You can set these preferences as follows:
indicates that tooling is enabled.
All COBOL Editor functions are enabled.
indicates that tooling is disabled.
These functions can be disabled by user preference, because a file
is unavailable, or because of an invalid file extension. Tooling is
not available for copybooks (that is, files with a .cpy extension).
The following COBOL Editor functions are unavailable when tooling
is disabled: hover information, Refactor actions, Open Declaration,
Open Perform Hierarchy.
indicates
that tooling is out of sync because of a syntax error in the file.
This warning appears when syntax errors are introduced into an open
file. This warning icon is subject to change frequently as you edit
a file. The following COBOL Editor functions are unavailable or have
limited functionality: hover information data might be out of sync;
Refactor actions are unavailable; Open Declaration might work, but
the location you jump to may be out-of-sync; Open Perform Hierarchy
is unavailable.
indicates that
tooling is still initializing or has failed to initialize because
of a syntax error. This error occurs when a file containing syntax
errors is opened. The following COBOL Editor functions are unavailable:
hover information, Refactor actions, Open Declaration, Open Perform
Hierarchy.