You can use the settings in
Tools > Options > Text Editor > Micro Focus COBOL > Code Style > Formatting and on the
General page to configure features such as the Visual Studio
Format Document command or some of the tooltips.
To change the format of a COBOL source file opened in the editor or of a selection of code, click
Edit > Advanced > Format Document or
Edit > Advanced > Format Selection.
Formatting when typing
- Format sentence on period
- Automatically formats the active section when you enter a period.
- Format pasted code
- Automatically formats the COBOL code you paste into the editor.
- Automatic insertion of end-if
- Automatically inserts an END-IF, after you have typed the first line of an IF statement and pressed
ENTER.
Restriction: This feature is only supported for the Micro Focus COBOL dialect.
- Automatic insertion of end-evaluate
- Automatically inserts an END-EVALUATE, after you have typed the first line of an EVALUATE statement and pressed
ENTER.
- Automatic insertion of end-perform
- Automatically inserts an END-PERFORM, after you have typed the first line of an PERFORM statement and pressed
ENTER.
- Automatic insertion of end-exec
- Automatically inserts an END-EXEC, after you have typed the first line of an EXEC statement and pressed
ENTER.
- Automatic insertion of end-try
- Automatically inserts an END-TRY, after you have typed the first line of an TRY statement and pressed
ENTER.
General formatting
- Base indent
- Check this, if you want to change the base indent from the default one of eight spaces.
- Preserve left margin
- Preserves the text in the left margin when you format the source.
- Right margin on line insert
- Specifies your preference for the text in the right margin when the line wraps in the A/B area:
-
- Pin - keeps the text on the same line
- Duplicate - duplicates the text on any subsequent lines
- Slide - moves the text on the same line
- Align inline comments
- Aligns inline comments (starting with
*>) to the indent column of the code block.
- Preserve end of line comments
- Preserves the end of line comments when you format the code.
- Directive alignment
- Specifies your preference for aligning directives:
- Indicator - aligns directives to the Indicator area
- Fixed - aligns directives to the column your specify
- Wrap column
- Specifies the column at which to wrap code.