Tag: COBOL Error Messages

COBOL Runtime Error Code – 200 Run-time system internal logic error (Fa

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 200 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 200 Reason for this Error in COBOL Run-time system internal logic error (Fatal) -The amount of memory available on your machine is so low that not even the run-time system can be fully loaded. Alternately, your run-time system has stopped as…

COBOL Runtime Error Code – 151 Random read on sequential file (Recovera

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 151 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 151 Reason for this Error in COBOL Random read on sequential file (Recoverable) -You are trying to do a random read on a file which has sequential organization. -Read the file with the correct access mode. As this error implies that…

COBOL Runtime Error Code – 014 Too many files open simultaneously (Reco

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 014 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 014 Reason for this Error in COBOL Too many files open simultaneously (Recoverable) -You have tried to exceed the maximum number of files which you can have open at any one time. This can be a software or an operating system…

COBOL Runtime Error Code – 135 File must not exist (Recoverable) -The o

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 135 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 135 Reason for this Error in COBOL File must not exist (Recoverable) -The operating system has been unable to find a file which you have tried to access in your program. -Ensure that you are in the correct directory or that…

COBOL Runtime Error Code – 160 Overlay loading error (Recoverable) -An

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 160 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 160 Reason for this Error in COBOL Overlay loading error (Recoverable) -An error has occurred while trying to load the intermediate code for an independent segment. The segment is either missing or corrupted in some way. -If the segment is missing,…

COBOL Runtime Error Code – 213 Too many locks (Recoverable) -You have e

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 213 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 213 Reason for this Error in COBOL Too many locks (Recoverable) -You have either tried to exceed the maximum number of simultaneous record locks per file you can have, or you have exhausted an operating system or network resource, for example…

COBOL Runtime Error Code – 238 STOP RUN encountered during GNT animatio

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 238 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 238 Reason for this Error in COBOL STOP RUN encountered during GNT animation (Informational) -Animator has encountered a STOP RUN statement while animating your .gnt code program. -Step or Zoom the animated program, and Animator will terminate the program and its…

COBOL Runtime Error Code – 241 Cannot instantiate an abstract class (Fa

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 241 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 241 Reason for this Error in COBOL Cannot instantiate an abstract class (Fatal) -You have tried to create an instance of a class that has been declared ABSTRACT. Such classes cannot be instantiated. -Ensure that you have specified the correct class…

COBOL Runtime Error Code – 242 Could not resolve DoesNotUnderstand mess

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 242 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 242 Reason for this Error in COBOL Could not resolve DoesNotUnderstand message (Fatal) -The run-time system could not resolve the DoesNotUnderstand message. This is usually because you have defined a class in such a way that this method cannot be found….

COBOL Runtime Error Code – 172 Recursive non-MF PERFORM is illegal (Fat

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 172 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 172 Reason for this Error in COBOL Recursive non-MF PERFORM is illegal (Fatal) -You have tried full recursion of a PERFORM statement in a program that was submitted to your COBOL system with the OSVS parameter of the PERFORM-TYPE directive specified….

COBOL Runtime Error Code – 229 SORT/MERGE module does not support EXTER

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 229 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 229 Reason for this Error in COBOL SORT/MERGE module does not support EXTERNAL using/giving files (Recoverable) -You have tried a SORT or MERGE operation which has USING/ GIVING files which are defined as EXTERNAL. The SORT/ MERGE module does not support…