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To start the Segment Layout Editor

To start the Segment Layout Editor from your Enterprise Developer project:

  1. In Enterprise Developer, open the project that contains your COBOL program.
  2. Expand the COBOL Programs folder to show the COBOL programs in the project.
  3. Right-click the COBOL program that contains the Data Division on which you want to base your new segment layout file; then select Create Segment Layout File from the context menu.
  4. Select an IMS database from the list; then click Create.

To start the Segment Layout Editor from the Data File Tools IDE:

Note: To do this, you must start the Data File Tools IDE from within the Enterprise Developer IDE.
  1. In Data File Tools, click File > New > Segment Layout; then click OK.
  2. Select an IMS database from the list; then click Create.
  3. Navigate to and select the .idy file generated for the COBOL program that contains the Data Division on which you want to base the segment layouts; then click OK.
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