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To start the Record Layout Editor

To start the Record Layout Editor from your Visual COBOL project:

  1. In Visual COBOL, open the project that contains your COBOL program.
  2. Right-click the COBOL program that contains the Data Division on which you want to base your new record layout file; then select Create Record Layout File from the context menu.

To start the Record Layout Editor from the Classic Data File Tools IDE:

  1. In Classic Data File Tools, click File > New > Record Layout; then click OK.
  2. Navigate to the folder that contains the .idy file created from your COBOL program.
  3. Select the .idy file; then click Open.
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