Building Using Visual COBOL Build Tools for Windows

To build a COBOL solution or project you use MSBuild.

Note: If you are using Visual COBOL Build Tools for Windows for x64, you must ensure that you use the 64-bit version of MSBuild, which can be located in the \MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64 sub-folder of your Microsoft Visual Studio or Microsoft Build Tools installation.

You cannot create COBOL solutions or projects using Visual COBOL Build Tools for Windows, so before you can build a COBOL solution or project with Visual COBOL Build Tools for Windows you must have created it with Visual COBOL.

See To build a COBOL project for a brief overview of using MSBuild to build COBOL solutions and projects, or see the Visual Studio help for full details about using MSBuild.