RE: copybook
No. You have it confused I think. Copy books are source code snippets that you, the programmer, optionally include and insert into your source program, using the COPY statement. You create the copy...
View ArticleRE: I would like to know how to add sql server portion to cobol program in...
Please look in the product documentation here for database access and look for the sections for OpenESQL.There are also some videos here that cover this OpenEsql technology.Thanks
View ArticleI would like to know how to add sql server portion to cobol program in visual...
I would like to know how to add sql server portion to cobol program in visual studio.
View ArticleRE: Installation Visual Cobol stops with 0x80004005 - unspecified error
Hi Chris,I have a total clean installation of Win 8.1 64bit Enterprise Edition. and de edvs2012_222.exe still does not install. All others do install edvs2012_221.exe and also es2012_222.exe. I have...
View ArticleRE: Installation Visual Cobol stops with 0x80004005 - unspecified error
Peter,Please open up a support incident with Customer Care and attach the rtf file to the incident. We will then address this problem through the incident.Thanks.
View ArticleInstallation Visual Cobol stops with 0x80004005 - unspecified error
Logfile:[01E8:01EC][2014-05-06T09:30:29]i001: Burn v3.7.1224.0, Windows v5.1 (Build 2600: Service Pack 3), path: E:\Downloads_von_C\Cobol_vce_22.exe, cmdline: ''[01E8:01EC][2014-05-06T09:30:29]i000:...
View ArticlePlease vote for Visual COBOL
Visual COBOL has been shortlisted for a Tech Hero Award, and it's the public who get to decide the winners!If you think Visual COBOL is a worthy winner, then please show your support with a vote.You...
View ArticleData Type Conversion
I am looking for specific examples of how, in a Managed COBOL program/class, how to convert back and forth between traditional COBOL data types (such as COMP-3, COMP-5, COMP-X ) to equivalent Net...
View ArticleRE: Data Type Conversion
HiYou can simply use the Cobol Statement SET. See also in Help for implicit conversion and Compatible Types Example in .NET COBOL Interoperation. RegardsWerner Lanter
View ArticleRE: exposing .Net classes
Actually, the repository is no longer required in Visual COBOL. That is a holdover from Net Express.In VC you use the type keyword to specify a class name.You should be able to use: set myDecimal to...
View ArticleRE: exposing .Net classes
Thanks, Chris.Your "set" example above works, and the $set directive is not required to do this, since System is auto-included (and incidentally, thanks for the validation tip).But, how would you code...
View ArticleRE: exposing .Net classes
I prefer to use the set statement but you can use move if you prefer but you must use the type keyword in front of the class name which is Convert (or System.Convert)move type...
View Articleexposing .Net classes
I have a Visual Studio 2013 - Visual COBOL Managed (can I just refer to it as Visual Cobol .Net?) program that I am using to convert a string data type to a decimal data type, using the "convert"...
View ArticleRE: Listing a Folder's contents
Why don't you use Managed Cobol? The .Net Framework function System.IO.Directory.GetFiles gives you what you want.Freundliche GürsseWerner Lanter
View ArticleRE: Listing a Folder's contents
Thanks for the infoI do not use .Net stuffNever have been trained for thatI have a mainframe Batch/CICS/CA-DATACOM/Masterpiece background and I find the MF VC NATIVE COBOL to be almost the same as the...
View ArticleRE: Listing a Folder's contents
You can use the routines CBL_DIR_SCAN_START, CBL_DIR_SCAN_READ and CBL_DIR_SCAN_END to read through a directory listing of files.There is an example under CBL_DIR_SCAN_READ in the docs.
View ArticleRE: Listing a Folder's contents
Thanks ChrisI found community.microfocus.com/.../10363.aspx
View ArticleRE: Listing a Folder's contents
Additional infoI got it going this morning and it works really wellSuperfast actuallyI started with Jerry's code from community.microfocus.com/.../10363.aspxAnd I re-wrote it to suit my style e.g. I...
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