hi
i need to access cobol data files from .net, the files have no or .vix
extention (i think thats a acucobol or something like that) (/me has
completely no experience in cobol)
i heard that there should be an odbc connection for that.
Dous anyone have any ideas on how to do this??
--
Juchtmans Eric
Omnipack
13  10229 
Hang on...
COBOL Data files? Are you talking about compiled data? Or like a data
file that it reads.
COBOL defines data structures at the top of the program, usually they are
sequential. There is also random access files, but still you need to know
the file format (been many years since I dealt with binary files in COBOL).
If you have the original source you can figure out the data format for a
file, whether its sequential or random, but otherwise, who/waht created it
doesn't matter.
"EricJ" <ericRéMo**@Thi Somnipack.be> wrote in message
news:3f******** **************@ reader3.news.sk ynet.be... hi
i need to access cobol data files from .net, the files have no or .vix
extention (i think thats a acucobol or something like that) (/me has
completely no experience in cobol)
i heard that there should be an odbc connection for that.
Dous anyone have any ideas on how to do this??
--
Juchtmans Eric
Omnipack
Hi EricJ,
There are so many "Cobol" file.
I think you can shift it by first knowing if it is a kind of PC cobol or
that it is mainframe Cobol.
This link was very easy to find http://www.acucorp.com/support/downloads/index.php
But you have to be sure of what Cobol it is, there was also a lot of MS,
CIS and a lot of other cobol on a PC.
There are no "Cobol" files every company uses there own format or sometimes
2 files to get one (text and index).
Cor
"EricJ" <ericRéMo**@Thi Somnipack.be> schreef in bericht
news:3f******** **************@ reader3.news.sk ynet.be... hi
i need to access cobol data files from .net, the files have no or .vix
extention (i think thats a acucobol or something like that) (/me has
completely no experience in cobol)
i heard that there should be an odbc connection for that.
Dous anyone have any ideas on how to do this??
--
Juchtmans Eric
Omnipack
Hi,
If you are talking about Acucobol you will need an OleDb provider or ODBC
driver.
Link to ODBC provider: I've found http://productfinder.infoworld.com/s..._summary/11281
I don't have a clue if it works or not (it should work via Data.Odbc
namespace).
--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & software development
miha at rthand com
"EricJ" <ericRéMo**@Thi Somnipack.be> wrote in message
news:3f******** **************@ reader3.news.sk ynet.be... hi
i need to access cobol data files from .net, the files have no or .vix
extention (i think thats a acucobol or something like that) (/me has
completely no experience in cobol)
i heard that there should be an odbc connection for that.
Dous anyone have any ideas on how to do this??
--
Juchtmans Eric
Omnipack
as far as i can tell the acu cobol thing is some sort of universal
translator
there are defenatly 2 files a table(or wathever its called ;p)
i would have a artik file 151kb and a artik.vix 41kb
the artik file would have
junk...
«
ôô ë000258ZREGIE werk uitvoeren in regie
00000000REGIE REGIE 0
00000000000
ôô 000012ABA Abate peren, verpakken en wegen op schaal
EPSH EURO 01000032PEREN ABATE 384222 PER
and so on
the .vix is full of junk
"Cor" <no*@non.com> wrote in message
news:uB******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl... Hi EricJ,
There are so many "Cobol" file.
I think you can shift it by first knowing if it is a kind of PC cobol or
that it is mainframe Cobol.
This link was very easy to find
http://www.acucorp.com/support/downloads/index.php
But you have to be sure of what Cobol it is, there was also a lot of MS,
CIS and a lot of other cobol on a PC.
There are no "Cobol" files every company uses there own format or
sometimes 2 files to get one (text and index).
Cor
"EricJ" <ericRéMo**@Thi Somnipack.be> schreef in bericht
news:3f******** **************@ reader3.news.sk ynet.be... hi
i need to access cobol data files from .net, the files have no or .vix
extention (i think thats a acucobol or something like that) (/me has
completely no experience in cobol)
i heard that there should be an odbc connection for that.
Dous anyone have any ideas on how to do this??
--
Juchtmans Eric
Omnipack
the files that it reads
have a look at my reply to cor
"CJ Taylor" <no****@blowgoa ts.com> wrote in message
news:vs******** ****@corp.super news.com... Hang on...
COBOL Data files? Are you talking about compiled data? Or like a data
file that it reads.
COBOL defines data structures at the top of the program, usually they are
sequential. There is also random access files, but still you need to know
the file format (been many years since I dealt with binary files in
COBOL).
If you have the original source you can figure out the data format for a
file, whether its sequential or random, but otherwise, who/waht created it
doesn't matter.
"EricJ" <ericRéMo**@Thi Somnipack.be> wrote in message
news:3f******** **************@ reader3.news.sk ynet.be... hi
i need to access cobol data files from .net, the files have no or .vix
extention (i think thats a acucobol or something like that) (/me has
completely no experience in cobol)
i heard that there should be an odbc connection for that.
Dous anyone have any ideas on how to do this??
--
Juchtmans Eric
Omnipack
that was w i was thinking
but i cant find it douwnloadable (prefferebly free)
or an other sollution thats free
"Miha Markic" <miha at rthand com> wrote in message
news:Ob******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P10.phx.gbl... Hi,
If you are talking about Acucobol you will need an OleDb provider or ODBC
driver.
Link to ODBC provider: I've found
http://productfinder.infoworld.com/s..._summary/11281
I don't have a clue if it works or not (it should work via Data.Odbc
namespace).
--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & software development
miha at rthand com
"EricJ" <ericRéMo**@Thi Somnipack.be> wrote in message
news:3f******** **************@ reader3.news.sk ynet.be... hi
i need to access cobol data files from .net, the files have no or .vix
extention (i think thats a acucobol or something like that) (/me has
completely no experience in cobol)
i heard that there should be an odbc connection for that.
Dous anyone have any ideas on how to do this??
--
Juchtmans Eric
Omnipack
Hi Eric
I think it is definetaly acu yes.
When you look on Google with AcuODBC you find a lot, but if it is free I
think you have to search for yourself.
This link I could not read. http://www.channelmaker.com.tw/produ...rp/AcuODBC.htm
But Herfried is a specialist in getting software from this kind of sites he
said somewhile ago in the VB.language newsgroup.
Cor
Eric,
COBOL files usually are fixed length records.
If this is the case, the simpliest way to read the files
is not the a data adapter but rather read the file as
fixed length binary record, then break apart the record
into the individual fields.
If the construct a structure that matches the field layout
of the record this may help.
For the binary numbers you must be careful that the byte
order is correct.
For the text you must be careful that the characters
are ASCII and not some other coding like EBCDIC.
I have done just this for IBM mainframe files to PC.
Pat -----Original Message-----
hi
i need to access cobol data files from .net, the files
have no or .vixextention (i think thats a acucobol or something like
that) (/me hascompletely no experience in cobol)
i heard that there should be an odbc connection for that.
Dous anyone have any ideas on how to do this??
--
Juchtmans Eric
Omnipack
.
* "Cor" <no*@non.com> scripsit: I think it is definetaly acu yes.
When you look on Google with AcuODBC you find a lot, but if it is free I
think you have to search for yourself.
This link I could not read.
http://www.channelmaker.com.tw/produ...rp/AcuODBC.htm
But Herfried is a specialist in getting software from this kind of sites he
said somewhile ago in the VB.language newsgroup.
Do you have problems in understanding the text?!
--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
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