File IO Counts
When running batch COBOL programs our mainframe provides counts of how many times each file is written, read, etc. This logging is helpful when debugging. Can Visual COBOL Runtime provide any similar...
View ArticleVisual COBOL 2.2 Running INTs on Windows XP
Is it possible to run native INT's on Windows XP? I can run the INT on a Windows 7 box with no issues, but when I try to run the same INT on XP I get an error: run.exe is not a valid Win32...
View ArticleCOBOL Server 2012 Runtime - firewall issues
We installed COBOL Server 2012 Runtime on our server... it's actually a Windows 7 workstation that we use for file sharing. I am using a batch file to run native INT programs from another Windows 7...
View ArticleInternal Sort VC2012
I have a solution in Visual Cobol 2012 naïve code that has an internal sort with input and output procedures. I do a perform thru in both procedures. When I debug the code when I go to the input...
View ArticleRuntime Modules Needed
I am about to install my first solution in VC 2.2. Is there a list of the MicroFocus runtime modules that need to be included with my solution?
View ArticleError Starting Program
I have a new solution that I am deploying on a server. I have installed the license and cobol server 2012. My main program is an exe that I am starting from a workstation which has access to the...
View ArticleError with Visual Studio 12 with Visual Cobol
Hi,I started receiving error when I try to create a new project with Visual Cobol on Visual Studio 12. Trying to create Managed Windows Form project I receive Method 'Message' in type...
View ArticleManaged Code Encoding Serial Port
Hi Community!I have encountered a problem sending data past x"3F" over a serial port in managed code. In the docs I read you need to set the encoding to go past the 7-Bit(??) limit. So I did the...
View ArticleMF Visual Cobol for Eclipse 2.2 on Linux
Hi,I installed MF Visual Cobol for Eclipse 2.2 on Linux (centOS). License is activated and the command line compiler works fine.After it I started eclipse, and I created a small project without any...
View ArticleConnecting Visual Cobol to a Oracle database in Visual Studio 2010
Hello !I'm using:- Visual Cobol 2.2- Visual Studio 2010- 32 bits- Oracle Client 11.2.0The Cobol program is compiled ok.On Project Properties, SQL, the preprocessor being used is OpenESQL and the...
View ArticleReceiving Java custom record in procedural cobol
Hi,We want to share a Cobol Structure between our Cobol program and a new Java Program.The Cobol program will call the Java program.We have succeeded running simple examples exchanging simple data type...
View ArticleProblem calling C program
Environment is 64-bit AIX, Visual COBOL 2.1 but compiling on the command line.I have a simple COBOL program calling a simple C program. The COBOL program is compiled as 64-bit. The C program is, as far...
View ArticleASCII to UTF-8 conversion and displaying in a list box
I have found that national characters like ÄÖüß and so on do not show correctly in a UTF-8 coded managed application when read from an ASCII file created by a native app.Based on an answer I read here...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DataGridView Sort Column
I need to sort a column of datagridview object using code after to fill it.Does anyone have any examples?Thank you
View Articlerm/cobol to visual cobol: application windows/dialogs using rmputil
i have a program written in rm/cobol that i am trying to compile using visual cobol. i am have set the proper dialect and its compiling successfully. the problem i am facing is on the windowing...
View ArticleKilling a thread
I have created a thread using the CBL_CREATE_THREAD routine. However, when I attempt to kill the thread using CBL_THREAD_KILL it does not kill the thread. The thread remains running. My thread is...
View Articledefault parameters
Is there a way to provide a default parameter in Visual Cobol like you can in C#?public void MyString(String passedString = " ")
View ArticleCancelling a thread
I want to send a message to a thread to close and am attempting to use the CBL_THREAD_IDDATA_ALLOC and CBL_THREAD_IDDATA_GET routines. I am am getting an exception error when calling...
View ArticleVB to Cobol conversion
Hi,Can any one advise how to convert the following VB code to Cobol pls.Its for a fingerpint reader.Imports System.ThreadingImports System.IOImports DPUruNetImports System.DrawingImports...
View ArticleVisual COBOL on a TFS Build Controller
Hi,We are planning to use TFS to build & deploy our COBOL programs. As I understand it we need to install Visual COBOL on the TFS Build Controller (that will be a separate server) and have a valid...
View Article