To create a debug information (.idy) file for layout file input

  1. Start Visual COBOL and open a project that contains the COBOL program(s) on which you want to base a record layout file.
  2. On the Visual COBOL project COBOL properties page, check Compile for debugging; then save the project. By default, Visual COBOL automatically builds the project, and automatically generates an .idy file for each program in the project.
Note: Visual COBOL writes .idy files to the output directory specified in your project properties.
Parent topic: Record Layout Editor
Related concepts
Input
Related tasks
To start the Record Layout Editor
To create a new record layout file
To load program information