Upgrading from Net Express

Where to start?

If you've never used Eclipse before, see New to Eclipse.
See Developing Applications for more information about creating applications.

Ready to import your existing applications?

Once you are familiar with the IDE, you can import your existing code into Enterprise Developer.

Enterprise Developer provides an import wizard to help you convert your existing Net Express projects to Visual Studio projects. For an overview of the process of importing Net Express projects into Visual Studio see Converting Net Express projects to Eclipse projects.
See the Upgrading to Enterprise Developer for Eclipse guide for full details on upgrading your applications from Net Express to Enterprise Developer, the changes between the two products and what technologies are not supported or have been superseded.
Also, see Backward Compatibility with Earlier Micro Focus Products.

What next?

You can continue to maintain your applications in Enterprise Developer as before. You can also employ new technologies such as JVM COBOL and Web Services to modernize the applications over time. See the following resources for help on getting started with JVM COBOL programming: