Micro Focus Cobol

Hi

I am new at micro focus (from m/f)

All my cobol programs from xenix compile, but on screen output programs
i get an error on the "screen section".

The error say "verb unknown" ?

what could be wrong ?

Thanks
Mark

mnews wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am new at micro focus (from m/f)
>
> All my cobol programs from xenix compile, but on screen output programs
> i get an error on the "screen section".
>
> The error say "verb unknown" ?
>
> what could be wrong ?
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
Give us a clue ! Which compiler Name and Version # and presumably MS
Windows (Version # - e.g., 98, NT, XP etc.) The compile listing that
contains "verb unknown" should be pointing at the line in your source.
Is it in relation to Screen Section usage ? (Does Screen Section work
with MS XENIX ?).

Jimmy, Calgary AB

mnews wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am new at micro focus (from m/f)
>
> All my cobol programs from xenix compile, but on screen output
> programs i get an error on the "screen section".
>
> The error say "verb unknown" ?
>
> what could be wrong ?
>

You requested an action that is unknown to the language. Some examples are:

KISS
MOSEY
CLIMB
EAT
TWIDDLE
SHUCK
HOE-SAY-DOE
PLUCK
REAP
SACRIFICE
FLY
NOTARIZE
GRAB-BY-STACKING-SWIVEL

and so on

HeyBub wrote:
> mnews wrote:
> 
>
>
> You requested an action that is unknown to the language. Some examples are
:
>
> KISS
> MOSEY
> CLIMB
> EAT
> TWIDDLE
> SHUCK
> HOE-SAY-DOE
> PLUCK
> REAP
> SACRIFICE
> FLY
> NOTARIZE
> GRAB-BY-STACKING-SWIVEL
>
> and so on
>
>
Seems to me you are about as brilliant at COBOL as you are at politics !

James J. Gavan wrote:
> HeyBub wrote: 
> Seems to me you are about as brilliant at COBOL as you are at
> politics !

Aw, shucks... Thanks. Nice of you to say so.

Hi James

Dum Dum don't respond if you don't understand the question !!

Just for you I will have to explain in very much more detail.

Why does micro focus cobol on windows respond with "verb unknown.." for
the line "SCREEN SECTION" yet it compiles on micro focus for unix ?

Understand the question now jamesie...

Don't worry i got the answer from someone that do not need long
explanations and that are not a bit slow. The answer is that "SCREEN" is
a reserved word on the Micro Focus for windows and not so for Micro
Focus on Unix. The compiler just made a mistake in the error message, it
should have said "reserved word used ...."

Mark
PS: Will know in future to explain very nicely just for you james.:))

James J. Gavan wrote:
> HeyBub wrote:
> 
> Seems to me you are about as brilliant at COBOL as you are at politics !

The answer that you got was WRONG.

"SCREEN" is a reserved word for Micro Focus *ON ALL PLATFORMS* - depending u
pon
which dialect directives you have turned on.

the "real" answer to your original quesiton is that your two compilers have
different defaults (or explicitly selected) dialect directives turned on.

If you place
$SET MF

at the top of your source code, I can't think of any option (environment) in
which a Screen Section will fail to compile with ANY release of Micro Focus 
- on
ANY operating system.

To see ALL the "variations" on what is and is not a reserved word (and
implicitly what features of the language are supported) based on dialect
directives,

1) Go to:
http://supportline.microfocus.com//...ation/index.asp

2) Select the product that you are using

3) Select the "Language Reference" from the list of available manuals

4) Use the index (or outline of chapters" to go to the Appendix with Reserve
d
Words

***

You will see (for example) that for "SCREEN"  any/all of the following will
"turn this on":


I2 XO MF3 MS2

(FYI, "MF3" means any setting of "MF(n)" at or above "MF(3)" - including the
default of MF)


--
Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
"mnews" <mnews@ecolpay.com> wrote in message
news:d3iakc$8gr$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
> Hi James
>
> Dum Dum don't respond if you don't understand the question !!
>
> Just for you I will have to explain in very much more detail.
>
> Why does micro focus cobol on windows respond with "verb unknown.." for th
e
> line "SCREEN SECTION" yet it compiles on micro focus for unix ?
>
> Understand the question now jamesie...
>
> Don't worry i got the answer from someone that do not need long explanatio
ns
> and that are not a bit slow. The answer is that "SCREEN" is a reserved wor
d on
> the Micro Focus for windows and not so for Micro Focus on Unix. The compil
er
> just made a mistake in the error message, it should have said "reserved wo
rd
> used ...."
>
> Mark
> PS: Will know in future to explain very nicely just for you james.:))
>
> James J. Gavan wrote: 
>

Hi William

Thanks. I tried it and that solved the problem. Thanks also for the
directives and notes.

Mark

William M. Klein wrote:

> The answer that you got was WRONG.
>
> "SCREEN" is a reserved word for Micro Focus *ON ALL PLATFORMS* - depending
 upon
> which dialect directives you have turned on.
>
> the "real" answer to your original quesiton is that your two compilers hav
e
> different defaults (or explicitly selected) dialect directives turned on.
>
> If you place
>   $SET MF
>
> at the top of your source code, I can't think of any option (environment) 
in
> which a Screen Section will fail to compile with ANY release of Micro Focu
s - on
> ANY operating system.
>
> To see ALL the "variations" on what is and is not a reserved word (and
> implicitly what features of the language are supported) based on dialect
> directives,
>
> 1) Go to:
>    http://supportline.microfocus.com//...ation/index.asp
>
> 2) Select the product that you are using
>
> 3) Select the "Language Reference" from the list of available manuals
>
> 4) Use the index (or outline of chapters" to go to the Appendix with Reser
ved
> Words
>
>    ***
>
> You will see (for example) that for "SCREEN"  any/all of the following wil
l
> "turn this on":
>
>
>  I2 XO MF3 MS2
>
> (FYI, "MF3" means any setting of "MF(n)" at or above "MF(3)" - including t
he
> default of MF)
>
>

mnews wrote:
> Hi James
>
> Dum Dum don't respond if you don't understand the question !!
>
> Just for you I will have to explain in very much more detail.
>
> Why does micro focus cobol on windows respond with "verb unknown.." for
> the line "SCREEN SECTION" yet it compiles on micro focus for unix ?
>
> Understand the question now jamesie...
>
> Don't worry i got the answer from someone that do not need long
> explanations and that are not a bit slow. The answer is that "SCREEN" is
> a reserved word on the Micro Focus for windows and not so for Micro
> Focus on Unix. The compiler just made a mistake in the error message, it
> should have said "reserved word used ...."
>
> Mark
> PS: Will know in future to explain very nicely just for you james.:))

Don't put yourself to any bother. Just stick your head up your arse !

mnews wrote:
> Hi James
>
> Dum Dum don't respond if you don't understand the question !!

The temptation is very great to respond in kind here, but I won't.
Suffice it to say that the smart-alecky answer was from HeyBub, not Mr.
Gavan.  Mr. Gavan's remark to HeyBub stem from their apparent difference
of political persuasion.

> Just for you I will have to explain in very much more detail.

The story above kind of loses its humor when it has to be explained in
much more detail...

> Why does micro focus cobol on windows respond with "verb unknown.." for
> the line "SCREEN SECTION" yet it compiles on micro focus for unix ?
>
> Understand the question now jamesie...

That's certainly clearer than your original question (left at the bottom
of this post).  While you are in the thick of what you are doing, there
are people here who likely aren't even close.  Spelling out details,
similar to your restatement above, can often help you get a much quicker
(and accurate) answer.

> Don't worry i got the answer from someone that do not need long
> explanations and that are not a bit slow.

And this is how you inspire someone to help you?  I'll certainly think
twice before replying to any more of your posts...

> The answer is that "SCREEN" is
> a reserved word on the Micro Focus for windows and not so for Micro
> Focus on Unix. The compiler just made a mistake in the error message, it
> should have said "reserved word used ...."

Thank you for sharing that - *that* is some useful information, the
exchange of which is the existence of this forum in the first place.

history below...  (top-posting is also discouraged...)

> PS: Will know in future to explain very nicely just for you james.:))
>
> James J. Gavan wrote:
> 
>
>


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