Re: Text windows size under XP

On Apr 5, 5:17 pm, rip...@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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On Apr 4, 12:33 pm, rip...@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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On Apr 3, 7:36 pm, Rene_Surop <infodynamics...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So is the bug in my program or in Net Express?

""" Net Express 5.2 Personal edition """
""" rebuild the app to create an .EXE file """

Are not these two incompatible ?

That is: with 'Personal edition' you can _only_ run the program within
NetExpress.

But then what would I know about this, it's on Windows

Micro Focus requires 'Application Server' for you to execute an .EXE
file. If you setup (configure) your application server to.. say c:
\mfapps then you have to copy your files (.EXE/.DLLs) to that folder
for you to run it independently. Application Server is a separate
setup and this is the one that provides the RUNTIME apps.

However, you CANNOT (i think) install Application Server if you have
NetExpress 5.2 Personal Edition installed in the same PC. In this
case, you can run your application only from 'within' the NetExpress
IDE.

Personal Edition as discussed only limits up to 2200 lines of codes
(but not memory limitations). You can (if permitted) chop down your
codes in less than 2000 lines and make the others as DLL. Better yet,
make them components so that you can use its full potential..

Keep supporting MF. For us to be viable.... :)

Rene: I have always been aware of the 2200 lines limit (see my earlier
posting.)

However, Net Express Personal has an option to install Enterprise
Server (all 52mb of it) described as a "scalable, managed and high
performance transactional environment for the deployment of COBOL
applications ..." Why offer this option if standalone .EXE files
cannot be run independently of the IDE?

Further, one of the Build options for a project is a Generic Release
build for which .OBJ files are shown as output in the Project Browser.
If one then looks at the Link Wizard in Project Build settings one of
the questions asks whether a standalone .EXE file is required.. This
would appear to suggest that programs can be run independently of the
IDE.

So can anyone help me further with this?

Alternately has anybody managed to get Microsoft (Microfocus) Cobol5
compiling correctly under XP? (!)

Have you tried it under DOSBoxhttp://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1

Yes, I have. Despite running a .BAT file to set up the required
environment variables (BIN, HELP etc paths) and being able to load the
PWB, when I try to compile I get error messages stating that, say,
<path>\BIN does not exist, or that it cannot find the PWB help file
(which is there and on the path).

If I try running a compile in an XP Command window I get a General
Protection Fault.

Are you using FORCEDOS ?

Never heard of that command. I see it "Starts the specified program in
the MS-DOS subsystem. This command is necessary only for those MS-DOS
programs not recognized as such by Windows XP."

I'll give it a try and let you know what happens. Thanks

OK, using 'forcedos' I am able to compile programs (using the
Samples). But when I run them the majority fail with 'Loadfailure
(170) on file C:\MSCOBOL5\BIN\ADIS' where error 170 indicates 'System
program not found'. Strange because when I look in the \BIN directory
I see ADISCF.EXE, ADISCF.LBR and ADISCTRL, all 3 of which I also see
in the \BASE\BIN directory of Net Express, so I assume I'm not missing
a file.

They need to be on your COBDIR= environment variable.

On that basis I'm a bit stuck on what I can do in the way of user
interaction.

I guess I'll have to go back to Net Express!



They are. My .BAT setup file has:

SET COBDIR=C:\MSCOBOL5\BIN;C:\MSCOBOL5\LIB;C:\MSCOBOL5\SOURCE;C:
\MSCOBOL5\HELP;C:\MSCOBOL5\INIT;
SET LIB=C:\MSCOBOL5\LIB;
SET INCLUDE=C:\MSCOBOL5\SOURCE;
SET HELPFILES=C:\MSCOBOL5\HELP;
SET INIT=C:\MSCOBOL5\INIT;

The error message - 'Loadfailure (170) on file C:\MSCOBOL5\BIN\ADIS' -
is ambiguous. There is no file named ADIS, only ADISCF.EXE, ADISCF.LBR
and ADISCTRL. As I understand it, ADIS is the main run-time support
module for Screen Section and enhanced ACCEPT/DISPLAY and doesn't
exist as a separate program.
.

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