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Windows Visual COBOL v9 Managed code truncating group items that contain x"00" when moving to another field or passing as a parameter

  • October 13, 2023
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When moving a group item that contains a null to another field. The resulting field only contains characters up to the null.

Here is a project that demonstrates the issue

Any help is greatly appreciated

Thanks


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Chris Glazier
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When moving a group item that contains a null to another field. The resulting field only contains characters up to the null.

Here is a project that demonstrates the issue

Any help is greatly appreciated

Thanks


#managedcode
#VisualCOBOL

This appears to be a problem with the debugger displaying the value in a tooltip or watch window.

The full group item is actually being moved which you can see if you right-click on the tooltip and choose hex display or select in the view dropdown the COBOL Visualizer option:


  • November 3, 2023

This appears to be a problem with the debugger displaying the value in a tooltip or watch window.

The full group item is actually being moved which you can see if you right-click on the tooltip and choose hex display or select in the view dropdown the COBOL Visualizer option:

Sorry for the late reply, i'm not sure i'm getting notifications.

Yes that is correct and thanks for the help, i really appreciate it.