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hello, I have had to install VC 9.0 2022 on a new PC, due to the failure of the previous PC, after installing VS2020 professional 17.1o and Windows SDK location = D:\\Program Files (x86)\\Micro Focus Visual COBOL\\Microsoft\\SDK\\10 version = 10.0.19041.0 Microsoft Build Tools location = D:\\Program Files (x86)\\Micro Focus Visual COBOL Microsoft version = 14.34.31933. I load VS2022, and no VC options appear in the IDE.I have tried to repair the VC installation, but it gives error 0x8007000a. How should I proceed to have a correct installation? Regards

Hi, we are currently migrating a big application from BS2000 mainframe to linux using MF Visual COBOL V9. There are indexed data files that contain 2 identical data sentences (completely identical - indentical primary key aswell) in mainframe. Is there any chance in MF VC to use ISAM files with non unique primary keys? Thanks in advance! Paul#Mainframe#COBOLMigration

I have to upgrade my Net Express project into Visual Cobol. So please let me know what licence do we need for Visual Cobol.

Good afternoon: I have an application in Microfocus Cobol - WPF that was working until a few hours ago. In the meantime, I've been updating some NuGet packages and, from that point on, when the application starts, it immediately gives an error that is as follows: " System.ArgumentException HResult=0x80070057 Message=An item with the same key has already been added. Source=mscorlib StackTrace: em System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentException(ExceptionResource resource) em System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Insert(TKey key, TValue value, Boolean add) em MS.Internal.Resources.ContentFileHelper.GetContentFiles(Assembly asm) em MS.Internal.Resources.ContentFileHelper.IsContentFile(String partName) em MS.Internal.AppModel.ResourceContainer.GetResourceManagerWrapper(Uri uri, String&a

Hi  What is the next available patch update for Microfocus COBOL Server 8.0  that will update the security vulnerability of the openssl included. Current installed:cobol v8.0.0PRN=K1CRH/AAK:Ao.U4.13.04PTI=32/64 bitPTI=Micro Focus COBOL Server 8.0 - Patch Update 08PTI=Patch Update 08PTI=pkg_324515PTI=MFInstaller Scan vulnerability: Path : /opt/microfocus/VisualCOBOL/bin/openssl Reported version : 1.1.1t Fixed version : 1.1.1x Thanks,Aldous

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Hello Team, I am Currently in RM COBOL With ISAM File. We don't want to Use the ISAM Files anymore , So with Visual COBOL Migration How we can upgrade the ISAM File to Store in Database any RDBMS. Do you have any Tools or capabilities in VS COBOL which will directly connect to the RDBMS.  Please share a training video if you have.. Thanks.. #COBOLVISUALCOBOLMIGRATION

We are in the process to migrate 30 millons LOC written in Cobol Micro Focus using embedded SQL for Oracle, to use PostgreSQL database. We know that there are some open source pre compilers like gixsql, but we are interested in the official support from Micro Focus, is there a supported pre compiler for PostgreSQL?#PostGRESQL#precompliler

It is not easy to find the correct commands to control excel interface. With the Macro Recorder it is very easy to find the VBA-Commands! Now i search a converter from VBA to Cobol? Thanks for help!

I do not work with this program, but am trying to assist in a server migration that involved upgrading Syspro which utilizes Micro Focus components. Upon trying to run an install, I receive this error message: 0x81f40001 - Micro Focus COBOL Server 3.0 must be uninstalled before continuing.  I feel as if I have tried everything and removed everything I could find to no avail- I keep getting this error. Where does this live and how does one remove it?

Dear sirs, when I run the command: call cc74 'FindFirstFileA' using by reference findFileName *> lpFileName by reference WIN32-FIND-DATA *> lpFindFileData returning fileSearchHandle I'm getting an error 173 Called program file not found in directory/drive FindFirstFileA How do I solve this Att Rogerio Barbosa

I search a way to define in a excel-cell a formel and had problem to do this or to recognize this field/cell as formel Send data, text, date, values is not a problem. The given example "excel.cbl" is not very exhaustive, in msexcel.cpy are many information, but i don't have found the correct solution. Who is interessed to exchange information on the excel/office integration? who can help me for formel? (not managed cobol)

Hi, I wanted to check it's okay to have Net Express 5.1 and Visual COBOL 9.0 installed on the same laptop? Will initially be using VC native code and still supporting out Net Express application so I wasn't sure there will not be an issue with the rts. Thanks

I originally created this post a while ago : How to set Paper Size being passed from Printer Selection , and I never got it to work. Here is my code: PREPARE-PRINTER-WITH-STANDARD-PRINTER-DIALOG. CALL "P$SETDIALOG" USING PrintDialog. CALL "P$DisplayDialog". IF DIALOG-RETURN = 0    move SET-DEFAULT-PRINTER to default-option    move dpb-len of MyDefaultPrinterBrowser to dp-len    move dpb-body of MyDefaultPrinterBrowser(1:dp-len) o dp-body    call "PC_PRINTER_SET_DEFAULT" using by value default-option                                                      &n

I am having an issue running a single program in my project.  I had made some changes to the WPF screen, and in the code as well. When I compile and run my software - when I execute my software, and select the program I changed from the menu, I get the below error message.  MicroFocus.COBOL.COBOLRuntimeException HResult=0x80131600 Message=198 Load failure [Program has an incompatible codepage dependency "PR450000" is using codepage Western European (Windows) but the main program "MSIMenu.App" is using Unicode (UTF-8) Please see documentation for more information.] I am not sure how to fix this - both my menu and the program being called (PR45000) both have this code in my WPF Screen  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> So I am not sure why it is saying this, and when I run any other program that is in the project - they all work correctly.  Wh

Hello, I have a small C# application from a vendor that allows me to communicate with and receive data from an ID document scanner. I've already managed to "translate" some parts to Visual Cobol but there are others that give some errors in the conversion. Would it be possible for you to help me with this conversion? Thanks. Alberto Ferraz

I need to call an API written in C# in out Micro Focus COBOL application.  I found this post very helpful  RE: Tutorial or example for calling a URL and processing the response  one thing though the call needs to ba a POST with input in JSON I can string together the body - but what is the syntax to attach it to the request?

I have a program that runs from the command prompt from my program.  This is the command:  cmd.exe /C cscript //nologo D:\\NEW_MSI\\MSI_DATA\\MakeGuid.vbs > D:\\NEW_MSI\\MSI_DATA\\myguid.txt I am using CALL "SYSTEM" USING WS-CMD-LINE to run the command. (the command above is placed in WS-CMD-LINE before the call to "SYSTEM". The command works great from a dos prompt, but when I use it in my program - it does not work at all. The myguid.txt file is never generated.  Does anybody have any suggestions on how I can get this to work? 

Knowing that Visual Cobol for Eclipse is not compatible with DialogSystem instructions. If I would like to adapt a COBOL program that uses DialogSystem, is there any example or document that explains how it should be done? Is there in VC for Eclipse any tool similar to DS that facilitates the migration?

I inherited a substantial application written in Micro Focus COBOL.  I need to make changes to the way the connection strings are used.  I sniffed through the code - and found 22 (!) with CONNECT USING statements.  The application contains hundreds of programs, each compiled and deployed individually, with a handful of EXEC SQL statements - and as far as I can tell every one of them has no problem getting to the database.  How are all the other programs connecting?

The setup stops with an error message indicating that another version of Visual COBOL (or COBOL Server) is already installed and should be uninstalled first.  Full article: https://portal.microfocus.com/s/article/KM000007637#SupportTips/KnowledgeDocs

Hi!  I am playing around with the software, trying to update our conversion programs to no longer use Database Connectors.   In my program I have an input file that is an RM\\COBOL ISAM file, and when I run the program, it is giving me a 9+,00 error code.  I have tried adding the  $SET  DIALECT(RM)  FILETYPE(21) command to the beginning of the program to let the program know that I am using an RM\\COBOL file, BUT, when I do that, the embedded SQL commands are no longer recognized by the compiler, and I can't get the program to compile.  Is there a way to do this, or am I stuck using Database Connectors for my conversion programs? 

Hello, I am trying by all means to establish a connection to a SQL Server database, I supposedly connect but cannot see the data in a table. These are the errors: connection to the database establishedError: It is not possible to Access the Province TableError code: -00000000208Description Error: The object name 'province' is not valid Please can someone help me. Thank you. #VisualCOBOL#SQL

Hi Gents,Any experiences using msodbc and unixODBC on RHEL  with VisualCOBOL8 on RHEL to connect SQL2012?   We are currently experiencing DB reconnect issues to our SQL2012 with our COBOL 8 programs on RHEL8 , using using msodbcsql18 and unixODBC2.3.11 .It was working before with the same COBOL source codes on RHEL6, COBOL5express, using msodbcsql11 and unixODBC2.3.0.Thanks

I am using VS Code to code Visual COBOL. And one of my programs will require to connect to DB2 (MySQL Workbench). As per my research, I need to have ODBC to apply the OpenESQL in microfocus. But as I was trying to compile my cobol program, I am hitting an error saying: error COBCH0149 : No SQL directives have been set. But on the upper part i have declared $SET SQL.  I also tried updating the default directives to include sql, i am still getting COBCH0149 error. #VisualStudioCode