HELP!!! Lost my RM-COBOL85 Manual. Runtime error 204???

Carl A. Breckner

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Sep 17, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/17/96

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To anyone reading this,

I can't find my RM-COBOL85 manual for the life of me. If you would be
so kind as to tell me what a runtime error 204 is, I would greatly
appreciate it.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Carl A. Breckner

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Uwe Baemayr

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Sep 17, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/17/96

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Carl A. Breckner wrote:

> To anyone reading this,
>
> I can't find my RM-COBOL85 manual for the life of me. If you would be
> so kind as to tell me what a runtime error 204 is, I would greatly
> appreciate it.
>
> Thank you for your time.

Here's what the V6 user's guide says:

The program-name on the Runtime Command or CALL statement does not match
any of the PROGRAM-ID names in any library and does not match a valid
RM/COBOL-85 object filename or non- COBOL executable file. Note that an
object program with a higher object version number than that supported
by the runtime system is not considered a valid program (see Appendix H,
Object Versions, for more information).

Under UNIX, if the CALL statement specified a subprogram name that does
not match any of the names in the subprogram name table, this error
occurs.

Under Windows, if the CALL statement specified SYSTEM, this error can
occur when the external routine SYSTEM was successfully found and
loaded, but the command processor required by SYSTEM could not be found.
This can occur when the COMSPEC environment variable is not defined or
its value contains an invalid drive, path, or filename. This error can
also indicate that the length of the parameter passed to SYSTEM exceeds
the limits specified in the documentation of SYSTEM on page F- 17.

Under Windows, if the CALL statement specified a DLL file that does not
contain a nonresident ordinal one entry point, this error occurs.

If the CALL statement specified the ON EXCEPTION or ON OVERFLOW phrase,
this procedure error is suppressed and execution continues with the
imperative-statement in the ON EXCEPTION or ON OVERFLOW phrase.

What this generally means is that the program you called couldn't be
located, either because there is no .COB file that has the same name as
the program you are calling, or the program is not present in any library
that you specified on the command line with the L= option.

Tomas Boixet

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Sep 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/19/96

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There is a CALL to a program not found or not valid. Not valid may be an object
program with a higher object version number than the runtime version number.

HTH

Tomas Boixet
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Jason

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Sep 20, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/20/96

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Dear Sir,

Further to your posted article on the Web if you would like to order a

new Manual for any RM Product please E-Mial me with your requirements

and I can arrange delivery for you.

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Brian E. Elphick

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Sep 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/21/96

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In article <323ECB...@cris.com>, Brec...@cris.com says...
> To anyone reading this,

>
> I can't find my RM-COBOL85 manual for the life of me. If you would be
> so kind as to tell me what a runtime error 204 is, I would greatly
> appreciate it.
>

> Thank you for your time.
>

> Sincerely,
>
> Carl A. Breckner
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carl A. Breckner~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Systems Concepts, Inc.
> President
>
> Email: INTERNET Office
> Brec...@cris.com http://www.cris.com/~Breckner (810) 435-4060
>

I presume error is the same for other versions of RM/cobol. My manual
(version 5.3 DOS, OS/2, NetWare & Windows, Appendix A) states:

"204

The program-name on the Runtime Command or CALL statement does not match
any of the PROGRAM-ID names in any library and does not match a valid

RM/COBOL-85 object filename or non-COBOL executable file. Note that an

object program with a higher object version number than that supported by

the runtime system is not considered a valid program (see Appendix G,

Object Versions, for more information)."

Appendix G (6-pages) covers the new object features that are incompatible
from RM/COBOL-8X through RM/COBOL-85 level-6.

I hope this helps.

Brian Elphick

Brian E. Elphick

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