Tooltip behavior in managed COBOL
Does "Show OCCURS or reference modification value" work in managed COBOL? I have it set (checked) in Debug>Options and settings..., Debugging>Micro Focus COBOL, under Tooltip style. And yet while...
View ArticleConditional Breakpoints in managed COBOL
Do Conditional Breakpoints work in managed COBOL? I set a breakpoint on a line of code, right-click the red ball icon an select "Condition...", and enter the desired condition (using the same syntax as...
View ArticleExamining File Status in managed COBOL
While stepping through execution (debugging) COBOL code in Net Express 5.1, you could hover over an internal file name wherever it appeared in the code and get the File Status for the last IO operation...
View ArticleRE: Net Express project migration to Visual Cobol
Copying product or system DLLs to your program folder is not recommended. The DLLs should be left in their proper locations. If PATH and COBPATH are set correctly in the program's environment, the...
View ArticleRE: ASP.net template
If you are just trying to create a Web site instead of a full ASP.NET application then there is a template under New-->Web Site-->ASP.NET Web Site that you can use but I would really recommend...
View ArticleRE: Net Express project migration to Visual Cobol
From your description above it appears that you are trying to call Visual COBOL executables directly from a Net Express main program. This may work if you are creating a new process using...
View ArticleRE: Debugging
The executables compiled with Net Express are not compatible with executables compiled with Visual COBOL. You cannot mix them in this manner and you cannot debug Net Express programs using Visual...
View ArticleRE: Visual Cobol 2.3 update 2
The behavior you describe has always been the case with Visual COBOL and has nothing to do with upgrading to 2.3 update 2.If you are calling an unmanaged program from a managed program then you can...
View ArticleUnstring in Visual COBOL
HiI am trying to perform an Unstring on a response received(String).Following is the code which i am using 01 numeric-test-varPIC 9(1) . 01 input-String1PIC x(9) valuespaces . 01 String2 PIC x(6)...
View ArticleRE: Unstring in Visual COBOL
The rules for the UNSTRING statement state that the behavior of unstringing a value into a receiving field will be the same as if a MOVE were done between the sending literal and the receiving field...
View ArticleRE: Examining File Status in managed COBOL
This feature is available by default in Visual COBOL. I just tested this here with VC for VS2015 2.3 Update 2 and whenever I perform an I-o operation on the file and hover over its name it will display...
View ArticleRE: Conditional Breakpoints in managed COBOL
I just tested this here and the conditional breakpoint worked fine in managed code using just what you described. I tested with VC for VS2015 2.3 update 2.What version are you using?
View ArticleRE: Tooltip behavior in managed COBOL
I just tested this here using VC for VS2015 2.3 update 2 and both reference modified and subscripted items display correctly when I hover over them in debug and the option for COBOL Debug Tooltip Style...
View ArticleRE: Winform application setup
I believe that you had opened up a support incident for this behavior and it had been resolved by setting the system PATH to include the bin folder on the network share. Is this correct?
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Winform application setup
Hi,Recently we have migrated from netexpress dialogs to visual cobol dialogs. Our application was setup based on network share mode(as per instructions from Micro Focus) so that users from client work...
View ArticleRE: Examining File Status in managed COBOL
VC for VS2013 2.3 Update 2.I just happen to be validating a managed COBOL class that is a port of a native COBOL .dll so I can run one, switch solutions, and then run the other with breakpoints set at...
View ArticleRE: Examining File Status in managed COBOL
Please open up a support incident for this, Don so we can take a look. I cannot reproduce the problem so may be something specific to your project or code.
View ArticleRE: Conditional Breakpoints in managed COBOL
VC for VS2013 2.3 Update 2.I just did a parallel test between a native COBOL .dll and its managed COBOL class counter part. I set two breakpoints in each on the same lines of code.The first break...
View ArticleRE: Conditional Breakpoints in managed COBOL
Yes, this might be related to the pother debug issues that you raise and it might be dependent on something in your code.If you wouldn't mind can you create a small test project like a managed console...
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