Vince Esparza

Thanks Simon! I will rewrite my source. The code came from https://www.codeconvert.ai/cobol-code-generatorThey produce lots of semi-useful code, but I almost always have to re-do it because they do things like use the FD for I/O. On Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 02:00:05 PM EDT, Simon Sobisch sf-mensch@users.sourceforge.net wrote: CBL_routines are (commonly) in-built, you can list them with cobc --list-system - there is no RANDOM one in there as COBOL since the COBOL85 Amendments has FUNCTION RANDOM....

Hello, This is probably a very simple question but I have not had to do this. I created an EXE (cobc -x pgm.cbl). It calls a CBL_ routine (could be CBL_GC or something else). When I run the exe I get libcob: error: module 'CBL_GC_RANDOM' not found. I have COB_LIBRARY_PATH=c:\oc\lib;c:\oc\include. This is running under Win 11 and I have been using R3.2.0 for a few years now. The banner says: Built Jul 28 2023 19:10:09 Packaged Jul 28 2023 17:02:56 UTC. But I am certain I just need to point to some...

Hello, I changed the program to use Line Sequential as input. I only passed Micro Focus the OSVS directive and it works fine for Micro Focus. It still blows up with GnuCobol. See attachment. Thanks, Vince

I found these file in c:\temp see attached

(I modified my win cmd prompt to not display the banner)

C:>cobc --version cobc (GnuCOBOL) 3.2.0 Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Written by Keisuke Nishida, Roger While, Ron Norman, Simon Sobisch, Edward Hart Built Jul 28 2023 19:10:09 Packaged Jul 28 2023 17:02:56 UTC C version (MinGW) "9.2.0"

OSVS Cobol Report Writer compile fails

Hello, Strange. I changed the program to end with close Subsout move Function Current-Date to DateTime display ' End Time = ' DateTime stop run. and it compiles in about 22 seconds. It now writes to a line sequential file. but I think the program has a user coding error in its counting. It runs in this time: C:\ocob\tests>fsx16 Start Time = 2024061319401557 End Time = 2024061319401565 Please close this. I will work on it. Thank You for your help! Vince