RE: idxformat Enterprise Developer
IDXFORMAT"8" files have been around for quite awhile now but they were only made as the default file format starting with VC and ED. They are fully functional with all tools such as rebuild and dfconv.
View ArticleRE: Location of VCVS 2013 help files
Hello,I suggest downloading the Visual COBOL's online help directly from the Micro Focus Documentation page:Go to http://supportline.microfocus.com/productdoc.aspxSelect "Micro Focus Developer - COBOL...
View ArticleLocation of VCVS 2013 help files
I've been trying to run down why the Micro Focus product help for Visual COBOL for Visual Studio 2013 displays as raw HTML in the Windows Help Viewer 2.1 on my domain-joined Windows 7, IE 11 PC for a...
View ArticleRE: Location of VCVS 2013 help files
Unfortunately, this is a US Navy PC and is locked down tight. The program that reads .chm files is physically blocked from execution by a Host-Based Security System. I've tried this and I get an...
View ArticleRE: Relativity performance
Tom,Thanks for your comments. I am working with Micro Focus to have more sql like adaptation to Relativity so it can properly replace a competing product from Transoft.
View ArticleRE: Relativity performance
Transoft ... Now there's a blast from the past. Oh, but I almost forgot, this is Legacy Land. Long Live Legacy.:-)
View ArticleOpening RM File
I'm having trouble opening an RM/COBOL indexed file. This program is a very simple example of the issue. It opens an indexed file and then writes the file status from that open step to an output flat...
View ArticleRE: Opening RM File
I did another test to prove there isn't a problem with the input file I'm using, which was created by an RM/COBOL program. First, in Visual Studio, I executed the write-rm-file paragraph to create a...
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This webpage (documentation.microfocus.com/.../index.jsp) suggested there could something wrong with the FD, so I cleaned up the indexed file FD and received the same results as above. FD IN-FILE...
View ArticleRE: Opening RM File
In my experience, the default configuration for RM/Cobol does not return a non-zero value for the FILE STATUS item EXCEPT if an applicable USE statement is specified and invoked. I would presume that...
View ArticleRE: Location of VCVS 2013 help files
Hi. The product documentation for Visual COBOL for Visual Studio will be installed into a help subfolder of the Visual COBOL installation folder. If you have installed into the default folder...
View ArticleRE: Opening RM File
When this program runs in Visual Studio, it opens the RM/COBOL file with FILE STATUS zero. Maybe I’m overlooking an error status and should try a USE statement. But, it appears there isn't an error...
View ArticleRE: Opening RM File
The difference may be in locating the acufh.dll. A value of binary zeroes is returned for the file status when a filetype(21) file cannot be opened because acufh.dll is not found. As it currently...
View ArticleRE: Opening RM File
Try running outside of Visual Studio in a Visual COBOL command prompt so that the PATH and COBDIR are set to point to the correct system folders and it will find acufh.dllNavigate to Start...
View ArticleRE: Location of VCVS 2013 help files
Thank you for explaining the components of this new(er) help system, but no. The documentation was properly installed on disk and had already been added to the content tab. The only problem is that...
View ArticleRE: Opening RM File
Thanks, Chris! That worked for me too.Your suggestion led me to search for acufh.dll. And that led to several other helpful posts that will provide more flexibility than to have to run this program in...
View ArticleRE: NetExpress convert to Visual Studio
$set mfoo class-id. ECF. environment division. input-output section. * object section. class-control. Util is class "Util" ....
View ArticleRE: NetExpress convert to Visual Studio
A few questions for you:Is SAT.dll written in Net Express? If it is then it too will have to be recompiled using Visual COBOL.What is the error that you are receiving?Is the set SAT-Tanca to entry...
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RE: NetExpress convert to Visual Studio
Not SAT.dll was not done in NetExpress.I put the image of the error, but my Visual Studio is in Portuguese: www.mmsis.com.br/images/Erro_SAT.pngI took the .dll but the error persistsAre the calling...
View ArticleRE: NetExpress convert to Visual Studio
This looks like you are trying to call this native .dll from a managed .NET program in Visual COBOL whereas you were calling it from a native program in Net Express, correct?Are you compiling the OO...
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