How to change your project's compilation target type

Introduction

In this tutorial, you will create different build configurations in order to create different output types for your project.

Create a build configuration

Right-click on your project in COBOL Explorer and select Properties.
Choose Micro Focus COBOL > Build Configurations > COBOL.
Click Manage Configurations.
Click the New Configuration button. You can change the name of the new build configuration by clicking the Rename selected configuration button.
Click Finish.

Build to .int or .gnt files

Choose All Int/Gnt Files from the Target types drop-down list, and click OK.
Right-click on your project in COBOL Explorer and select Properties again.
Choose Micro Focus COBOL > Project Settings > COBOL.
Select Compile to .gnt in order to create .gnt files. If it is not selected, .int files are created.
Click Apply and build your project (by default this will happen automatically). A folder is created with the name specified in the Output Path, and contains an .int or .gnt file for each COBOL source file in your project. Note: you can change the name of this folder, but any existing one associated with this configuration will be deleted as part of the build process.