Default Copybook preferences

The Default Copybook preferences page describes how copy books are resolved to help with editing of COBOL files. This list is searched from top to bottom by the COBOL tooling.

The copybook information is used by the following features when editing COBOL files.

The copybooks referenced in a COBOL file are resolved in the following order. The order searched is based on where the COBOL file is opened:

File opened from AIX® COBOL Project File opened from RSE
  1. Where the COBOL compiler found the copybook during the last compile
  2. Folders of other copybooks the COBOL compiler found during the last compile
  3. Root of the project containing the COBOL file
  4. Folders in the project containing the COBOL file
  5. The build location (from the project properties), and all subfolders
  6. The user-specified locations from the project properties (which are set at project creation to match the preferences)
  1. The location of the source file, and all subdirectories.
  2. The user-specified locations from the preferences.

Button Description
Add... The Add button allows users to type or select a folder location on a remote AIX server. This new location will be added to the bottom of the current list displayed in the preferences.
Edit... The Edit button allows users to change an entry in the list.
Remove The Remove button removes the selected item from the list.
Up The Up button allows users to move the selected entry up the list. This location will be searched to find copybooks before the entries below it are searched.
Down The Down button allows users to move the selected entry down the list. This location will be searched to find copybooks after the entries above it are searched.

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