Rational Developer for System z

Setting preferences for COBOL annotations and tools

You can set preferences for the System z® LPEX Editor and COBOL Editor that control whether the editor performs real-time syntax checking and whether the Open Declaration, Refactor, and Open Perform Hierarchy actions are enabled in the pop-up menu.

You can set these preferences as follows:

  1. Click Window > Preferences > COBOL > Annotations and Tools.
  2. Click one of the following radio buttons:
    Option Description
    Enable editor annotations and tools Lets you receive real-time syntax checking of COBOL files by means of warning annotations in the editor.
    Enable tools only Disables editor annotations but leaves the Open Declaration, Refactor, and Open Perform Hierarchy actions enabled in the pop-up menu.
    Disable editor annotations and tools Disables the editor annotations and the pop-up menu actions.
The COBOL Editor displays the following tooling indicators in the status bar of the workspace:

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