isCOBOL General

It is possible to define a single or group data item based on the definition of one defined previously. Use this to make sure that data items with a similar purpose have the same structure. The SAME AS clause is what makes this possible. ... Read More

This document is based on Linux version Centos7 and windows client with isCOBOL release 2017 R2 build#910.8-20170925-24471 and IDE version #135_8. Section 1. Setup the Server GIT is packaged with CentOS 7. What most internet docs do not inform you... Read More

Question: I have indexed files from my legacy application and want to migrate them to either isCOBOL JISAM or c-treeRTG. What are my options for doing this? Answer: There are two basic ways to migrate files to an isCOBOL ISAM file... Read More

isCOBOL Server can be configured to encrypt the data transmitted on the TCP/IP connection. isCOBOL Server relies on JSSE (JavaTM Secure Socket Extension) for communication. In the Sun/Oracle version you need to also get the JCE (JavaTM Cryptography... Read More

This error is usually returned by javaw.exe on Windows It means that the class has been found but there were problems while running it, for example if the license is missing. Use java.exe to see a more complex error message that will help in... Read More

This error means that the JVM failed to load a native library. The library name is traced in the error message. A typical case in which this error can appear is when iscobol.file.index property is set to "ctree" or "ctree2" and isCOBOL is not able... Read More

This error means that a Java array has been referenced out of its bounds. In COBOL programs it usually refers to an OCCURS data item that it referenced outside of its occurrences. i.e. consider having 77 data-item1 PIC X(10) OCCURS 10 and performing... Read More

This error is returned when the JVM tries to use an object that is not available. In COBOL programs it usually refers to a data item. A typical case in which this error appears is when a called program tries to use a linkage item that was not passed... Read More

The CALL stmt can call isCOBOL object classes, native Java classes, and C routines (thru DLL’s, Shared object or static routines). But the CALL stmt cannot call any COBOL object from anyother COBOL compiler, which means it cannot call RMCOBOL,... Read More

To discover what property settings are being used during local execution of a program on Windows, you can set iscobol.tracelevel=1 (or 3, 7, 15, etc) and set iscobol.logfile to the path and name of a file. You will see a trace of places where the... Read More