Import and Build an Eclipse Project

To enable you to work on the data files for an application, you need to import the application files from the demonstration program into an Eclipse project where Eclipse builds the application automatically.

1. Start Enterprise Developer.
2. Click File > Import.
3. Expand General; then click Existing Projects into Workspace.
   Note: Be sure you know the location of your Eclipse workspace. The default is %USERPROFILE%\workspace.
4. Click Next.
5. Click Browse next to Select root directory and navigate to the the DataToolsDemo samples directory installed with Enterprise Developer, which by default is %PUBLIC%\Documents\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\Samples\DataToolsDemo; then click OK.
6. In the Projects box, ensure the DataToolsDemo project is checked.
7. Check Copy projects into workspace; then click Finish.

   This creates a DataToolsDemo subdirectory to your workspace location and adds the DataToolsDemo project to COBOL Explorer. By default, Eclipse builds the project automatically and creates the dfdstaff.idy file in the New_Configuration.bin project subfolder. You use dfdstaff.idy later in this tutorial.

8. To start the Classic Data File Tools IDE, from your desktop, click Start > All Programs > Micro Focus Enterprise Developer > Data Tools > Classic Data File Tools.