COBOL Toolbar

The COBOL toolbar in Visual COBOL includes a number of commands to help you boost your productivity.

To show the toolbar, click Tools > Customize and then, on the Toolbars tab, check COBOL. If the toolbar is enabled but not visible among the other toolbars, to locate it hover a downwards arrow to see its tooltip:

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The following commands are available from the icons and drop-down menus on the COBOL toolbar:

Locate definition
Locate definition
Go To Procedure Division
Go To Procedure Division and Go To Working-Storage Section.
Quick Browse
Quick Browse, Unreferenced Data, Undeclared Procedures, Copybook Structure, Program Statistics and Unexecuted Procedures.
Go To Previous Method
Go To Previous Method
Go To Next Method
Go To Next Method
Show all copybooks
Show all copybooks in the current source file
Hide all copybooks
Hide all copybooks in the current source file
Toggle COBOL line numbering mode
Renumber left margin, Renumber Right, Renumber Both, Unnumber left, Unnumber Right, Unnumber Both, and Options and Settings.
Toggle COBOL Smart Edit mode
Toggle COBOL Smart Edit mode
Configure Micro Focus COBOL Text Editor Settings
(Configure Micro Focus COBOL Text Editor Settings
Parent topic: Tips and Tricks with the IDE