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 At times the debugger will not process a line of code. This happens most often in trying to load a 2000 entry internal table in cobol . i have tried to use move compute and set on one particular line of code thinking it might be the command but it still will not execute. Is the debugger part of VC or VS? thanks #VisualCOBOL#debugging#COBOLENVIRONMENT

Guys can you help me with this 1? i try so many method but still cant find any answer im new in VBA  and here is the scenario   i have 4 sheets which is user1, user2, user3 and data. (the screenshot is in the data sheet) I want to create a vba macro that will check the user ID and the worktype then send the value of " count(under H column) and Error point(under I column) and also if you can see there is 2 similar worktype under user 1 "maid". if 2 similar worktype is on the data sheet under same userid i want to sum all the same worktype and copy it to user1 sheet   Thanks 

I am migrating the netexpress COBOL to Visual cobol with eclipse but few programs which use below pointers are not working when compiling in visual cobol dll. for example Netexpress Cobol has "SET  ADDRESS OF WS-COMM-AREA TO RCL-HCOMMAREA". I am trying to compile the same program in visual cobol with eclipse and generating the dll. Does the above pointer logic works statement works in visual Cobol?#COBOLVISUALCOBOLMIGRATION

Hi, is there any documentation on how to convert below C# into VC class? using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Linq;using System.Text;using System.Threading.Tasks;using Aladdin.HASP;namespace HaspLogin{ public class login { public static Boolean check() { HaspFeature feature = HaspFeature.ProgNumDefault; feature.SetOptions(FeatureOptions.IgnoreTS, FeatureOptions.Default); string vendorCode = "iOa2Wamd86sr/OMWsaak5l8iRdqFvHGr6pLCIKVMo8TreGxm4PQiUAsLcUgXNbdNzexvu6ZouLUorzGq" "LysvIDsplUEdF9iB1B7eFEAVkonVJeLlS9SPWeeMOSx9GSrIC7EyqIcyQJ77uVdrNAvVp0UGitNJZuKH" "OcpPqfXn6o1c2VZmkG/mSxyIEISent8QyrO6jNxB0W9AYc yrTTJRZ1e7rZmVI6b1HSEPiJQiHwLhLJF" "wiu7fetR6AWI6A4a72ugZjZCDP154c8cNhopUfeYemH4088CFT56x4YpBWFI7G9OKBDAqdV1NxDLBjxL" "/h/hKnbEbOt6yGbzadWY0d2VsjPzktybk7bQKA/XRyxKS2k4xNgeE1zK2yZjsBqXamqCp5uEXnF21uC6" "7zAIzBWiyuWSYPykiFgNJvUas10ynFdSFLMkZolWswFyHNRNkmqI2 4EnDx4cJ5kB5CpFwC3rhu0YjRF" "5g0KDUSp

Hi, I'm running some programs in exec sql autocommit mode which I have as a compiler option (Windows VC 2.3.2 on VS 15) with MySQl. For a short section I want to run in a transaction and commit at the end. What is the right combination of exec sql statements to achieve this i.e. (1) running in autocommit, quite a few updates done, interacting with users via dialog system etc. (2) now want to run a few updates as a transaction and only commit at the end (3) then return to autocommit In my testing, it seems to work if I exec sql begin tran immediately after the connect but if quite a lot has happened in the interim it just seems to commit and ignore my begin tran. Any thoughts? Thanks a lot, Linden      

I am building a calculator and have four buttons they used to work , so I must have accidentally changed something. Can some tell me how these aremade active? Is it in the properties?   

Hi, Does anyone know how to open Outlook with an attachment from Visual Cobol. This would have to work with all the "different" versions of Outlook 2007, 2010 etc etc without any program changes. Thanks Neil.

Good day, I come to your collaboration and knowledge. How can I give attributes when saving to excel?   This is the code, Chris I collaborated with the separation of the text in columns, thanks to the I could generate direct reports to excel 78 xlDelimited value 1. 01 ExcelObject object reference. 01 WorkBooksCollection object reference. 01 WorkBook object reference. 01 CellRange object reference. 01 theRange object reference. 01 ExcelFileFormat pic x(4) value "true". 01 SaveName pic x(256) value spaces. 01 NOMBRE PIC X(15) VALUE "TECNOLOGIA". 01 pausa pic x. 01 GUARDADO OBJECT REFERENCE. LINKAGE SECTION. 01 AREA-LINK. 03 ARCHIVO-WS PIC X(90). Procedure Division USING AREA-LINK. *> Creo a Excel como un objeto y lo llamo invoke MSExcel "new" returning ExcelObject *> El objeto excel se hace visible en memoria invoke ExcelObject "setVisible" using by value 1 *> Obtengo el numero de libros y pongo por def el numero uno invoke ExcelObject "getWorkBooks" returning Wor

i am running cobol server. I have COBDATA set as an environment variable system wide (this is a development box). my project is managed code multiple output. If I open a Visual Cobol command prompt and execute the program, the files that the programs references are found. If I double click the program to run it cannot find the files even though it can see COBDATA.  Is this normal behavior?

i apologize for posting this problem again but I am at a loss as to where to look for a solution. I have scoured the internet asking every question I could think of to get some pertinent information but have not had any luck . The only answer I found was to set the causes validation property to false, which I tried but it did not work.Is there any solution to this problem or is it just an unfixed bug? I would appreciate any feedback at all. Thanks - John P.S. I have moved this button's logic to another click event and the logic works so it can't be getting lost there.

I've got Micro Focus Visual COBOL for Visual Studio 2010.   While working on a program, I accidentally compiled it while it had a stand-alone (incomplete) PERFORM command.  I was surprised to see that it didn't generate a compile error. Is that an oversight in the compile logic, or does a stand-alone PERFORM actually do something? Here's the code I accidentally compiled: * Here's where we select our sample IF NOT (M-SEX-CODE = 'F' OR 'M') GO TO 2000-ENTRY. **************************************************************** * Go create your user-selected numeric variable INM-NUMVAR **************************************************************** PERFORM **************************************************************** * Define the user-selected numeric variable INM-NUMVAR * It may be a straight numeric variable from T-M (e.g., LOS DAYS) * or a modified numeric variable (sent-length, 45-yrs life/death) * or it may be a binary 0-1 (no-yes) var (pct burglars? no-yes)

Hi, I have some texts defined as System.String or String inside Visual COBOL for Visual Studio 2012 and some defined as pic x. I can not find how to display a variable defined as string using line and column without receiving a compilation error COBCH030. And the display of the pic x is shown in a different color (green) than the display of the string (white) 01 text1 type System.String.01 thetext pic x(50).       procedure division.           set text1 thetext to "Hello World".           display text1::Trim.                                 display thetext line 20 position 20. Regards,

We want to improve the speed at which one of our programs can INSERT rows into a table. Host Arrays sounds like the way to go, but the documentation (.NET Host Variables in Managed Code) specifies that .NET Host Variables must be declared at the Record (01) level? Can we do "01 EMP-EMPNO OCCURS 25 TIMES STRING." in a EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION?

I have the fields 01  prefix-error-status      pic 9.  and the statement move ls-status-ok to ls-error-status. This code gives me a NullReference exception unhandled.          78  prefix-status-OK     value 0.What is going on here? It happens in the run of the code; program compiles fine with no errors!                                                

I keep getting the following error:   error COBCH0008 : Unknown copybook library-data.cpy specifiedC:\\Users\\John\\Desktop\\MFcourseware\\COBOLClass_Studio\\COBOLClass\\Projects\\18_02_Patron_Menu\\PatronEntry\\Form1.cbl (64,20-21) : error COBCH0014 : Invalid operand I have put the copybook everywhere I can think of and pointed to it in Project, properties COPYBOOKS. what is the default path?   

Hi there, Hoping someone can help. I'm calling winapi "ShellExecuteA" from a Visual Cobol program to open a document (pdf/webpage etc) which works fine. It returns a handle instance, 'hinstance' which I need to check for errors How can I move it to a field I can examine? Windows documentation (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762153(v=vs.85).aspx) says... "Return value - Type: HINSTANCE - If the function succeeds, it returns a value greater than 32. If the function fails, it returns an error value that indicates the cause of the failure. The return value is cast as an HINSTANCE for backward compatibility with 16-bit Windows applications. It is not a true HINSTANCE, however. It can be cast only to an int and compared to either 32 or the following error codes below." MY PROGRAM $set ooctrl( P) copy "windows.cpy". IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. special-names. call-convention 74 is winapi. *> Litlinked apis WOR

Hi,   I am trying to open a website and send it to second monitor from my visual cobol winforms application. So i have tried "System.Diagnostics.Process::Start" to launch a website, but i am not able to send it to second monitor. By default website gets triggered in primary monitor. I have read an article that using WinApi.SetWindowPos , i can switch the monitor positions but in visual cobol i do not see this WinApi class. If this is not supported, is there any other way to fulfill my requirement ?   Thank you.

Button control is being displayed as expected in windows 7 machine but in 2012 server it displays more like a label(just as s flat control , doesn't highlight the borders when focused) . Is there anything i need to take care of in 2012 server side? This is a winforms application developed using visual cobol 2.3

Hi Guessing this kind of thing has been used by many COBOL programmers. There is a TABLE of 10-digit numbers. User enters (ACCEPT) how many such numbers they require. an ARRAY of 5 x 2-digit RANDOM numbers is loaded. That ARRAY ( 10-digits ) will be added to the TABLE. Seems easy enough, but DUPLICATES in an ARRAY need to be prevented. I suspect (hope) there might be an algorithm that will cope with this in one go ??? Thanks in advance. cheers  

Is the Add as Link feature disabled in the free trial download? It only lets me use Add.

Hope it is OK to ask an Enterprise Developer question in this forum.    Running ED v2.3.2.   Managed COBOL.   Refactoring an existing copybook that is used by 200 programs and would like to change the copybook, compile a single program and test the change before initiating a full build. I've been unable to find any option that allows me to compile a single program.    The project is set for 'Use dynamic calls' in the Build Configuration preference and each program is built independently when the build is requested.     In order to initiate a build I've been using the Project -> Build Project option.   This will usually only compile the program I've changed if it was the source module that was changed.   For copybooks I don't completely understand how it is determining what needs to be built. Is there any way to work within a shared copybook, but only compile a single module for development/unit testing before

I have a form in C# that receives a parameter would like the cobol call this program passing this parameter, the form would open and show what came from cobol?namespace nomeprograma{ public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } public void QualMsg(string MSG) { campo.Text = MSG; } }}Thank you!

Hi, We need to reference an assembly that is the output of our daily build. The project of the referenced assembly lives in a different repository. It would be handy if we could use nuget, or are there other workable solutions? Greetz, S#VisualStudio#VisualCOBOL#nuget

I was reading this about file mapping but the link provided on 'filename mapping' no longer works.  So where might that chapter now be? This might be helpful: community.microfocus.com/.../configure-the-visual-cobol-file-handler-to-access-acu-vision-or-rm-indexed-files

I am guessing I should use Managed (might as well make the program be able to run under .NET as well as JVM) then after that I am not sure.  I suppose Console Application would be a fine but I am now wanting to do any interactive responses.  Just read in a file and take some of the data and spit out a new file.