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Tips: Visual Studio IDE Equivalents to IDE Features in

The following table shows Net Express IDE features and their corresponding equivalents and locations in Visual Studio.

Functionality In Mainframe Express In Net Express In Studio Enterprise Edition for Visual Studio
Project Control
Project filename *.MVP *.APP *.cblproj
Add file to project Right-click the project in Solution Explorer. Choose Add > New Item to create a new file from the supported types in the project directory. To add an existing file, choose Add > Existing Item and browse to the location of the file to select it. This adds a link in the project to the file and by default moves it to the project directory.
Copybook path Via Workgrouping Choose Project > projectProperties and select the Copybook paths tab.
Build settings for the project:
  • COBOL
  • CICS including BMS
  • IMS (DBD, PSB, MFS)
  • Assembler
  • Preprocessor
  • Additional Directive
ALT+F7 or click Project > Build Setting for Project and select the corresponding tabs. Click Project > project Properties, go to the COBOL tab and choose a configuration in the Configuration field. To create a new build configuration or to edit one, click Build > Configuration Manager.
Execution environment settings:
  • General
  • Assembler
  • COBOL
  • JCL
The execution environment is Server Enterprise Edition.
Debug settings:
  • DateWarp
  • Stored Procedures
Editing
Suggest Word/Content Assist CTRL+G CTRL+G CTRL+Space
Locate F12 (or context menu Locate) F12 (or context menu Locate) F12
COBOL Find CTRL+Shift+F12 (or context menu COBOL Find) CTRL+Shift+F12 (or context menu COBOL Find) Shift+F12
Compress Tool bar compress Tool Bar Compress (or context menu Compress) Tool bar compress Tool Bar Compress (or context menu Compress)
Bookmark CTRL+F2 CTRL+F2 CTRL+B, T
Compiling
Single file Compile CTRL+F7 (or click check mark Check Mark) CTRL+F7 (or click check mark Check Mark) In Solution Explorer, right-click the file you want to compile and click Compile.
Note: This applies to native code only.
Build F7 (or click build Build) F7 (or click build Build) F6
Build All ALT+B A ALT+B A Click Build > Build <project>.
Debugging
Start Debugging Alt+D A Alt+D A Choose Debug > Start Debugging or press F5.
Stop Debugging Shift+F5 Shift+F5 Choose Debug > Stop Debugging.
Restart Debugging Ctrl+Shift+F5 Ctrl+Shift+F5
Run F5 F5 F5
Step F11 (or click step Step) F11 (or click step Step) F11
Step All Ctrl+F5 Ctrl+F5
Run Thru
Run Return
Run to Cursor Shift+F10 (or context menu) Shift+F10 (or context menu) Ctrl+F10
Skip to Cursor CTRL+Shift+F10 CTRL+Shift+F10 context menu
Skip Statement ALT+D, I or click Debug > Skip Statement .
Skip Return ALT+D, K or click Debug > Skip Return
Examine ' data item' Shift+F9 Shift+F9 Shift+F9
Breakpoint set F9 F9 Double-click in the left margin of editor next to the a line of code, or right-click the line and choose Breakpoint > Insert Breakpoint, or press Shift+F9.
Conditional Breakpoint Breakpoint > Condition
Break on Data Change Via list view Via list view You can break on data change in native COBOL projects, by right-clicking and choosing Add COBOL Watchpoint.
Attach to Process Click Debug > Attach to Process, or Ctrl+Alt+P
Just-In-Time Debugging Click Tools > Options > Debugging > Just-In-Time Debugging, and check Micro Focus Native Debugger.
Note: This applies to native code only.
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