Restriction: The run-time switches and run-time tunables are supported for native COBOL only.
You can configure the COBOL run-time system environment to ensure it behaves appropriately for an application, regardless of the configuration used by other COBOL applications.
Run-time behavior can be controlled using environment variables,
a run-time launch configuration file (Windows only),
run-time tunables, and run-time switches.
You can specify some run-time features from within the IDE, as well as in a separate configuration file:
- From the IDE - Setting certain run-time features in the IDE generates a binary format file. Eclipse creates a .gcf file that contains the run-time settings when you run the application.
- A separate configuration file - In a text editor, create or edit a separate text file. See the individual sections for the formats of the text files. Use the
COBCONFIG_ (Windows) or
COBCONFIG (UNIX) environment variable to specify the location and name of the run-time configuration file for environment variables, tunables, and switches.