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Do P.E. users have access to Supportline web site?  I would like to access the examples and I have not had a response from the Supportline regarding my registration.

  Good morning, can i make an invoke a method created in the form of events? For example:   method-id button3_Click final private.       01 newForm2 type CfgEmpresa.Form1.       procedure division using by value sender as object e as type System.EventArgs.           set newForm2             to new CfgEmpresa.Form1           invoke newForm2::ShowDialog()       end method.      method-id ef-NumPedido_KeyPress final private.       77 wt pic x(020).       procedure division using by value sender as object e as type System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs.            move e::KeyChar to wt  &nbs

I have Window 10 Home 64bit. I have Visual Studio 2010 Professional (and 2013 and 2015, community editions.) I have downloaded the Visual Cobol PE 2.2 for VS 2010. I cannot install it. I get error 0x80070643. The log file is as follows: [17E8:18B4][2015-10-23T18:49:11]i001: Burn v3.7.1224.0, Windows v6.2 (Build 9200: Service Pack 0), path: C:\\Users\\Bruce\\Downloads\\vcvs2010_22.exe, cmdline: '/install'[17E8:18B4][2015-10-23T18:49:11]i000: Initializing string variable 'ProductRevision' to value '2.2.00244'[17E8:18B4][2015-10-23T18:49:11]i000: Initializing string variable 'InstallFolder' to value '[ProgramFilesFolder]Micro Focus\\Visual COBOL'[17E8:18B4][2015-10-23T18:49:11]i000: Initializing string variable 'RumbaCheckboxState' to value 'disable'[17E8:18B4][2015-10-23T18:49:11]i000: Initializing string variable 'RumbaLabelState' to value 'disable'[17E8:18B4][2015-10-23T18:49:11]i000: Initializing string variable 'EclipseLabelState' to value 'disable'[17E8:18B4][2015-10-23T18:49:11]i00

I'm using relativity to create temporary workfiles via ODBC --  Does anybody know how to create the file in a different directory than the install directory for relativity -- hopefully this is possible to do from within the query -- because I'd like different temp tables to be placed in different directories to help organize them For example -- the following query works CREATE TABLE tester( col1 CHAR(10), col2 CHAR(100), col3 CHAR(50), col4 CHAR(1), col5 decimal (10, 7)); but I was hoping that something like this would work somehow CREATE TABLE tester @FILENAME=/tmp/tester.tmp.data(col1 CHAR(10),col2 CHAR(100),col3 CHAR(50),col4 CHAR(1),col5 decimal (10, 7)); creates a file /opt/microfocus/relativity/data-server/tester.tbl I was hoping to have this file be located elsewhere -- /tmp/tester.tmp.data I have figured out how to use the following commands to move the path of the file -- however it still ends up leaving an empty file tester.tbl sitting in the install directory. {call

Hi, I have an old Net Express (and earlier) COBOL program that sends Hewlett Packard PCL code direct to an HP printer via LPT1 to print advertising layout page plans. The printer is attached directly to a user's PC. Current new platform is Windows 7, Visual COBOL. How can I tell windows 7/Visual COBOL to send LPT1 output direct to this printer? The program is below....  Thanks, Linden IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. LASERPAG. *REMARKS. * ----------------------------------------------- * COBOL Laser Page Plan Program * ----------------------------------------------- * Prints page plans on HPLaserJet printer. * Any number of pages can be output per sheet. * ----------------------------------------------- * Written by Linden Rowland from FEB 1991 * ----------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. SPECIAL-NAMES. CONSOLE IS CRT CRT STATUS IS CRT-STATUS. INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION. FILE-CONTROL. SELECT REPORT1 ASSIGN TO "LPT1". select planner-pag-file

HI, I'm using "Enterprise Developer 2.2 Update 2" , when I call gnt program from a batch script dos,  compiled with ANIM (32 bit) the statement   CALL "CBL_DEBUGBREAK" dont'  work, don't give error, symply ignored! It is possible in Visual Cobol do debug from command line( like a NX (MFNETX)) thx

F.A.O. Chris Glazier, I've tried our application on Windows 10 using the Visual COBOL cs2012_222.exe run-time. Seems fine but can you confirm if there are any issues that we should be aware of when moving our app from win 7 to win 10? Thanks, Linden

Hi, all: I am new in this community but need an urgent help from you. In May this year I downloaded COBOL Personal Edition for one year use until May 2016. It worked fine until September. But now I found the "product licencing" shows I have only 29 days left for trial. Again, I was told it should be good until May 2001, as shown in MicroFocus website when downloading this Personal Edition.  I have downloaded this version over the same process second time today and installed it with another email address for registration. But the 30 days trial problem remains. I now believe this was what happened: two days ago I accidentally clicked the button on Product Licencing page, trying to refresh licence. Due to this click, the system assumed (1) I clicked the button because my one year time is over and (2) I want to continue to use the software. Based on this assumption, the system started this 30 day trial counting down.  I wish you guys could look at my case and give some

Hi, i have a question for visual cobol:can I release executable file(gnt\\exe\\dll) compiled in Enterprise Developer to Cobol Server 2013?Or do I need to compile the COBOL source in Visual Cobol for the release of Cobol Server ?My programs are all batch sql without CICS and xdb . Thanks.

We have a COBOL program that was migrated from Bull mainframe syntax to Visual COBOL. It took some work to get it to run, because not all of the code is "optimal". It's over 17,000 lines, and calls other assemblies. We had to go away from Perform Thru using Sections in some parts, back to using GOTO to get it to run using Visual COBOL. One of the other changes we made was to increase the stack size, using a compiler directive. Initially, we went to 200 megs (200 X 1024 X 1024) after receiving a stack overflow exception using the Visual COBOL default settings. After a couple of weekly runs, we experienced a Stack Overflow exception again. Since it was in production, and we needed the run for that night, the stack was increased to 300 megs. This happened a couple of times, until this last week it was increased to 500 megs. This has been the solution to a stack overflow without rewriting the program, which would be a daunting task. The compiler directive is this: &nbs

I have VC 2.2 PE.  Using NATIVE mode, my Solution Explorer is now permanently enlarged and I don't know how I managed to do that. Also, when I open a source member in a Project, the slider bar is all the way to the right. Before, I had the SE window on the right with the program slider bar just to the left of that. I looked thru the doc but cannot find where to reset this condition. Does anyone know the fix for this? Thanks.

In Net Express 5.1 we never used Debug builds as the Release build had an .idy file for animation and debugging within the IDE and the .exe/.dll ran perfectly well without the .idy file when deployed (copied) to the production server running Server For COBOL (we have no interest in remote animation/debugging in our production environment).  For pure native COBOL applications only, If we add anim and cobidy to "Build settings" of COBOL properties under Release configuration for each project will we: 1. Be able to animate our code within the IDE in the Release configuration in the same manner as in the Debug configuration? 2. Will the .exe/.dll execute properly under COBOL Server once deployed (copied) to the production server WITHOUT the companion .idy file?

In Net Express we would load all application-specific environment variables into one of an application's projects (Project Properties>IDE), export to a .gcf file, and then import the .gcf into all other or new projects that were part of the application. I've found where one can manually enter environment variables for use by a project within the IDE, but no way to export/import them to another project within the same solution.  Is this even possible in VCVS? Is there a way of setting up solution-wide environment variables?

How do I maximize the screen and objects adjust to this new size? thanks

hello, I need help on creating RAR or .ZIP file I have some sample code , but this code does not let me add more than one file , I wonder how to add more than one file thank you example code *biblioteca de ZIP $set ilusing "System.IO" $set ilusing "System.IO.Compression" class-id fazZip.Form1 is partial inherits type System.Windows.Forms.Form. working-storage section. 01 FInfo type FileInfo. 01 InStream type FileStream. 01 OutStream type FileStream. 01 ZipIt type GZipStream. method-id NEW. procedure division. invoke self::InitializeComponent *C:\\teste.html FInfo::FullName invoke new type FileInfo("c:\\testebruno.txt") giving FInfo invoke FInfo::OpenRead() giving InStream invoke type File::Create(FInfo::FullName & ".gz") giving OutStream invoke new type GZipStream(OutStream, type CompressionMode::Compress) giving ZipIt invoke InStream::CopyTo(ZipIt) invoke ZipIt::Close() invoke InStream::Close() invoke OutStream::Close() goback. e

Hello ! First of all, you have to know that I'm a Belgium student, so I speak french, and I hope my english will be good enough to make me understood.So, thanks to my college, I got a licence of visual cobol for Eclipse available until the next year. I've installed it on my computer at home, and thanks god, no problem with it.Then, I've installed visual cobol for eclipse on my laptop too (this is a MacBook, so I use Parallels Desktop in order to run Windows), and the installation was ok, but I can't use visual cobol. Why ? When I create a new project, with a new cobol program, I immediately have an error and so I can't launch my program.  Even if this is a new, empty program, when I try to run, I've this message : "The COBOL Program launched could not be located". And a red cross in the line "end program Program1", with the message "COBCH1504S I-O error : 9/181 \\\\Mac\\Home\\Desktop\\Workspace\\Cobbol\\test\\New_Configuration.

I build my Visual Cobol application in Release mode and when i'm running it from command line the execution stops on a cbl_debugbreak call asking me if i want to start the debugger. Is it possible to disable that call when i'm running a release build?

Problem: The installation of HotFix 7 or higher fails with the following error message: Fix setup issue(s) and retry. For more information see the log file. 0x81f40001 - Micro Focus COBOL Server 2013 has been detected but needs to be upgraded to the R2 version. R2 can be downloaded from the SupportLine site. Please contact Micro Focus Customer Care if you have any queries. Resolution: COBOL Server R2 allows applications created with Visual COBOL for Visual Studio 2010/2012/2013 to also be deployed on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The R2 installers replace the original installers of COBOL Server and include any fixes delivered with HotFixes 1 to 6 of the COBOL Server 2.2 Update 2 release. This R2 installer is available for download from the Product Updates page at the MF SupportLine site. Once the R2 is installed, then you will be able to install HotFix 7 or higher. Note: Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 support is enabled in conjunction with HotFix 6 or greater for Visual

Problem: How to uninstall MF COBOL Server silently from the command line? Resolution: You may use the same setup file that was used to install MF COBOL Server to uninstall the same product from an elevated command prompt:start /wait <setup-file-exe> /quiet /uninstall where <setup-file-exe> would be for example: cs2010_22.exe for COBOL Server 2010 version 2.2 cs2012_221.exe for COBOL Server 2012 version 2.2 Update 1 cs2013_222.exe for COBOL Server 2013 version 2.2 Update 2 Please take note that the uninstallation process of COBOL Server does not uninstall MF License Manager automatically. In order to uninstall License Manager, you will need to know its product GUID. This is a long string that is enclosed within braces, e.g. {C4920323-C34A-4462-9C3E-BA0325BBD9BA} The product GUID is different from a version of COBOL Server to another, and you may find it from the Windows Registry: Open Windows Registry (regedit.exe) Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windo

Hello, Is there any guide on how to begin migrate my Project which I made with extend 9.2.5 (acucobol-gt) into Visual COBOL? I just need a startup guide with how to migrate source code, screens, event paragraph, variables etc.#extend9.2.5VisualCOBOL

Hello, How can I make a splash screen? I am starting no with Visual COBOL and not much knowledge of Visual Studio. Any code example would be appreciated. #splashscreen

I have code like this for FirstChanceException:  01  currDomain                type System.AppDomain. SET currDomain TO type AppDomain::CurrentDomain. ATTACH METHOD FirstChanceHander TO currDomain::FirstChanceException().       method-id FirstChanceHander static           attribute System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.HandleProcessCorruptedStateExceptions.       local-storage section.       procedure division using by value sender as object e as type FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs.           GOBACK.       end method. Does anyone know how to write to a log from this handler?  I tried updating my own ASCII log file but that causes an exception because this method is static.  I'm tryi

Good morning, I'm needing to load a dll and I find nothing in Cobol for this, but I found the instructions in VB  <DllImport("c:SATSAT.dll", CallingConvention := CallingConvention.Cdecl)> _Public Function AtivarSAT(numeroSessao As Integer, subComando As Integer, codigoDeAtivacao As String, CNPJ As String, cUF As Integer) As IntPtrEnd Function How to do this in Cobol? And the dll is in 32bit and my OS is 64. I need to change something in my project. thank you.

I am working through "Tutorial: Developing .NET Managed COBOL", trying to learn Visual COBOL.  I developed Form1, then Menu1 and made it my startup program - all fine and working.  Then to extend the exercise I added a button to Menu1 to call Form1  using the cobol command call "Form1". but it fails with error "173 Called program file not found in drive/directory [Form1]" What can I be doing wrong?  Please help!  Surely the syntax is correct, and both forms can be seen in Solution Explorer.

Is it possible to use the "Create Collection" to fill with DataGrid? How do it?