Re: M/F Personal Cobol 2.0 for Dos problem running under windows

jd.smithuk@talk21.com wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:08:16 GMT, jd.smithuk@talk21.com wrote:
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> Ok the followup trying to answer the questions
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> Yes it is version 2.0 for dos and its a little something I need to
> knockup to prove a  point really with a friend so dont really wanted
> to spend anything on it if i can avoid it.
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> Basically I go into the app and press CTL F6 to access the edit menu
> and then F7 to access screens.
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> Type in the hello world text and then press alt F5 which is the
> generate cobol option screen goes black and returns me to the screens
> display. From what I remember and what the manual says I should be
> prompted for a file name and then a generate menu displayed allowing
> me to generate data descriptions a skeleton program etc I get none of
> this.
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> If I load an old program it complies and animates fine however I have
> eever used screens before just simple accept displays.
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> Thanks for your help and still hoping to get it all going again so
> many fond memories I might start programming again !
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Got you. Just want to suck it and see. Don't want to spend any money.

Richard mentioned Screens.exe - that meant nothing to me. There's no
reference to it in Net Express - perhaps he knows something I don't know
-  although that wouldn't be unusual :-). Arnold helped in the confusion
by throwing in the reference to using an XP :-)

First off, recent thought I had. Yours is only on one diskette ? If even
all zipped, it suggests a pretty much 'cut-down' version.

So my Dear Dr. Watson, with me playing Sherlock Holmes :-

1. Does it have an Animator feature to debug the code
2. Was my question about ADIS relevant
3. What entries do you have in autoexec.bat, i.e., COBOL pathanmes and
in the case of ADIS, from memory, there should be an entry in
config.sys, perhaps
4. Does it specify Screen Section and does it include Micro Focus
routines for handling screen attributes.
5. I see you used the word 'manual' - what manual are you referring to -
one that came with the diskette.
6. You said some 'old' programs worked. What old programs ? Some you had
from somewhere else or are they M/F examples provided with the diskette.
Did you just run them or did you re-compile first.
7. When you compile, what summary message are you getting from Micro Focus.

The list could go on and on, but get the idea ?

As regards my original 'Hello', try this :-


working-storage section.
01 charx	pic x.

Procedure Division.
display 'Hello1'
accept charx
display 'Hello2'
accept charx
.........
.........
repeat several times.

Now step through it in Animator mode to see what it does and you should
be prompted for each 'accept charx'.

Wouldn't hurt to post one of those 'old programs', which works.

Let's get beyond guessing and get specific :-)

Ahh yes. You wanted to do this 'to prove a point to a friend'. What
point - perhaps somebody here can back up 'your point' - that would save
you buggering around with the compiler :-)

Jimmy, Calgary AB