is there something I'm potentially missing, or was this changed from 4 to 7?#VisualCOBOL#VisualStudio

Trying to install Visual COBOL for Visual Studio Personal Edition (download file vcvs2019_60.exe).  Have Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 (64-bit) - Version 17.2.3 installed.  Installation pop-up screen appears and disappears.  Find this in the Event Viewer log: Faulting application name: vcvs2019_60.exe, version: 6.0.245.0, time stamp: 0x5aeb9383Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.19041.1682, time stamp: 0x9b46280aException code: 0xc0000374Fault offset: 0x000e6cf3Faulting process id: 0x60f8Faulting application start time: 0x01d877bc0e97f9e1Faulting application path: C:\\Users\\pengu\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\{E4834407-177B-40B3-8516-4B3688B84FBD}\\.cr\\vcvs2019_60.exeFaulting module path: C:\\Windows\\SYSTEM32\\ntdll.dllReport Id: b4a69d5a-df03-4193-9f73-1dba433c5020Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: Operating system is Windows 10 Pro, version 21H2, OS Build 19044.1706. Any ideas on why the installation is failing

Beginning in Visual COBOL V7.0 support for dynamic length data-items has been added to the COBOL language. You can specify a data item as follows where the limit phrase is optional and defines the maximum size of the data-item. 01 my-field pic x dynamic length limit is 15. The length of this field will change dynamically depending on it's current contents. Example: move "larger value" to my-field display length of my-field move "small" to my-field display length of my-field move space to my-field display length of my-field move "12345678901234567" to my-field display length of my-field The lengths that will be displayed are: 125115 Please see the full documentation here#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#dynamiclength#limitis#VisualCOBOL#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#COBOL#HowTo-BestPractice#VisualCOBOL

Hello guys. I again. I'm trying to install MicroFocus Cobol Personal Edition for Visual Studio 2019 on my notebook with Win 10 64 bits but I'm having the following problem: The installer just opens and closes without doing anything. the interesting thing is that I created a virtual machine also with Win 10 64 bits and in this case it installs. I've looked for any and all references that exist about MicroFocus Cobol in my notebook to try to locate the problem, but nothing. I don't know what else to do to install. Any suggestion? Just don't tell me to reinstall Windows because I won't. Thanks in Advanced.

When trying to install Visual COBOL or Enterprise Developer, the installation fails with the following error:"0x81f40001 - Micro Focus Visual COBOL for Eclipse has not been detected.""0x81f40001 - Micro Focus Visual COBOL for Visual Studio has not been detected.""0x81f40001 - Micro Focus Enterprise Developer for Eclipse has not been detected.""0x81f40001 - Micro Focus Enterprise Developer for Visual Studio has not been detected." Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007302#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When using the Eclipse Variables View (or Expressions view) to debug JVM COBOL, corruption (truncation) of data occurs if an elementary alphanumeric field contains a low-values character. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007268#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

COBOL copy files with extensions longer than 10 characters not found by COBOL compiler in 7.0 Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007226#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

How to use the 26 COBOL switches supported in a MF COBOL program by default and how to set these using COBSW environment variable and using the cobrun command. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007260 #SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs