You can configure the COBOL run-time system environment to ensure it behaves appropriately for an application, regardless
of the configuration used by other COBOL applications.
Run-time behavior can be controlled using environment variables,
a run-time launch configuration file,
run-time tunables, and run-time switches.
You can specify some run-time features
from within the IDE, as well as
in a separate configuration file:
- From the IDE - Setting certain run-time features in the IDE generates a binary format file. In Visual Studio you can add an Application Configuration File item (a .config file) to a project.
- A separate configuration file - In a text editor, create or edit a separate text file. See the individual sections for the
formats of the text files. Use the COBCONFIG environment variable to specify the location and name of the run-time configuration
file for environment variables, tunables, and switches.