Created On:  16 October 2012

Problem:

How do you create a record layout file in Enterprise Developer?  There doesn't seem to be an entry in Visual Studio 2010 or the Data Tool to facilitate this.

Resolution:

Record Layout Editor Window in Visual Studio is how you create a .str file in Enterprise Developer.

1) Go to Micro Focus Data Tools Utility
2) Choose Record Layout Editor
3) Left hand pane displays Data Division of the debug information (.idy) file associated with 
    selected COBOL source (.cbl) file.
4) Right hand pane is the record layout (.str) file

Note:  If you are editing a record layout (.str) file, a Data Division does not load automatically.

You can load a Data Division in the left-hand pane by right-clicking in the Record Layout Editor window and clicking Load Data Division on the popup menu.

Incident #2595272