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Tips: Eclipse IDE Equivalents to IDE Features in Net Express

The following table shows Net Express IDE features and their corresponding equivalents and locations in Eclipse.

Functionality	In Net Express	In Visual COBOL for Eclipse
Project Control
Project filename	*.APP	.cobolProj in Project directory
Add file to project	To create a new file from the supported types in the project directory, click File > New, specify the type of file to create, and click OK. Click Project > Add Files to Project to add existing files to the project.	All files in the project directory and its subdirectories are automatically part of the project. You can exclude programs or subdirectories from a build using the Build Action option on the context menu.
Copybook path		By default, all directories within a project and their subdirectories are included in the initial copybook path.To make changes, click Project > Project Properties > Micro Focus > Build Path and select the Copybook Paths tab.
Build settings for the project: COBOL Preprocessor Additional Directive		Right-click the project name and select Properties, (or click Project > Properties from the main menu).
Execution environment settings: General COBOL		The execution environment is COBOL Server.
Debug settings: DateWarp Stored Procedures		DateWarp is present in the debug launch configurations.
Editing
Suggest Word/Content Assist	CTRL+G	CTRL+Space
Locate	F12 (or context menu Locate)	F3 (or context menu Goto Definition)
COBOL Find	CTRL+Shift+F12 (or context menu COBOL Find)	CTRL+Shift+G (or context menu Find References)
Compress	Tool bar compress (or context menu Compress)	Double-click on an item to jump to the line in the program.
Bookmark	CTRL+F2	Click Edit > Add Bookmark.
Compiling
Single file Compile	CTRL+F7 (or click check mark)	Right-click a program name and select Single File Compile. Note: This applies to native code only.
Build	F7 (or click build)	By default, Eclipse automatically builds projects to keep them up to date. You can also build on request. To turn off the automatic build, click Project > Build Automatically.
Build All	ALT+B A	Cleaning a project forces a rebuild. To access this, click Project > Clean.
Debugging
Start Debugging	Alt+D A	Choose Debug or F11 Before launching the session, create an appropriate debug launch configuration.
Stop Debugging	Shift+F5	CTRL+F2 (or context menu Terminate)
Restart Debugging	Ctrl+Shift+F5	From the executable in the debug stack view, right-click and select Relauch from the context menu.
Run	F5	CTRL+F11
Step	F11 (or click step)	F5
Step All	Ctrl+F5	Resume on the debug toolbar.
Run Thru		F6 (or Step Over)
Run Return		F7 (or Step Return)
Run to Cursor	Shift+F10 (or context menu)	CTRL+R (or context menu Run to Line)
Skip to Cursor	CTRL+Shift+F10	ALT+F12, R (or Reset Execution Point)
Skip Statement		No equivalent. Use ALT+F12, R (or Reset Execution Point)
Skip Return		No equivalent. Use ALT+F12, R (or Reset Execution Point)
Examine ' data item'	Shift+F9	The Variables View automatically shows variable values on the current and previous lines.
Breakpoint set	F9	Double click in the left margin to toggle a breakpoint.
Conditional Breakpoint		From the Breakpoints View, select a breakpoint and edit the properties.
Break on Data Change	Via list view	To set a WatchPoint, double-click in the margin of line containing a WS item, or set it from the Outline View context menu.