ESQL Issues - Visual Cobol 2.3
Hi,I am trying to execute below code in visual cobol 2.3, its giving 19703 error. EXEC SQL CONNECT :WS-ORA-UIP-V USING :WS-ORA-SID-V END-EXEC.WS-ORA-UIP-V= uid\pwd and...
View ArticleRE: Connection Name Not Found - 19702
Hi Chris,Sorry, I was on vacation and couldn't respond. I checked my programs again, Sub Program, CONNECTDB and Main Program. Sub Program will connect to CONNECTDB (which has DB details). CONNECTDB is...
View ArticleConnection Name Not Found - 19702
Hi,I am migrating from Server Express 5.1 to Visual Cobol 2.3. I am getting error as connection name not found.I am using ESQL and Sub Program is calling Main Program. Connection is getting established...
View ArticleRE: Connection Name Not Found - 19702
Hi Ramesh,Your slash separating the UID and PWD is going in the wrong direction.It should be UID/PWD.Also, what is DBNAME referring to? This should be the actual name of the DSN that you created using...
View ArticleRE: Quick scan of IDXFORMAT "8" files
Thanks Michael - I think strings will do the trick for me
View ArticleRE: SQL cursors in Visual COBOL
Hi Linden,Cursor names are used internally by the OpenESQL precompiler and do not mean anything at run-time. The actual code generated will be for that of a dynamic SQL statement which will return a...
View ArticleSQL cursors in Visual COBOL
Hi,I'm trying to understand about SQL cursors.Are cursor names used at run-time i.e. passed to ODBC/SQL engine or just used internally at compile time to associate various EXEC SQL statements.What I'm...
View ArticleRE: looping through control
Something like this? perform varying ctrl as type Control thru self::Controls if ctrl::GetType = type of TextBox| set ctrl as type TextBox::ReadOnly to false...
View Articlelooping through control
looking for a way to loop through a Form.ControlCollection in visual cobol. Any solutions?set netInt to type System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlCollection::Count. set gridViewIndex to 0. perform until...
View ArticleCheckChanged event
We are using Visual Cobol, but it is unmanaged, and most of our screens are still dialog screens.I need to know whenever a certain entry field has its value changed. I know there are ways of doing it...
View ArticleRE: Using Arrow Keys
Some controls do not fire the keydown event for the arrow or tab keys as they use this for navigation within the control itself.You can change this behavior by using the PreviewKeyDown event to capture...
View ArticleRE: Installation Issues
And to be clear, the MicroFocus CES Daemon and the Micro Focuse Directory Server windows services are running.
View ArticleRE: Installation Issues
After installing Visual COBOL if you start Visual Studio and try to open or create a COBOL project it should automatically prompt you to install a license.Alternatively, from the Start Menu navigate to...
View ArticleInstallation Issues
I'm attempting to install Visual Cobol vcvs2012_231 on Win2012R2 server.It doesn't ask for any licecnse keys. The installation completed OK. Rebooted server.How or where do I check how the license for...
View ArticleEXEC SQL INCLUDE
Hi,I'd like to understand the use of EXEC SQL INCLUDE a bit better.Can somebody explain (or point me to a good doc explanation)... what does EXEC SQL INCLUDE actually do and also what happens if host...
View ArticleRE: EXEC SQL INCLUDE
Hi Linden,EXEC SQL INCLUDE is actually the equivalent of a COPY statement. It will make available to the precompiler any source code within the copy file specified in the copybook.For OpenESQL there is...
View ArticleVisual COBOL PE won't activate
Could you help me? I'm a student taking COBOL and I downloaded the Microfocus Visual COBOL PE and installed it in Visual Studio 15 Professional. When I create a COBOL project I get a product activation...
View ArticleRE: RM/Panels
I noticed that a converter from RM/Panels to Visual Cobol is now available, both on Windows and Linux.
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