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  • Workspaces

    About Eclipse Workspace The eclipse workspace contains resources such as − The workspace has a hierarchical structure. Projects are at the top level of the hierarchy and inside them you can have files and folders. Plug-ins use an API provided by the resources plug-in to manage the resources in the workspace. UI Elements for Managing…

  • Perspectives

    What is a Perspective? An eclipse perspective is the name given to an initial collection and arrangement of views and an editor area. The default perspective is called java. An eclipse window can have multiple perspectives open in it but only one perspective is active at any point of time. A user can switch between…

  • Explore Views

    About Views Eclipse views allow users to see a graphical representation of project metadata. For example the project navigator view presents a graphical representation of the folders and files associated with a project and properties view presents a graphical representation of an element selected in another view or editor. An eclipse perspective can show any…

  • Explore Menus

    Typical Eclipse Menus The typical menus available on the menu bar of an Eclipse window are − Plug-ins can add new menus and menu items. For example when the java editor is open you will see the Source menu and when the XML editor is open, you will see the Design menu. Brief Description of Menus Sr.No…

  • Explore Windows

    Parts of an Eclipse Window The major visible parts of an eclipse window are − An eclipse perspective is the name given to an initial collection and arrangement of views and an editor area. The default perspective is called java. An eclipse window can have multiple perspectives open in it but only one perspective can…

  • Installation

    Downloading Eclipse You can download eclipse from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/. The download page lists a number of flavors of eclipse. The capabilities of each packaging of eclipse are different. Java developers typically use Eclipse Classic or Eclipse IDE for developing Java applications. The drop down box in the right corner of the download page allows you to set…

  • Overview

    What is Eclipse? In the context of computing, Eclipse is an integrated development environment (IDE) for developing applications using the Java programming language and other programming languages such as C/C++, Python, PERL, Ruby etc. The Eclipse platform which provides the foundation for the Eclipse IDE is composed of plug-ins and is designed to be extensible…

  • Database Interface

    As of now, we have learnt the use of files in COBOL. Now, we will discuss how a COBOL program interacts with DB2. It involves the following terms − Embedded SQL Embedded SQL statements are used in COBOL programs to perform standard SQL operations. Embedded SQL statements are preprocessed by the SQL processor before the…

  • Internal Sort

    Sorting of data in a file or merging of two or more files is a common necessity in almost all business-oriented applications. Sorting is used for arranging records either in ascending or descending order, so that sequential processing can be performed. There are two techniques which are used for sorting files in COBOL − Sort…

  • Subroutines

    Cobol subroutine is a program that can be compiled independently but cannot be executed independently. There are two types of subroutines: internal subroutines like Perform statements and external subroutines like CALL verb. Call Verb Call verb is used to transfer the control from one program to another program. The program that contains the CALL verb is the Calling Program and the program being…