Release notes for ACUCOBOL-GT(R), Version 9.2.3
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This file contains documentation for features or changes
not found in the online documentation.  For
information about new features of Version 9.2.3,
please see the online Release Overview.


Important message for users of .NET controls on Windows Vista and 2008 server
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If you have previously installed ACUCOBOL-GT Version 8.0 on a Windows vista
or 2008 server,please read the following important information.

ECN-3832: "CoCreate Instance failed" error message with .NET controls
Type of Change:          Correction
Module:                  AcuToNet.DLL
Incidents:               2202406
RPI Number:              1063302
Known Versions Affected: 8.1
Machines Affected:       Vista


DESCRIPTION:
The .NET bridging interface, "AcuToNet.dll", was failing when running on Vista
machines that had ACUCOBOL-GT version 8.0 previously installed. Attempting to
run a program with .NET controls would result in a "CoCreate Instance failed"
error message. This was due to versions 8.0 and 8.1 using different
CLSIDs (a unique identifier) for AcuToNet.dll, and Vista's more restrictive
version controlmethods for side by side DLLs. Note that this same behavior
will most likely occur on Windows 2008.

To run programs with .NET controls on Vista or Windows 2008 machines that
previously had version 8.0 installed, you need to use the ACUCOBOL-GT utility
RegAsm20Acu.exe to register the version 8.1 AcuToNet.dll.
(See instruction section below.)

Note: If the Vista or Windows 2008 machine never had version 8.0 installed
this registration step should not be required.  This means that if you are
upgrading from version 7.2.x to 8.1 the registration step should not be
required.

Note: When distributing version 8.1 ACUCOBOL-GT applications with .NET controls
to Vista or Windows 2008 machines that previously had version 8.0 installed,
you must perform the registration step on the target machine.


INSTRUCTIONS for use:
1. Install version 8.1 in the normal way by running setup.exe.

2. From a command prompt, navigate to the bin directory of AcuGT
  (Program Files\Micro Focus\Acucbl900\AcuGT)

3. Use the regasm20acu utility program to register the AcuToNet.dll.
   Do this by entering the following command:

      regasm20acu /register /codebase AcuToNet.dll

This will make the new dll appear as the given version in the registry and
allow 8.0 and 8.1 to coexist.

The runtime has been modified to detect if the AcuToNet interface has not been
registered with the machine. If detected, the runtime returns the following
error message:
      AcuToNet interface is not registered with the machine

The solution to this is to go to the directory containing the AcuToNet dll,
and issue the RegAsm20Acu command as described in step 3 above.

The information in this ECN has been documented in the Interoperability Guide,
chapter 5.


HP e3000
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MPE files are now accessed using the ACUCOBOL-GT file system interface.
This was done to allow access to both Vision and KSAM indexed files in the
same COBOL program.  In previous versions to allow access to KSAM files you
needed to specify the following runtime configuration variable:

        DEFAULT_HOST KSAM

With this version you need to specify:

        DEFAULT_FILESYSTEM MPE

See section H.2 Configuration File Entries for more information related to
the DEFAULT_FILESYSTEM runtime configuration variable.

HP e3000 Printing
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The following statement:

   PRINTER1 -P /SYS/HPBIN/LP -d LP -s

in a configuration file or in a COBOL program will no longer work with the
new MPE file system interface in Version 7.0.0.  This was used as a
workaround because the runtime had not fully supported the HP COBOL method
for printing files.

You must now use the standard HP COBOL method for printing files either by
setting a file equation before running the program like:

  FILE PRINTER1;DEV=LP,1,1

or by specifying LP in the COBOL ASSIGN statement like:

  ASSIGN TO "PRINTER1,,,LP(NOCCTL)"




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