You can specify in the IDE which mainframe display to use by default.
- In the IDE, click
Tools > Options.
- Expand
Micro Focus Tools, and click
TN3270 Display.
- Ensure that
Enable Display is checked.
If you leave this unchecked, you can still execute your application but no display is available when you run or debug the
application.
- Click one of the options to specify the integrated TN3270 display to use:
-
Rumba (Embedded) - click this to use the embedded
Rumba+ Desktop display when running or debugging applications. Specify whether the session should connect automatically. Enabled by default.
This option is only available if you have installed
Rumba+ Desktop
10.1.
Restriction: The embedded Rumba TN3270 display is not available in Visual Studio 2022. It is available in
Enterprise Developer for Visual Studio 2017 and 2019. You can use the standalone
Rumba+ Desktop application when running and debugging applications.
- Rumba (Desktop) - click this to use a mainframe session of Rumba when running or debugging applications. When you The IDE launches
Rumba+ Desktop, if it is not already open, and starts the application in a mainframe session. The session connects to the server automatically
when you open the display to run the application or when you start debugging.
This is the default option if you have installed a version of
Rumba+ Desktop earlier than
10.1.
- Host Access for the Cloud[1] - when selected, an
HACloud session is used to run or debug applications.
Restriction: This option does not support regions inside Enterprise Server for .NET, or connecting to Docker containers.
- External - click this to use a TN3270 mainframe emulator other than Rumba.
- Click
OK.
Note: It is not possible to modify these settings while debugging.