Describes the project features that enable you to create, deploy, and run mainframe-based services.
Before you can use the IMTK to create a mainframe-based service interface, you must first create a Visual Studio project using the
Mainframe Subsystem Application template. Once this project is in place, you can use Visual Studio functionality to do the following:
- Add appropriate files to the project, such as COBOL programs and copybooks for a COBOL CICS COMMAREA service interface, and CICS BMS and IMS MFS maps for screen-based service interfaces
- Annotate BMS or MFS maps
- Create a new service interface
- Import an existing service interface that was either created using older software such as Net Express, or that is part of a different project
- Set service interface properties
- Edit existing service interfaces
- Update service interfaces after making changes to a program or copybook
- Deploy service interfaces to run as services on
Enterprise Server
- Generate clients to access deployed services
