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										<title>How to filter the “Problems” view to limit display to one program or file</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=287</link>
										<description><![CDATA[When building a project or a complex program, you often find errors, warnings and infos in the âProblemsâ view for multiple files, and this can be confusing. For instance, here is the problems tab for six different programs. Â   Â  Here are the...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=301</guid>
										<title>How to use existing FD/SL copybooks in Screen Programs</title>
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										<description><![CDATA[You can use the IDE to create data file descriptions and select statements using the Data View.Â  But if you have existing files, you do not need to enter them in the Data View.Â  isCOBOL&#039;s IDE can use FD/SL copybooks to generate the appropriate...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=292</guid>
										<title>Enhance Legacy COBOL Applications with Graphical Reports</title>
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										<description><![CDATA[ a {     text-decoration: none;     color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td {     border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th {     background-color: #f5f5f5; }   Every legacy COBOL application can be significantly improved by adding graphical reports. isCOBOL users...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=284</guid>
										<title>How to create groups of fields in the IDE Screen Painter that share the same screen area but are displayed at different times</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=284</link>
										<description><![CDATA[ a {     text-decoration: none;     color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td {     border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th {     background-color: #f5f5f5; }  Suppose you have four GUI controls as shown in the following screen. You want the âCodeâ label and its...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=274</guid>
										<title>How to compare text files using the isCOBOL IDE</title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The isCOBOL IDE includes a text file comparison feature. In order to take advantage of this feature: 1. Copy or link your text files to one of your project folders, unless they&#039;re already there  Â  2. Select the two files that you want to...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=240</guid>
										<title>How to work with the java property &#039;file.encoding&#039; in the isCOBOL IDE</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=240</link>
										<description><![CDATA[From the isCOBOL IDE, in addition to set the encoding on project level, you have also to declare the property &#039;file.encoding&#039; into the iscobol.properties that you find in the &#039;resources&#039; folder of the project.]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=52</guid>
										<title>Does Veryant provide a plugin to Eclipse or did Veryant customize Eclipse to be the IDE for isCOBOL?</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=52</link>
										<description><![CDATA[Veryant provides both an Eclipse plugin which can be installed within any Eclipse-based IDE, and also the isCOBOL IDE, which is Eclipse with the isCOBOL plugin already installed. The Eclipse-based isCOBOL IDE is for COBOL developers who are new to...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=186</guid>
										<title>Toggling comments in the properties file editor</title>
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										<description><![CDATA[ It is easy to add and remove comments when editing in the isCOBOL IDE.   You can use the buttons on the toolbar - they are, in order, Add Comment, Remove Comment and Toggle Comment   To comment a block, highlight the lines you want to comment before...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=204</guid>
										<title>Is there a way to stop the pop up from coming up when I start to type in code in the program?</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=204</link>
										<description><![CDATA[You can turn that off by going to Window -> Preferences -> isCOBOL -> Editor -> Content Assist. You can also specify which type of content the content assist option includes. For instance, you can choose to have the IDE only pop-up the names of...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=338</guid>
										<title>How to view two different consoles in the IDE</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=338</link>
										<description><![CDATA[ When you want to view two different consoles in the IDE to compare the outputs of two launches, you can do the following:  In the Menu bar of the IDE go to "Windows > Preferences > Run/Debug > Launching"  Then uncheck the option "Remove terminated...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=108</guid>
										<title>What are the steps to add an external tool or integrate a utility such as JDBC2FD into the isCOBOL IDE?</title>
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										<description><![CDATA[ This is best illustrated with an example.   To integrate JDBC2FD with your project:  Open "External Tools Configurations" (From the menubar select Run > External Tools > External Tools Configurations...) Create a new Configuration with name "jdbc2fd...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=311</guid>
										<title>How to run batch programs on a Linux server and compile and debug them from the IDE</title>
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										<description><![CDATA[ NOTE: These instructions are only for customers using version 2020R2 or earlier. In 2021R1, Veryant added remote server capabilities to the IDE, making it much easier to compile to and run from a remote server from within the IDE. Please see KB...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=331</guid>
										<title>Working with Remote Projects</title>
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										<description><![CDATA[ NOTE: These instructions are only for customers using version 2021R1 or later, when the remote server was added to the IDE.  Previous versions should see KB article #311 (https://support.veryant.com/support/phpkb/question.php?ID=311) for more...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=170</guid>
										<title>How do I make an isCOBOL program that will run on a mobile device, like iPad?</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=170</link>
										<description><![CDATA[ You have several options for creating applications that run on mobile devices with isCOBOL.    Run your application in WebClient, which has enhanced support for mobile devices with touch screens and virtual keyboards. Using the layout managers and...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=75</guid>
										<title>isCOBOL IDE Eclipse Troubleshooting</title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Question:     There is no isCOBOL Project option in the New menu, and I get the following error when I try to switch to the isCOBOL Perspective in the Eclipse based isCOBOL IDE:      Could not create the view: Plug-in com.iscobol.plugins.editor...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=171</guid>
										<title>On which version of Eclipse are the isCOBOL &#39;s built?</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=171</link>
										<description><![CDATA[ Question:  On which version of Eclipse are the isCOBOL IDE&#39;s built? Can I use plug-ins that require older versions of Eclipse?  Answer:  The 2022 Version of Veryant&#39;s IDE is based on Eclipse 2021-09(4.21). This version is updated frequently...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=272</guid>
										<title>Were you aware of the ability of "block selection" in the isCOBOL Editor under Eclipse?</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=272</link>
										<description><![CDATA[ Veryant&#39;s IDE gives you the ability to select a block in your source code to simplify editing in vertical mode.   This helps when you need to delete a block of source (for example all the "value" clauses in the image below) or to write the same...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=86</guid>
										<title>How do I set up a CVS repository and access it from Eclipse and the isCOBOL IDE?</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=86</link>
										<description><![CDATA[ Question:  I&#39;d like to set up a CVS repository and access it from Eclipse/isCOBOL IDE to use the Team development and project sharing features. Can you point me in the right direction?  Answer:  Here are the actual commands I ran on Ubuntu Linux...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=162</guid>
										<title>How do I install support for Subversion (SVN) in Eclipse or isCOBOL IDE?</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=162</link>
										<description><![CDATA[ Veryant recommends the Subclipse plugin from https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/subclipse/  Here are the instructions to install Subclipse in the current isCOBOL IDE:    Select Install New Software... from the Help menu  Press the Add... button...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=17</guid>
										<title>Can you recommend a book for learning the Eclipse based isCOBOL IDE?</title>
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										<description><![CDATA[ Question:  I understand that the isCOBOL IDE is based on Eclipse. I guess I had better get up to speed on using Eclipse. What would be a good resource for that? Can you recommend a book?  Answer:  Veryant&#39;s documentation includes a comprehensive...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=265</guid>
										<title>How to generate and compile an isCOBOL IDE workspace in background-mode</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=265</link>
										<description><![CDATA[ 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&#39;s also useful when you have many programs...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=328</guid>
										<title>Guide to update the isCOBOL development environment</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=328</link>
										<description><![CDATA[ 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...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=283</guid>
										<title>How can we avoid having to select the way a program will be "Run As" or "Debug As" in the IDE each time we run it?</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=283</link>
										<description><![CDATA[ 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...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=156</guid>
										<title>How do I resolve the error "Unhandled event loop exception"?</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=156</link>
										<description><![CDATA[ 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...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=145</guid>
										<title>What is the current working directory when I launch my program from the IDE?</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=145</link>
										<description><![CDATA[ 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...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=130</guid>
										<title>How do I configure the IDE to put logs and other files in separate project folders?</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=130</link>
										<description><![CDATA[Question:  By default, trace logs and data files are created in my project&#39;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...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=128</guid>
										<title>How do I install new plugins received from Veryant Support?</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=128</link>
										<description><![CDATA[(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...]]></description>

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										<guid>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=125</guid>
										<title>isCOBOL IDE or Eclipse error "Workspace in use or cannot be created, choose a different one"</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=125</link>
										<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>

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										<title>Generate stopped working after upgrading the isCOBOL IDE</title>
										<link>https://support.veryant.com/phpkb/article.php?id=114</link>
										<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>

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