Configuring IntelliSense for COBOL

Completion Lists

Show completion lists after a character is typed

Check this for IntelliSense to automatically show and update a list of suggestions for words and identifiers as you are typing.

• Include reserved words - check this to see suggestions for COBOL reserved words. Only applies to native COBOL.
• Include code snippets - check this to see suggestions for code snippets.

Include system copybooks in copybooks list

Check this for the completion lists for COPY statements to also include copybooks that are external to the project but are included using the COBCPY environment variable.

Include extension methods

Enables the display of the available extension methods in the IntelliSense lists.

Insertion

You can specify whether IntelliSense adds items from the completion lists in insert or in overwrite mode:

Completion inserts

Select this to add IntelliSense suggestions in insert mode.

Completion overwrites

Select this to add IntelliSense suggestions in overwrite mode.

Insert single suggestion automatically

Check this to automatically insert a suggestion in the code, if it is a single item in the suggestions list.

The following settings only apply to native COBOL:

Case of reserved words

Specify the case of reserved words that will be inserted in the code:

• By dialect - Default. IntelliSense inserted reserved words using the case required by the COBOL dialect of the project or the program.
• Upper case - IntelliSense inserts reserved words in upper case.
• Lower case - IntelliSense inserts reserved words in lower case.

Case of identifiers

Specify the case of identifiers that will be inserted in the code:

• As declared - Default. The case of identifiers that IntelliSense inserts is as in their declaration.
• Upper case - IntelliSense inserts identifiers in upper case.
• Lower case - IntelliSense inserts identifiers in lower case.