Import and Build the Sample Project

  1. On your local drive, create a tutorials directory, then create a DataToolsDemo subdirectory. For example, c:\tutorials\DataToolsDemo.
  2. Copy all files from the DataToolsDemo samples directory installed with Visual COBOL, which by default is %PUBLIC%\Documents\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL\Samples\ClassicDataToolsDemo, to your new local c:\tutorials\DataToolsDemo directory.
  3. Start Visual COBOL.
  4. Click File > Open > Project/Solution.
  5. Use the Open Project dialog box to navigate to the local tutorials\DataToolsDemo directory.
  6. Double-click ClassicDataToolsDemo.sln to open it.
  7. From the Solution Explorer, right-click the ClassicDataToolsDemo solution; then select Build from the context menu. This compiles the COBOL program dfdstaff.cbl and creates the dfdstaff.idy file in the output directory of the solution, which is used later in this tutorial.