Installing this release as an upgrade will automatically uninstall any Patch Updates of the older version of the product
you have installed on your machine.
- Before installing this release as an upgrade, ensure you create a back-up of your Enterprise Server configuration. To do this,
on the Enterprise Server Administration home page, click
Export and then select
Export Enterprise Server configuration and Security Manager definitions. This creates a backup folder in the
c:\programdata\micro focus\Enterprise Developer\MFDS. You can restore the Enterprise Server configuration after installing this release - click Import on the Enterprise Server
Administration home page.
- This release can be installed as an upgrade to
Visual COBOL 4.0 or 3.0 for Visual Studio 2017.
- Visual Studio versions 2013 and 2015 are no longer supported. It is not possible to upgrade to release 5.0 from
Visual COBOL for Visual Studio 2013 or 2015 4.0 or earlier.