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Hey there, I'm currently stuck at the Setup of Visual COBOL, I ran the vcbt_80.exe and finished the setup, but now I kinda don't understand how to continue, the Program Files only include a Licensing and Visual COBOL Build Tools folder. I cannot choose COBOL as a language on VS and cannot use it in VSCode. What do I do after the Installation?  Thank you in advance!

Hi,I have the next program:int-cob-d-01u:/cralm/simep/prue/apps/helloworldv3>cat main.cbl       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.       PROGRAM-ID. MAIN.       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.       01  STR-GOODBYE-WORLD.           05  FILLER PIC X(32) VALUE 'GOODBYE-WORLD'.       PROCEDURE DIVISION.       DISPLAY 'Entrada al programa principal...'.       CALL "HELLO-WORLD".       CALL STR-GOODBYE-WORLD.       STOP RUN.int-cob-d-01u:/cralm/simep/prue/apps/helloworldv3>cat helloworld.cbl       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.       PROGRAM-ID. HELLO-WORLD.       PROCE

The Sentinel RMS License Manager (aka SafeNet license manager or lservnt.exe) service locks up, and it requires to restart the service to run again. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000009523#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

After a DB2 crash and restarting DB2 it is not possible to compile a remote project with DB2. The following error appears: Error message: COBDB0006S Required DB software 'DB2INSTANCE' could not be found - SQL processing cannot continue. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000009511#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

After upgrading from Visual Cobol V4.0 to V7.0, and upgrading Visual Studio 2017 to 2019, COBOL project files (.cblproj) are flagged as incompatible in solution explorer. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000009486#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Suggested steps to install Certificates, so that they will be available to Java or JVM COBOL programs that need to contact secured external APIs. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000009562#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Visual Studio 2022 is now supported beginning with Visual COBOL V8.0. Visual COBOL 8.0, additionally supports Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio 2019.#VisualCOBOL8.0#VisualCOBOL#VisualStudio2022#IDE#VisualStudio#VisualCOBOL#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

The Visual COBOL 8.0 release provides the following enhancement: You can create, build and run COBOL projects targeting .NET 6 in Visual Studio 2022. In all other supported environments, you can use the .NET 6 SDK or Visual Studio code to build .NET 6 COBOL projects. Support for .NET Core 3.1 has been discontinued. #VisualStudio2022#VisualCOBOL#.NETCore#NewRelease-Feature#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#VisualCOBOL8.0#VisualStudio#.net6#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

I am trying to install microfocus visual cobol version 7. on New Dell Laptop. when executing the installer program opens and closes without any error. I was able to produce a log report, Here is the log it produced: [0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20:48:40]i001: Burn v3.14.0.1703, Windows v10.0 (Build 22000: Service Pack 0), path: C:\\Users\\miren\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\{CADDB339-6BA8-4FAE-A450-6647ADA0198B}\\.cr\\vcvs2019_70.exe[0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20:48:40]i000: Initializing string variable 'ProductRevision' to value '7.0.00248'[0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20:48:40]i000: Initializing string variable 'InstallFolder' to value '[ProgramFilesFolder]Micro Focus\\Visual COBOL'[0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20:48:40]i000: Initializing numeric variable 'RumbaCheckbox' to value '0'[0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20:48:40]i000: Initializing string variable 'RumbaCheckboxState' to value 'disable'[0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20:48:40]i000: Initializing string variable 'RumbaLabelState' to value 'disable'[0AF4:3B6C][2022-08-04T20

Hi, While compiling a Native COBOL file i am getting following error. Using Visual Studio 2019 and MF COBOL 7.0 1>COBOL : Object Code error : file 'odbcecm'1>COBOL : error code: 153, pc=0, call=1, seg=01> 153 Subscript out of range (in d:\\Packages\\pkg_300025\\bln_748\\ESQL\\oecm\\odbcecm\\src\\oecmexc.cbl, line 2450)1> Regards Renu#subscriptoutofrange#153

* CSQL-I-018: Invoking Oracle Precompiler/Translator [cobol] [cobol] 86 [cobol] System default option values taken from: C:\\app\\va27\\product\\11.2.0\\client_1\\precomp\\admin\\pcbcfg.cfg [cobol] [cobol] Error at line 86, column 7 in file C:\\VisualCobolWorkspace\\source_project\\GIFPWD [cobol] 98.pco [cobol] [cobol] ......1 [cobol] PCB-S-00106, Unable to open INCLUDE file "COPYCOM1"

Is it possible to install "setup_visualcobol_devhub_8.0_suse_x64" on a WSL2 instance ?

I was just wondering in your all experiences do customers usually modify an existing legacy cobol program to take advantages of the visual cobol capabilities not available in  traditional cobol, like OOP and classes, or do they simply recompile the existing legacy cobol with no modifications so it can run in a managed environment, basically a straight lift and shift?

I used the VC7 installer to uninstall VC 7 for Visual Studio 2019 and then installed Visual Studio 2019. I then installed Visual Studio 2022 and when I tried to install VC 8 I still get an error message#installationMFVC#VisualStudio#VisualCOBOL

how to give the path to system linker (visual studio link.exe) without installing microsoft tools

Hello, I'm trying to reproduce the spteps in this tutorial: https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/visual-cobol/vc80/VS2022/GUID-B2C3EDF6-A5E7-403C-AC9D-9413000E2139.html But I'm recieving CORs error on trying to test the aplication. Error on Inspector: bookAJAXtest.html:1 Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'localhost:9003/.../Read' from origin 'null' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. I already make the changes on the last section of tutorial, and checking the services properties on the ES Adiministration, I have the following header configurations: [response headers]Access-Control-Allow-Credentials=falseAccess-Control-Allow-Origin=*  #REST#CORS#API

It is the first time I install certificates.  I have my MFES set up as per the documentation, but only works when we set "verify peer=no" in the mf_client.dat file.  MFES is acting as a client on this setting. I installed Wireshark in that server, and below is what I see. When we remove or comment "verify peer=no" in the mf_client.dat file, it behaves as follows:    We send the "Client Hello" message    Host sends back "Server Hello, Certificate, Server Key Exchanged, Server Hello Done" message from the host.    We immediately send back an "Alert (Level: Fatal, Description: Unknown CA)" message, and follow with a "[FIN, ACK]" transmission. When we set back the "verify peer=no" parameter in the mf_client.dat file, it then behaves as follows:    We send the "Client Hello" message   Host sends back "Server Hello, Certificate,

Cuando intento ejecutar/depurar un programa en VC 8.0 con VS2022, recibo este mensaje. ¿Qué servicio necesito activar en el sistema? pero si lo ejecuto desde la interfaz de comandos, se ejecuta sin ningún problema.

Hi, We have the application running on live environment for more than 5 years without any issue. But from last month we have encountered following error in event viewer (XYZ is a native COBOL module): Load error : file 'XYZ'  Error Code: 173, PC = 0, Call= 1, Seg = 0 173 called program file not found in drive/ directory. Also, the event source was  Micro focus RTS for Visual COBOL. Can anyone please help as it impacts the business. Regards

Suppression of JSON elements.IBM COBOL 6.3 introduced generic suppression to the JSON GENERATE statement.Visual COBOL 8.0 has introduced the generic suppression functionality also.For older versions of Visual COBOL, you can use an application called jq to suppress empty elements. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000008869#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

When installing an "autopass" license file the following message is generated:You should have obtained licenses from the Micro Focus activation website and put them into text file accessible from this computer.Enter path of file containing new license or <Return> to abort### Autopass not configured. Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000008253#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hi I install cobol for visual studio then I have to install licens? How to??? I got 2 xmlfiles in e-mail from MicroFocus

I'm running Visual Studio CE and Visual COBOL PE. Trying to open a .sln I get 'An error occurred ... while attempting to open...' and all my programs are shown as 'incompatible' in the 'Solution Explorer'. I then get a dialog asking for an Authorization Code. I'm assuming my VC licence has expired. However opening Licence Administration the contents show 'Visual COBOL PE Visyal Studio' and '365 Days Left.' Also trying to open a different project gives '247     Licensing error (Error[0xc800100d]: The license for Feature "SolarNativeRuntime" is no longer valid because the license expiration date has been reached.)'. Assuming both of these issues are due to my VC licence expiring would it be possible to renew the licence?#VisualCOBOL

Starting with Visual COBOL 7.0, the following date-format-checking intrinsic functions have been added:TEST-DATE-YYYYMMDD The TEST-DATE-YYYYMMDD function tests the validity of a date in standard date form (YYYYMMDD) against the Gregorian calendar TEST-DAY-YYYYDDD The TEST-DAY-YYYYDDD function tests the validity of a date in Julian date form (YYYYDDD) against the Gregorian calendar#HowTo-BestPractice#SupportTips/SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#TEST-DATE-YYYYMMDD#VisualCOBOL#TEST-DAY-YYYYDDD#COBOL#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs#VisualCOBOL#intrinsicfunction

hello, My trial license is provided by Micro Focus. I downloaded Micro Focus Cobol 7.0 together with Visual Studio 2019. Installed is the micro focus package. However, the problem is that Cobol isn't included in Visual Studio.any assistance thank you#VisualCOBOL#license