Visual COBOL provides the ESTemplate.xml template which that enables you to create a fully configured enterprise server instance from the Server Explorer in Visual Studio. The template is located in the VSInstallDir\IDE\Extensions\nnnnnnnn.nnn\Etc\ServerTemplates\ folder, by default. You can create additional templates by exporting an active MFDS process repository using the mfds command. See the mfds topic for more information.
Each enterprise server created using the ESTemplate.xml template contains a number of environment variables. When the server is started from the IDE, the environment variables are set to the appropriate project output locations. Using such variables enables you to associate the server with more than one project at the same time, or change associated projects without requiring changes to the server.
The variables enable the enterprise server to locate project output files based on the Output settings for the currently associated project(s); therefore, no changes are required when the enterprise server is associated with another project. Also, if you change the configuration within the currently associated project (for example, from Debug to Release), the new location for the project output is used, without any changes necessary. You can also append project-specific values to theses variables, separating each value with a semi-colon.
| IDE_LOADLIB | The location for the COBOL application files |