Installing on Windows

Note:
  • This version of the product is a full install.
  • If you have an earlier version of Visual COBOL installed on your machine, check Installing as an Upgrade before you start the installation.

These are the steps to install Visual COBOL:

  1. Run the vce_40.exe file and follow the wizard instructions to complete the installation.

    By default, this installs Visual COBOL in the %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL folder and installs a full version of Eclipse 4.7 64-bit, with the Micro Focus plugins already installed, in the C:\Users\Public\Micro Focus\Product Name\eclipse directory.

    The setup file installs any missing prerequisite software as listed in the topic Software Requirements.

Note: See Advanced Installation Tasks for information about non-default installation tasks. For example, to stop the product installation from installing the version of Java shipped with the product, run the setup file from the command line with the skipjre=1 command line option; otherwise, if the installation detects a version of Java older than the shipped version, it will install the shipped version.