File not found for MF Cobol

Posted December 14th, 2008 by RDNorris

I've d'loaded both the C-ISAM and Micro Focus Cobol parsers... neither seem to work. The MF Cobol returns file not found. I've read related post.

I am attempting to open ISAM file that was created by UBCC software. I have been told by their developer that they use MF Cobol as their compiler; however, the data files all reside in a folder called \Data.... and there are NO EXTENSIONS for any of these files. I've searched the entire tree of the install, and there are no .DAT or .IDX files in existence.... The only thing their developer would tell me is that they use standard ISAM files?????

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Rick Norris

norrisr@rdnorris.com

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RE: File not found for MF Cobol

On December 15th, 2008 jterrell said:

Hi Rick,

For either C-ISAM or Micro Focus COBOL, if you don't have the required index file that "matches" the data file -- file extensions may not be .DAT and/or .IDX -- you may want to try the Pervasive Data Parser for Binary.

The Data Parser for Binary can open virtually any binary data file, although you still must parse the file using a dictionary file connection or via the built-in manual parser.

Please let us know if you have better luck with the Data Parser for Binary.

- Jo