Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for ISVs Release Notes Micro Focus The Lawn 22-30 Old Bath Road Newbury, Berkshire RG14 1QN UK http://www.microfocus.com Copyright © Micro Focus 2009-2015. All rights reserved. MICRO FOCUS, the Micro Focus logo and Visual COBOL are trademarks or registered trademarks of Micro Focus IP Development Limited or its subsidiaries or affiliated companies in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. 2015-11-09 ii Contents Micro Focus Visual COBOL 2.3 for ISVs Release Notes .................................5 System Requirements ........................................................................................6 System Requirements for Visual COBOL for Visual Studio ................................................ 6 Hardware Requirements .......................................................................................... 6 Operating Systems Supported ................................................................................. 6 Software Requirements ............................................................................................6 System Requirements for Visual COBOL for Eclipse (Windows) ........................................8 Hardware Requirements .......................................................................................... 8 Operating Systems Supported ................................................................................. 8 Software requirements ............................................................................................. 9 System Requirements for Visual COBOL for Eclipse (UNIX) ..............................................9 Hardware Requirements for Visual COBOL for Eclipse ......................................... 10 Operating Systems Supported ............................................................................... 10 Software Requirements ..........................................................................................10 System Requirements for Visual COBOL Development Hub ............................................13 Hardware Requirements for Micro Focus Visual COBOL Development Hub .........13 Operating Systems Supported ............................................................................... 14 Software Requirements ..........................................................................................14 Installation ........................................................................................................ 16 Installing Visual COBOL for Visual Studio .........................................................................16 Installation Restrictions and Requirements ............................................................16 Downloading the Product ....................................................................................... 17 Installing Visual COBOL for Visual Studio ..............................................................17 Installing as an Upgrade .........................................................................................17 After Installing .........................................................................................................18 Repairing ................................................................................................................19 Uninstalling .............................................................................................................19 Installing Visual COBOL for Eclipse (Windows) ................................................................ 20 Installation restrictions and requirements ...............................................................20 Downloading the Product ....................................................................................... 20 Installing as an Upgrade .........................................................................................20 Installing ................................................................................................................. 21 Installing Visual COBOL into other instances of Eclipse ........................................ 21 After Installing .........................................................................................................22 Installing X Windows on Windows ..........................................................................23 Repairing ................................................................................................................23 Uninstalling .............................................................................................................23 UNIX and Linux Installer Issues ........................................................................................ 23 Installing Visual COBOL for Eclipse (UNIX) ......................................................................25 Downloading the Product ....................................................................................... 25 Installing ................................................................................................................. 25 Installing as an upgrade ......................................................................................... 27 Installing Visual COBOL into other instances of Eclipse ........................................ 27 After Installing .........................................................................................................28 Configuring the Environment for Developing RDBMS Applications on UNIX .........28 Repairing ................................................................................................................28 Uninstalling .............................................................................................................29 Installing Visual COBOL Development Hub ...................................................................... 29 Downloading the Product ....................................................................................... 29 Installing ................................................................................................................. 29 Installing as an Upgrade .........................................................................................31 Contents | 3 Configuring the Environment for Developing RDBMS Applications on UNIX .........31 Configuring the Remote System Explorer Support ............................................... 32 Repairing on UNIX ................................................................................................. 33 Uninstalling .............................................................................................................33 Licensing Information ......................................................................................34 To activate Visual COBOL Personal Edition ......................................................................34 To request and activate a 30-day trial license for Visual COBOL ......................................35 To buy and activate a full unlimited license ....................................................................... 36 To start Micro Focus License Administration ....................................................................37 Installing licenses .............................................................................................................. 37 If you have a license file ......................................................................................... 37 If you have an authorization code ...........................................................................37 To obtain more licenses .................................................................................................... 39 New Features in Visual COBOL 2.3 ................................................................ 40 Integration with Visual Studio 2015 ...................................................................................40 Integration with the Eclipse IDE ........................................................................................ 40 General Enhancements and Updates ............................................................................... 40 Building applications in Visual Studio ................................................................................41 Building JVM COBOL Projects Incrementally ................................................................... 41 COBOL Editor in Visual Studio ......................................................................................... 41 COBOL Editor in Eclipse ...................................................................................................42 Code Analysis ................................................................................................................... 42 Code Coverage ................................................................................................................. 43 Command Line Compilation and Linkage ......................................................................... 43 Compiler Directives ........................................................................................................... 43 Converting Additional Directives to Project's Properties ................................................... 43 Data File Structure Command Line Utility .........................................................................43 Data File Tools (Technology Preview) ..............................................................................