There are a number of tutorials that guide you through creating mainframe and COBOL applications using the Eclipse IDE. The source files for some of the tutorials are installed in subfolders of the %PUBLIC%\Documents\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\Samples folder by default. On older versions of Windows the samples might be installed in a different folder, such as for Windows XP, C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\Samples. These can be installed but are not supported.
The following tutorials are available:
| Tutorial | Shows you how to |
|---|---|
| Getting started with Micro Focus Enterprise Developer for Eclipse | Developing and maintain mainframe applications in the Eclipse IDE. An introduction in using Enterprise Developer for offline development. |
| Tutorial: Remote mainframe development | Develop, maintain and test mainframe applications directly on the host, using the Eclipse IDE. |
| Tutorial | Shows you how to |
|---|---|
| Tutorial: Assembler | AACT is a sample CICS 3270 transaction that comprises several Assembler programs and a single BMS map, and uses the resource definitions in the file dfhdrdat. This tutorial walks you through the steps required to implement and test the AACT transaction. |
| Tutorial: CICS | Create a CICS project in Eclipse. You associate the project with Enterprise Server, deploy the CICS application to the server and debug in Eclipse. |
| Tutorial: Web-Enabled CICS Acting as a Web Server | Create a Web-enabled version of a CICS project in Eclipse. |
| Tutorial: Web-Enabled CICS Acting as a Web Client | Create a CICS Web client project in Eclipse. |
| Tutorial: JCL | Create a JCL project in Eclipse and submit it to an Enterprise Server. |
| Tutorial: DSNREXX | Execute DB2 statements from within a DSNREXX procedure. |
| Tutorial: IMS | Create an IMS project in Eclipse and deploy the application to an Enterprise Server. |
| Tutorials: CICS Web Services | Generate and run several CICS Web services. |
| Tutorial | Shows you how to |
|---|---|
| Tutorial: Creating a Native COBOL Application | Develop and maintain native COBOL applications in Eclipse. This is a basic tutorial introducing the Eclipse IDE. |
| Tutorials: OpenESQL Assistant | Configure OpenESQL Assistant to enable the build and testing of an SQL query and embed it into a COBOL program. |
| Tutorial: Running Unit Tests in the IDE | Create a unit test project, then within it create a test case that directly links to one of the sample applications supplied with Enterprise Developer. This enables you to directly test your application source code. |
| Tutorial: Interface Mapping Toolkit | Create a project to define a Java or Enterprise JavaBean service interface to access a COBOL application and deploy the service to an enterprise server. Create, deploy and run a JSP client to access the service. |
| Tutorial: Data File Tools | View a variable length sequential file formatted and unformatted, and then create and edit an indexed file. |
| Tutorial: Classic Data File Tools | Convert a data file to a variable length indexed sequential file and view in various formats using Data File Editor. |
| Tutorial | Shows you how to |
|---|---|
| Tutorial: Creating COBOL JVM Applications in Eclipse | Create and debug a simple JVM COBOL application in Eclipse. |
| Tutorial: Deploying JVM COBOL to an Application Server | Reuse existing JVM COBOL logic within an Enterprise JavaBean, then deploy it to an application server. |
| Tutorial: SQL - Deploying an Enterprise JavaBean Containing JVM COBOL to a JBoss Application Server | Reuse an existing SQL Server COBOL application using the Red Hat JBOss 7.1.1 application server. |
Other tutorials that include in-depth descriptions of how to deploy an existing COBOL application as a Web service within the JBoss Application Server, and how to use a COBOL program in a JVM JSP application, are available on the Micro Focus Community Web site.
| Tutorial: Reusing Existing COBOL Programs in a Java Web Services Environment | Use a COBOL program in a JVM JSP application. |
| Tutorial: Reusing Existing SQL Programs in a Java Environment | Reuse an SQL COBOL application using an SQL Server and the Tomcat 7 application server. |
| Tutorial | Shows you how to |
|---|---|
| Tutorial: Developing a PL/I application using Eclipse | Create PL/I mainframe projects and submit JCL in Eclipse. |
These tutorials require that you have installed the AppMaster Builder AddPack.
| Tutorial | Shows you how to |
|---|---|
| Tutorials: AppMaster Builder | Use AppMaster Builder to create a program and screen for an online application, generate the application code, compile the code, and run the application. |