Follow the links below for information about command-line utilities to use with your PL/I applications.
In addition, specify
mfplx -help at the Enterprise Developer command prompt to see a list of the available options for each component.
- Compiling Programs - Open PL/I consists of the following executable programs - mfpli (PL/I Compiler), mfpp (PL/I Macro Preprocessor), mfplx
(command-line driver), Include Preprocessor (mfinclpp), a CICS Preprocessor, HCO for DB2 LUW Preprocessor, DL/I Preprocessor,
and an OpenESQL Preprocessor.
- Linking Programs - you can use mfplx which compiles and links in one step, or use ldpli which links pre-compiled objects and is recommended
to use with mfpli.
- Running Programs - to run an Open PL/I program, invoke the executable object file produced by the link utility.
- Debugging Programs - includes debugging scenarios
- Test Coverage -
enable test coverage, and
create reports.