- In Visual Studio, create or open an Enterprise Server Application project that contains a JSON schema file that describes
a COBOL application.
- In the Solution Explorer, right-click the JSON schema file; then select
Generate Web Service from the context menu.
- On the Generate Web Service dialog box, optionally check one or more specific
Operation(s) from the drop-down list.
- Select the
Client radio button.
- In the
Program group
Name field, optionally provide an alternative program name for the generated client program.
- Optionally, provide an
Inline array size limit to generate separate structures for mappings of variable arrays in the generated client. For more information, see
Handling Variable Arrays in WSDL and JSON - Native COBOL.
- Optionally, specify an alternative
Default string length and/or
Default array size for the client.
- Select the appropriate
Character Set and
Bit Mode.
- Click
OK.
Enterprise Developer creates a new project that contains the generated COBOL console client application. The new project name is the specified
program name plus
ClientApp.
Tip: For a description of each field and control on the Generate Web Service dialog box, see the
Generate Web Service dialog box - Native COBOL reference topic.