Configure the ACCT Transaction Program

Note: You can change the default output location for the debugging version, and use the modified location when you configure the region.

Start Visual Studio.
Choose File > Open > Project Solution to navigate to and open the ACCT.sln project file.
The default location for this file is %PUBLIC%\Documents\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\samples\Mainframe\CICS\DotNet \ACCT.
From the Microsoft Visual Studio Project menu, choose Properties, then select the COBOL tab.
- In the General area, select the Compile for debugging checkbox.
- Scroll to the Output area, and check the Output path value.
This is where the compiled debug-enabled ACCT program is created. The default location is the bin\debug folder located under the project folder. Note of this location. You need it to configure the region that the debug process uses.
Select the ACCT project in the solution explorer and ensure the Project Properties Pane is available. ( 1 )
Set the following fields

Database Server Instance (2)

Your database server instance.

Host (3)

The host address where the Region is running

MFBINP port (4)

The port number for the binp protocol

Region Name (5)

ESDEMO, the region in which ACCT runs.

TN3270 port (6)

The port on which the TN3270 listener responds for this region ( default is normally 9023)
Select the Debug tab, and set the following fields:

CICS User, Terminal, and Transaction (7)

You can restrict the debugger to debug only transactions from a specific user, terminal or transaction. For this tutorial, type AC* in the Transaction field to filter all transactions beginning with AC, to trap the ACCT transaction.