isCOBOL IDE

IsCOBOL IDE supports the background generation using standard Eclipse rules. This allows you to run a long build for a huge workspace with many programs that need to be generated, for instance. It's also useful when you have many programs... Read More

This guide has four sections, the first two discuss how to update to a later build or release of the IDE, and how to update to a later isCOBOL SDK. The last two sections can be followed when you just need to take advantage of a compiler enhancement... Read More

The very first time you want to run a program inside the IDE, you right click in the name of the program and then you have to select "Run As" or "Debug As", then you can select any of the different options to run the program, as isCOBOL Application... Read More

Question: When I attempt to run my program nothing happens, but I notice the following error in the Error Log view: Message Plug-in ------------------------------ -------------- Unhandled event loop exception org... Read More

If you create a run configuration then you can specify the current working directory in the Working Directory field. If you leave the Working Directory field blank then the current working directory is set to the project folder. If you launch a... Read More

Question: By default, trace logs and data files are created in my project's output folder. How do I configure the IDE to put these and other files in separate project folders? Answer: When running or debugging the isCOBOL IDE sets the current... Read More

(This information applies to version 2010 R1 and later) After receiving new plugins from Veryant Support follow these 3 steps to install them into the isCOBOL IDE: 1. Under the isCOBOL IDE 2010 R1 installation folder change into the dropins folder... Read More

Whenever the Eclipse (or isCOBOL IDE) opens a workspace, it attempts to lock a specific portion of the .lock file in the workspace .metadata folder. If the file .metadata/.lock does not exist, then Eclipse creates and attempts to lock a portion of... Read More

isCOBOL IDE 2009 SP1 introduced a new feature called "Regenerate tagged areas only" which is enabled by default. The IDE reads generated .cbl files and preserves the code outside of the tagged areas. This means that you can modify the generated .cbl... Read More