Enum
Can you access enums in one class from another? I have a models folder with some enum values setup in a class file. I want to access those enums from within another class. When I instantiate the...
View ArticleCreating a Web Application
I am a COBOL programmer trying to create a Web Application in Visual Cobol from a very old system with multiple programs and screens.I am struggling to find tutorials or videos which would help. My...
View ArticleUpgrading VC from 2.2 to 4.0
I think this question may have been answered before, but I couldn't find anything whilst searching the site, so I thought I'd try the direct method.We are beginning the process if upgrading from Visual...
View ArticleReading color of user screen
I am run on redhat 7.3 using screen sections with foreground and background color and would like to know if there is a way to determine if a user screen is showing up properly in color, because if it...
View ArticleVisual COBOL Hadoop & ODBC
Hi,Does anyone know if OpenESQL works against Hadoop using Microsofts HIVE ODBC driver or any other Hadoop ODBC driver. Native or Managed Cobol?thanksK
View ArticleHelp convert C# code relating to signing xml
HiTo summarize:In VC 2.3 for VS, we need to digitally sign portions of an XML document in SOAP envelope. We are using classes in System.Security.Cryptography.Xml, in particular the class SignedXmlWe...
View ArticleMicrofocus cobol
Hi, I am new to microfocus cobol,need to know how files,DB are handled in MF Cobol ? How batch & online programs are processed ? Thanks Keerthana
View ArticleMerge Statement
I was reading somewhere where the Merge statement is not often used with sequential files. Is there an alternative or a best practice when using sort and merge statements?
View ArticlePrinter Tunables
I have my printer_redirection value = true in my app.config file under Tunables. Is there an option that I can set in this same place that will open up the windows printer dialog. Right now, my file...
View ArticleValue of RETURN-CODE for CBL_CHECK_FILE_EXIST changed between NetExpress 5.1...
Source: 01 status-code pic 9(04) comp. call "CBL_CHECK_FILE_EXIST" using file-name-1 file-details...
View ArticleHow to send digitally-signed SOAP message
HiUsing VC 2.3 for VS Community 2015, we need to send a digitally-signed SOAP XML to an Irish Goverment website and process the response we get back, which should be more XML in another SOAP...
View ArticleMerge Statement
I was reading somewhere where the Merge statement is not often used with sequential files. Is there an alternative or a best practice when using sort and merge statements?
View ArticlePrinters
Are there any good code examples available for using the printer routine libraries in a managed cobol program?
View ArticleTypeDef
Can anyone elaborate on using typedefs as opposed to copy replacing. I don't understand the concept and the little bit of reading that I found does not help much. Is this a better way of coding...
View Article.Net, Managed, or Native
Is it worth learning native cobol or should i jump right into .net or managed? Thoughts?
View ArticleDialog System Display Screen and Return
Is there any way to display a Dialog screen and have it return to the Visual COBOL program without the user having to click anything on the screen? What I am trying to do is display information...
View ArticleReport Writer
I have read mixed reviews about using the report writer. Does anyone have any pros and cons they would like to share? To me, it seems very easy to use when you wish to generate reports instead of...
View ArticleHelp with converting legacy code
Hi there,I am trialling Visual Cobol and because I don't have the manuals would like to know if somebody can help convert the following bits of legacy code which are throwing up "unknown type *OLE"...
View ArticleConvert to Cobol
publicclassPerson{privatestringName;privatestringFirstName;publicPerson(string name,string firstname)=>(Name,FirstName)=(name, firstname);List<Person> listofPersons...
View ArticleWindows Form Project Build Error
Sometimes when I build my visual cobol win form project I will get a compile error I-O error: IDY file. I then have to close visual studio, go to the debug folder of the project and delete the files...
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