Creating an AIX COBOL project

An AIX® COBOL project contains your source code and related files. The project provides many useful tools, such as automatic building, synchronization with the AIX machine, debugging, code navigation/editing, source control, and more.

About this task

To create an AIX COBOL project:

Procedure

  1. Select File > New > AIX COBOL Project. The AIX COBOL project wizard will open.
  2. Type a name for your project in the Project Name box.
  3. Enter or browse for the remote location (on AIX machine) of the project in Remote Location.
  4. Enable Associate a local location if you wish to have a local project. If you wish to use source control, work disconnected from the AIX machine, or wish to use a mounted folder, you will want a local project.
    1. If you wish to use a location other than the default, disable Use default location, and enter or browse for the location in Location.

      Note: If you are using a mounted directory, ensure that it corresponds to the remote location.

    2. If you are not using a mounted directory, select Work with local copy of files, push file changes to remote location.

      If you are using a mounted directory, select Local location is a mounted folder pointing to the remote location. In this case, enabling Validate mount location will do some checking to make sure the remote location and the local location match.

  5. Click Finish.

Results

Alternatively, you can select the desired remote location in the Remote System Explorer view, right-click, and select Import to AIX COBOL Project. This will start the wizard, as above, but the remote location will be filled in.

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