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Hello Paul,

Which COBOL template did you create your project with? And did you create the project on your local drive?

Regards,

Hi, and thanks for your contact

I do not recall using a COBOL template to create Project1

I think it was the supplied Project for a demo?

It resides in C:\\Users\\Paul\\Documents\\Visual Studio 2012\\Projects\\Project1\\Project1

Mystery explained.  I had not yet activated the product on that laptop.  When I went to progress through to loading source code, there was a window that popped up behind the one I was in.  When I found that I was able to complete activation and then was taken to a 'skeleton' source code example/sample.  It has nothing to do with being connected to the 'net or not.

Now that I am moving along, I find I can dbl-clk source code and Visual COBOL starts up and I am able to edit.

Thanks again for helping me think about this.