Re: cobol woes

From: Tom Morrison (t.morrison_at_liant.com)
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 03:28:44 GMT

"Calvin" <paxsonc001@hawaii.rr.com> wrote in message
news:48aee437.0407261214.7d9e8d2c@posting.google.com...
> > Open Start/Programs, find the program on the menu, right click, select
> > Properties, select the Compatibilty tab, check "Run in compatibility
mode" and
> > select Win98.
>
> Thanks for the reply. No luck with this. I also checked the settings
> against the older pcs, everything matches up but it still wouldn't
> run. I thought i was getting closer when i got it to say "invalid pif
> file". I checked microsoft.com for "RM Cobol" but they only have 1
> entry. I tried Liant.com but their support is mostly $$$ based. I'll
> keep tryin'. Thanks!

Gee, Calvin, this is really not a Liant issue. I think you probably need to
keep working the compatibility angle, as you would have to do with any
program designed for older Windows systems. In fact, I wouldn't be too
surprised if you are actually using the DOS RM/COBOL. What is displayed
when you merely enter the command 'runcobol'?

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