License number

[jeswoope]

getting the message "Unable to find a license for Visual Cobol for Visual Studio on this machine".  I was given this software over a year ago and can't find a license number associated with it, HELP!!  It is the personal copy so it is free to use.

[Chris Glazier]

The license for the Personal Edition of the product expires after a year and then you have to download a new copy and get a new license.

Visual COBOL 2.3 PE is now available for download.

[jeswoope]

How and where do I get a new license number for a new copy of Cobol?

[Chris Glazier]

Actually you do not need a license number you need to register for and download the latest Visual COBOL PE product from the microfocus.com web site which can be found here..

[jeswoope]

Thank you Chris, one more question, I am using 2012 Visual Studio Shell, is there an updated or more recent copy I can use and if so, how do I go about getting it?

[Chris Glazier · Accepted solution]

The latest version of Visual COBOL PE is available only for use with Visual Studio 2015. If you require a free version of this then you must download the Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition from Microsoft prior to installing Visual COBOL.

You can download this here.