Most editing, compiling and debugging features within the IDE require that your files are part of a project. When working with standalone files, some of the features are not available or are not fully supported.
Support for editing, compiling and debugging of standalone files is only available for native COBOL programs.
The COBOL editor provides limited support for the following features, provided that you have compiled the file - Call Hierarchy, colorization, debugging, Expanded copybook view, Go To Definition, IntelliSense assistance, and Quick Browse.
The following features and technologies are not supported:
- Compiling to managed COBOL
- Copybooks and Locate Copybook quick actions
- Linking programs to
.exe or
.dll files.
- Pre- or post-build events.
- Breakpoints, Program breakpoints and Watchpoints are not preserved when you close the file.
- Rename refactoring
- Project Details window
- Extracting code to a copybook
- Code analysis
- Creating tests
- Running with either code coverage or profiler
- Compiling of Assembler, PL/I programs or other Mainframe Subsystem Support programs (CICS, JCL or IMS).
