Eclipse: console displays
I am coding in Eclipse for the first time and running into NEWBIE problems.I have several DISPLAY lines throughout my code and probably should mention that I have "CONSOLE IS CRT" coded in the...
View ArticleNetExpress Projects Conversion to Visual Studio solution
I am in process of converting Netexpress projects to Visual cobol solution using VS 2013 IDE. The conversion was successful but the newly generated *.sln , *.cblproj files were added to the netexpress...
View ArticleShared memory access
Hi,I need to access shared memory from COBOL. The COBOL will be native.As the code will be developed on Windows and deployed to Linux I need the API to be the same on both platforms.I think that I will...
View ArticleDataGridView Grid Borders
HiI have a DataGridView with 8 columns, all Text Box columns, all Read Only, populated from an indexed file. The first tow columns are frozen. I want the right hand border on the second column to...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013
Dear Chris,My installation of VS 2012 had a problema and now I installed VS 2013 Community but Visual Cobol don´t appear there.There are a versión of Visual Cobol specific for VS 2013 ???How I can do...
View ArticleLooking for database programming example for green screen
Hi All,I'm a newbie to Cobol. I'm looking for examples on the standard way to move forward and backward through a database table. When using Xbase/Clipper I would program a entry screen with Function...
View ArticlePersonal Version
I have a personal version, here is detail of it; Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.2 Version 2.2.00151. I have Windows 8.1 and I had to refresh the OS and it removed all installed programs. Is there...
View Articleinsert xml in a form
Please help me!I have a comunication with web server, but the return this web server is xml, i need to know how i get xml and insert this xml in a form in Visual Cobol
View ArticleUtils.LBR in Micro Focus and Visual COBOL
Hi Chris,We are migrating the components from Micro Focus COBOL to Visual COBOL.In some of the Micro Focus modules there is a Call statement "CALL Utils.LBR".This Utils.LBR file is present in the...
View ArticleCBLLink in microfocus and visual cobol.
Hi ,i am working over a project to migrate an existing mf cobol dll to visual cobol dll.The existing dll consist of 7 cobol programs(Native +Managed). In Micro Focus the native DLL is created using...
View ArticleMissing shared object in MF COBOL Server 2.2 for UNIX update 2
Hi,We are experiencing a problem due to a missing shared object in MF COBOL Server 2.2 for UNIX update 2. Some background: We are compiling our programs on Linux using MF Visual COBOL for UNIX. The...
View Articlecomp-5 redefination
Release: Net Express 5.1 .NET & Visual Studio 2012While compiling the source from NE5.1 in Visual COBOL 2.2.1, we are receiving a warning for comp-5 redefinition.The vaiables are defined as...
View ArticleHow to expand Green Screen to 120 columns?
Hi All,I'm programming with the default green screen, which is 80 columns wide. How do you set the screen size to 120 columns? Can you also expand the row length as well?Thanks for your help.Best,Peter
View ArticlePrint exit module for Visual cobol
HI,Can you please provide a sample print exit program suitable for Visual cobol. The current exit module developed in visual basic code works only with net express projects.Thank you.
View ArticleListbox Click
Are there any example of determining the difference between a click and a double click on a listbox? Have searched and can not find much.
View ArticleCoding guidelines
Hello, just wanted to divert your attention to some advice on coding guidelines for Micro Focus COBOL, by Micro Focus COBOL developers.You can find the article here.Hope you find it useful.Regards, Scot
View ArticleNet express Directive
Hi These are the default directives which are set in NE.%FILENAME COBIDY(%TARGETDIR) WB3 WB CSI ANIM EDITOR(MF2) ENSUITE(3) nobell errq errlist rawlist linkcount(1024) bound perform-type(osvs)...
View Articlenative to managed
Hi,I am facing a problem while calling a program in managed dll from native dll.When a normal call is made from native to managed, it is giving the error code 173 program not found.I have tried copying...
View ArticleConsuming a WCF Service Created in .NET 4.5 in Visual COBOL.
Hi Our Objective is to consume the WCF Service Created in .NET 4.5.We are trying to Consume the Same WCF Service in Visual COBOL.As per my initial understanding, To achieve this in Visual COBOL, We...
View ArticleOdd control focus behavior
I have 2 separate solutions in the attached zip. One solution - NatCon1 - contains 1 native project - NatCon1.The other solution - ManWin1 - contains 2 managed projects - ManCon1 and ManWin1.These are...
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