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I am receiving Error 26 from Visual COBOL and would like assistance in fixing this. I had changed the date on my PC to test out a function in a program i had written and now i am unable to progress any further. PLEASE HELP.#error[26]

I have moved a legacy native COBOL application to Linux to run under the Visual COBOL runtime. Some of the files are defined as external in their file descriptors ie. opened once and shared between modules within the run unit.At the same time I am exploring access to the same application's files from a web front end through Java and Visual COBOL wrappers around native code.Both systems run successfully in isolation but if the native application is started after the webapp, the files declared external fail to open returning runtime error 9/064. I have no definition for this error.Can you explain what is happening here?

I want to get all my documentation up to date, but can't find the serial number or version/build of my Micro Focus Visual Cobol for Visual Studio 2010.#VisualCOBOL

The vcvs2017_30.exe installer will not let me repair or uninstall my trial copy of Visual Cobol 3.0. Here is the end of the log when I tried to uninstall: 02F0:0508][2017-09-02T00:36:49]i304: Verified existing payload: MFVSIXINSTALL at path: C:\\ProgramData\\Package Cache\\13878A2A80E0CFE60A5AC97A3A35E19FA3CBD595\\MFVSIXInstall.exe.[02F0:0378][2017-09-02T00:36:49]i301: Applying execute package: MFVSIXINSTALL, action: Uninstall, path: C:\\ProgramData\\Package Cache\\13878A2A80E0CFE60A5AC97A3A35E19FA3CBD595\\MFVSIXInstall.exe, arguments: '"C:\\ProgramData\\Package Cache\\13878A2A80E0CFE60A5AC97A3A35E19FA3CBD595\\MFVSIXInstall.exe" -u -q'[02F0:0378][2017-09-02T00:36:50]e000: Error 0x80004003: Process returned error: 0x80004003[02F0:0378][2017-09-02T00:36:50]e000: Error 0x80004003: Failed to execute EXE package.[1584:1664][2017-09-02T00:36:50]e000: Error 0x80004003: Failed to configure per-machine EXE package.[1584:1664][2017-09-02T00:36:50]i3

The character based Dialog System is available with the latest Visual COBOL PE. Looking at the  Dialog System Character Mode Guide the Tutorial Section makes reference to many example programs (*.s, *.err, *.sl, *.cbl, *.mf, *.cpb etc.)Is there a website where I might download these programs as they are not included in the Visual COBOL release?Thanks

       FILE SECTION.       XD XML-STREAM.       01 XML-REC       IDENTIFIED BY "envelope".       02 body          IDENTIFIED BY "body".              03 FILLER        IDENTIFIED BY "werkgevers"                        OCCURS 20 TIMES                        COUNT IN werkgevers-COUNT.       04 FILLER        IDENTIFIED BY "werkgever".     &

Our institution is part of the academic initiative. Our labs have Visual COBOL 2015 installed - we will be moving to 2017 this summer.  And those copies are managed by a license manager.  The problem is that instructors also have a copy of Visual COBOL 2015 on their laptops.  As long as they are connected to the university's network, and the license manager is accessible, the copy of Visual COBOL works.  But once they go home, they are unable to use Visual COBOL.  Is there a way for them to be able to work both on and off campus?   Do we just need to request a license for these machines to use? Lisa Landgraf University of Wisconsin Platteville

I have installed visual Studio 2017 professional, install visual Cobol pe, license correctly this Version. When i start Visual Studio i can't see any Points/Menus from MF and i can't work with Cobol?I can also not see Dialog System! Who can help?

Can I use Visual Studio code with visual cobol#VisualStudio

The title basically sums it up but whatever I do it wont activate. I am using visual studio.

I was trying to run a batch script and got the below error.   Can't open message file '/opt/microfocus/cobol/rts.msg' Defaulting  to English Messages Execution error: file '' error code: 187, pc=0, call=1, seg=0 187   error message text not found   Can someone please help in understanding the above error.  

Bom dia, gostaria de saber se no cobol Microfocus existe algum comando facilitador para leitura de aquivo formato JSON?

 I too, like many others, cannot activate the student trial license for Visual COBOL. This is for Visual Studio 2017. I need this install ready for a mainframe development class I am in and would appreciate any assistance you can offer. Thanks

Hi all, What's the easiest way for an MF cobol program to check a font is present on a Windows (7, 10) PC or Windows Server (2008/2012).  My environment is Visual Studio 15, Visual COBOL v3 - compiling to native windows .exe i.e. not .net.  Thanks, Linden

Hi everyone, I'm having trouble activating my free trial for Visual Cobol 2017 PE.  I've tried automatic activation, but get an error that I'm not registered.  I'm sure the email address is correct.  I've also tried manual registration but receive the  error MG0106: Unable to authorize the request. My serial no. is 600000730619 Thanks for the help. Edit-  I should also add that I contacted Supportline@microfocus.com and was told they do not support the personal edition and that I should come here.

How can i use syntax help for the cobol language within the cobol editor? This does not work out of the box, instead the Microsoft Online Help shows up in a Browser. Micro Focus Documentation says this feature is available:"In the editor, point to a COBOL reserved word and press F1 to display the syntax Help for that word." We're working with Enterprise Developer 2.3 for Visual Studio 2015.

Hi all,   i want to read with cobol for eclipse a file folder and i'll write all of this files (they are copy books files) from this file folder in a file.i need help.   your sincerely alashara

Hi, Can anyone assist with changing below C# into Visual Cobol?  subItems = new ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem[] {new ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem(item, "Directory"),new ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem(item, dir.LastAccessTime.ToShortDateString())}; This is in the code block:-   *> TreeNode newSelected = e.Node; declare newSelected as type System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode = e::Node *>listView1.Items.Clear(); invoke listView1::Items::Clear *>DirectoryInfo nodeDirInfo = (DirectoryInfo)newSelected.Tag; declare nodeDirInfo as type System.IO.DirectoryInfo = newSelected::Tag as type System.IO.DirectoryInfo *>ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem[] subItems; declare subItems as type System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem ListViewSubItem[] *>ListViewItem item = null; declare item as type System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem = null * for

Hallo, I installed Visual Cobol 3 with Devhub on a Redhat System 7.4 which runs on Virtualbox. Connecting from Eclipse to the remote system and creating a Cobol program is no problem. Also compiling it on Redhat works fine. However the remote built does not work. As I am a beginner with Devhub I probably missed one step. "Connection to 192.168.178.49 could not be established." is the main message from my understandig (see entire message below). However I have access to the remote system. I hope this is not a big for the community and someone knows what I did wrong. Thanks in advance Franz   Below  the error message is shown:   Errors occurred during the build.Errors running builder 'Remote COBOL Builder' on project 'CobolProgram1'.Could not connect to remote hostConnection to 192.168.178.49 could not be established.Launch command output:Last logi

Hi all, I am experiencing the following problem : I downloaded and installed Visual Cobol PE for Visual Studio 2017, but I can't activate it.When I select "I want to activate the free product" with my e-mail address (xrousaios@yahoo.gr), I am receiving the following message :"The activation of Micro Focus Visual Cobol personal edition failed. This was because we didn't recognize the email address you endered as having been previously registered with us.". But, when I am visiting the registration page, I couldn't see or find any registration procedure. So, I used the MANUAL activation process, using the "Send Email/Display Fields" sequence and, I sent an email according to the instructions.However, the answer I received was the following :   "The following error occurred during the authorization processMG0106: Unable to authorize the request." I tried it again later, but nothing happened.&nbs

Hello to everyone and happy new year, with health and blessings! As I have Windows XP as Operation System, I installed the personal (free) edition of Visual Cobol 2010 (only Visual Studio 2010 can work on Windows XP, not the earlier versions). I tried to activate it, even manually by sending email at LicenseRequest@microfocus.com, but the acivation failed. I received by email the message: "The following error occurred during the authorization process MG0106: Unable to authorize the request. Please try the authorization later. If this problem persists, please go to Micro Focus community website at http://community.microfocus.com/ and look at the authorization issues under the wiki. For more information start a thread under the Visual COBOL for

Hi I'm porting a large desktop MicroFocus  application that is currently compiled to gnts  onto the Web. I'm using Eclipse 2.2.2 on Windows 10. The app will deployed on a Windows Server 2010 or later. The old architecture uses a sockets C program, compiled to a dll that was itself called by a compile Cobol gnt. Here's an extract from the COBOL program that called the sockets.dll 01 W00SOC-REC PIC X(6144). 01 ws-msg PIC X(6145). string w00soc-rec x"00" delimited by size into ws-msg call dynamicNTStdCall "sockets" using ws-msg  The other side of the socket connection is a Java program that paints a Gui screen using the passed information at run time. Gnts needing to  use the sockets Cobol program pass W00SOS-REC in linkage. As far as I can tell there is no native support for sockets on the Web, apparently for security reasons. However there is socket like protocol &q

I installed VC3.0 for Visual Studio 2017 PE free for 1 year. When I create a project it says there is no license. I ask for a license, automatic via the web, but it says my e-mail isn't registered. When I try to register my e-mail it sends me to a website http://www.microfocus.com/p-visual-cobol-pe and that's it... It stays waiting for a response from >MicroFocus. After more than an hour I gave up... Can you help?

Above is a window with the error I'm receiving when trying to connect to a Microsoft Access DB from VS Cobol 3.0.  I connected it under tools which appeared successful.  Help!

Hi there, I need to get the MySQL db name I'm connected to. MySQL command below gets pre-compiler error, "Incorrect SQL statement syntax near: database". exec sql select database() into :aName from aTable end-exec. 'Select schema()...' gets same error, while 'select whatever()...' is fine. Seems to be a reserved word problem?  How to solve? Thanks, Linden