Set Up the ProgramREST Project

Provides instructions that guide you through the process of creating an Enterprise Developer solution and project for the ScheduleDemo application and a Web service.

Create the ProgramREST project

  1. Open a Visual Studio command prompt and enter:
    devenv
    This starts Visual Studio. If you are prompted to select an initial action, click Continue without code.
  2. In Visual Studio, click File > New > Project.
  3. In the Create a new project dialog box, select COBOL from the Language drop-down list.
  4. In the two remaining drop-down lists, select Windows and Enterprise Server respectively.
  5. Select Enterprise Server Application.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Complete the Name and Location fields as follows:
    Name ProgramREST

    By default, this is the name of both the project and the solution.

    Location c:\tutorials\IMTK
  8. Check Place solution and project in the same directory.
  9. Click Create.

    Visual Studio opens the Solution Explorer for the ProgramREST solution, showing the ProgramREST project.

    Note: By default, all new projects you create in Visual Studio are 64-bit.

Add ScheduleDemo demonstration files to the project

  1. Right-click the ProgramREST project, and select Add > Existing Item from the context menu.
  2. Browse to the %PUBLIC%\Documents\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\Samples\Interface Mapping Toolkit\ServiceInterfaces\ScheduleDemo folder.
  3. From the drop-down list, click All files (*.*)
  4. Select all files except the Readme XML files; then click Add.

Save the ProgramREST project

  • In the Solution Explorer, select the ProgramREST project, and then click File > Save ProgramREST on the Visual Studio main menu.