Developer: My Application Uses PL/I

1. Start Eclipse and open the Team Developer perspective which is the default one for Enterprise Developer. You can also choose the PL/I perspective.
2. Configure Eclipse for PL/I development.

   The default settings in Enterprise Developer are settings aimed at Mainframe Subsystem Application development. You can check and fine-tune settings for the editor and for setting Compiler directives from Window > Preferences > Micro Focus.

3. Create a PL/I Mainframe Subsystem Application project.
4. Add your source files.
5. Set Compiler directives on the source files.
6. Specify project and build configuration properties.

   For example, you can specify a CICS and SQL preprocessor settings, and DLI settings.

7. Edit the PL/I files.
8. Build your application.
9. Debug your application - Enterprise Developer comes with a testing environment for applications that run in Enterprise Server.
   • Configure Eclipse for debugging on Enterprise Server
   • Debug using a temporary region
   • Use a TN3270 terminal emulator to connect to your application

Further, to get familiar with the process of developing PL/I applications in Enterprise Developer, Micro Focus recommends that you check the following:

• The PL/I tutorials and the PL/I samples installed with the product.
• For CICS, IMS and JCL considerations, see the rest of this section.
• Optimizing PL/I applications