Set Up the JCL1 Project

Create a Visual Studio project

1. In Visual Studio, click File > New > Project.
2. In the Create a new project dialog box, select COBOL from the Language drop-down list.
3. Select Mainframe Subsystem Application.
4. Click Next.
5. Complete the Name and Location fields as follows:

   Name	JCL1 By default, this is the name of both the project and the solution.
   Location	c:\tutorials\MBDT

6. Check Place solution and project in the same directory.
7. Click Create.

   Visual Studio opens the Solution Explorer for the JCL1 solution, showing the JCL1 project.

Add project subdirectories

This project requires some additional subdirectories in which to store configuration and data files. You specify these directories when configuring the enterprise server region.

1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the JCL1 project, and then select Add > New Folder from the context menu.
2. Type data, and then press Enter.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 two more times, and name the new folders system and JCL respectively.