You can configure various aspects of PL/I development in Visual Studio.
Transferring settings to other instances of Visual Studio
If you have configured Visual Studio with some non-default Micro Focus settings, you can use the available import and export
Visual Studio mechanisms to export these settings as a file and import them info other instances of
Enterprise Developer for Visual Studio installed on other machines.
Exporting the Micro Focus settings
To export the Micro Focus-specific IDE configuration settings to a file:
- In Visual Studio, click
Tools > Import and Export Settings.
- Click
Export selected environment settings and then click
Next.
- Enable the check boxes for the settings you want to export and click
Next.
The Micro Focus settings are available under the
Micro Focus node and in
Options > Text Editor.
- Specify a name and location for the settings file and click
Finish.
This creates a settings file with a
.vssettings extension in the specified location.
Importing Micro Focus settings
To import any Micro Focus-specific IDE configuration settings available as a Visual Studio
.vssettings file:
- In Visual Studio, click
Tools > Import and Export Settings.
- Click
Import selected environment settings and then click
Next.
- Specify whether you want to save the current settings to a file and click
Next.
- Click
Browse to navigate to and select the
.vssettings file that contains the settings you want to import, then click
Open.
- Ensure the settings you want to import are selected and then click
Finish.