RE: Tooltip behavior in managed COBOL
VC for VS2013 2.3 Update 2.OK, I was getting myself confused by hovering over OCCURS variables in the Procedure Division and in Working Storage. The behavior is different between these two locations,...
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Yes, I will try to create a simple example for both the File Status and conditional breakpoint issues and, if successful, submit as an incident to SupportLine.
View ArticleADO
Hello,I'm tryin to use the following statement in one of my managed Cobols:EXEC ADO GET CONNECTION INTO :MyConnectionEND-EXEC.How should I declare the MyConnection field in my Cobol program.I tried...
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Define it as 01 myconnection object.You can then cast it to a different type after
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The documentation show the following syntax: EXEC ADO GET CONNECTION INTO :myConnection TRANSACTION INTO :myTransaction END-EXECThis format works for me.
View ArticleControls autosize in Visual cobol winforms
HI,Netexpress dialogs supports controls autosize (adjust to the dialogs size) when dialogs are extended/dragged/maximized. Is there any such facility available in Visual cobol winforms?
View ArticleRE: Debugging
Ok, we complie our whole project with Visual Studio. But CBL_DEBUGBREAK still trying to start Net Express, even we have this setting on:Navigate in the Visual Studio IDE to...
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No there should not be a conflict with having Net Express and Visual COBOL installed on the same system as long as your system environment variables aren't set so that an incorrect copy of run-time...
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Ok, thanks, I will check our settings. Please can you write me proper PATH variable settings for Net Express and Visual Cobol, so I can check it also, if there is everything ok?Thanks
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The default location for the compiler and run-time system files:NX:C:\program files (x86)\Micro Focus\Net Express 5.1\base\binandC:\program files (x86)\Micro Focus\Net Express...
View ArticleWM_COPYDATA
Hello,please help. I have 2 applications - managed and native - and need to use WM_COPYDATA message to pass (in this case just one string) data from managed to the native one. The most important is to...
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Thanks for all your help, but I think, I didn't explain our problem properly. We are developing module for Infor SunSystems. And SunSystems is complied in Net Express 5.1. And of course we are unable...
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Whatever initiates the starting process (PID) is going to determine the runtime used. So the first COBOL element to be used will load that (whatever it was compiled with) runtime into memory.So if I...
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Ok, thanks for explanation. But in this solution:starter NX 5.1 compiled programVS Cobol program will be called via CBL_EXEC_RUN_UNIT for new process (I suppose?)but how will be path defined for...
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This is all how that exe was compiled.When you compile a COM component or executable it can be set to dynamic binding. Therefore when this executable is started, then embedded code will look in the...
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Ok, I am testing it now. Just to be sure, in Visual Studio setup for dynamic binding is:Project properties -> COBOL Link -> Run-time Model - DynamicAnd if in application folder is DLL library...
View ArticleLooking for Resource
Does anyone know of a Visual Cobol expert looking for a job in Orange County, CA. I have an open position for a contract to hire position.
View ArticleRE: Debugging
Must your newly compiled program reside in the same folder? Rather have it in a sub folder, or better still totally different folder.If there are runtime files in the same folder this might not work as...
View ArticleRE: Controls autosize in Visual cobol winforms
Windows Forms are not a Micro Focus technology. They are part of the .NET Framework which is from Microsoft. For questions relating to .NET specific topics like resizing Windows Forms it is usually...
View ArticleCobol .Net Exception Handling
Why does the exception handling var myex always reference "object reference not set to an instance of object" Catch myex as type Exception set str = str::Append("Source " & myex::Source) set str =...
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