read index file from acucobol-gt

IDXFORMAT"17" should be used to access ACU Vision files.

How are you setting the idxformat"17" option, in an extfh.cfg file or within the program? What version of Vision was the file created with?

I can use the following program to create a Vision File with the same name as yours and it creates ARCHMENU and ARCHMENU.vix.

       identification division.
       program-id. Program1.
      $set idxformat"17"     
           SELECT ARCHMENU  ASSIGN TO RANDOM NAMEMENU
                             ORGANIZATION IS INDEXED
                             ACCESS MODE  IS DYNAMIC
                             RECORD KEY   IS CLVEMENU
                             FILE STATUS  IS ST-STAT.
       data division.
       file section.
       fd archmenu.
       01 archrecord.
          05 clvemenu  pic 9(3).
          05 rest      pic x(10).
       working-storage section.
       01 st-stat      pic x(2) value spaces.
       01 namemenu     pic x(20) value "ARCHMENU".
       procedure division.

           open output ARCHMENU
           display st-stat
           move all "1" to archrecord
           write archrecord
              invalid key
                 display st-stat
           end-write
           close archmenu
           goback.

       end program Program1.