
cobol error 98 in WIndows 2000
Hi Fernando,
It looks like your client is running RM/COBOL. Two things that might be of
interest are found in the READ.ME file for
RM/COBOL version 7.00+ for 32-bit Windows. You did not say what version of
RM/COBOL you are running but these may be something to look at. They refer
to Windows NT but I think they apply to Windows 2000 as well. The
extended error code for the 98 error would be useful to know.
2. Network Redirector File Caching
This section applies only to Windows NT Server and
Workstation.
By default, when the Windows NT redirector opens a file for
read or read/write access, the redirector uses the Windows
NT system cache. As a result, when data is written to the
file, it is written to the cache and not immediately flushed
to the redirector. The cache manager flushes the data at a
later time. If an unrecoverable network error occurs while
the data is being transferred to the remote server, it may
cause the write request to fail.
For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base
Article:
http://support.microsoft.com
/support/kb/articles/q163/4/01.asp
3. Opportunistic Locking on Windows NT
This section applies only to Windows NT Server.
With Opportunistic Locking, if a file is opened in a
non-exclusive mode, the network redirector requests an
opportunistic lock of the entire file. As long as no other
process has the file open, the server will grant this
oplock, giving the redirector exclusive access to the
specified file. This will allow the redirector to perform
read-ahead, write-behind, and lock caching, as long as no
other process tries to open the file.
Liant Software recommends that this Windows NT feature be
disabled.
For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base
Article:
http://support.microsoft.com
/support/kb/articles/q129/2/02.asp
-Rob
Quote:
> I have a client runnig an accounting inventory software written on
> cobol. The software runs great under Windows 95 and Windows 98 Fat32.
> When we try to run it in Windows 2000 NTFS it opens up but then get a
> Cobol error 98. Does cobol works well using NTFS or not. Any help will
> be appreciated
> Fernando Delgado