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problem with visual studio code and learn cobol plugging license when you have expired visual cobol for eclipse windows installed in your windows machine

  • February 25, 2025
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you will no be able to run or compile any cobol program in vs code even you have installed the learned cobol extension or other cobol plugging , here is the error

message 

Micro Focus COBOL 
Version 7.0 (C) Copyright 1984-2021 Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.

(0,0) : error COBCH1889 : License failure: Cannot communicate with licensing daemon.

 



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Marcos Ramos
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Panama PA
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Chris Glazier
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  • February 25, 2025

you will no be able to run or compile any cobol program in vs code even you have installed the learned cobol extension or other cobol plugging , here is the error

message 

Micro Focus COBOL 
Version 7.0 (C) Copyright 1984-2021 Micro Focus or one of its affiliates.

(0,0) : error COBCH1889 : License failure: Cannot communicate with licensing daemon.

 



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Marcos Ramos
Self Registered
Panama PA
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Hi Marcos,

The VS Code extension itself does not require a license, nor does the Learn COBOL extension but they will recognize whether or not you have a copy of Visual COBOL installed on your computer and will attempt to use that for compiling. If you have no valid license for it, you will get the error message you are seeing. 

I would recommend that you uninstall the Visual COBOL product on your system and then reinstall the Learn COBOL extension. If it does not detect a version of Visual COBOL on your computer then it will install the Community version which does not require a license and will allow you to compile your programs.



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