About IMS applications

When the IMS application has been migrated from the mainframe to the PC, you maintain and develop the application as follows:

1. Create a project comprising all the parts of the application, such as the COBOL source DBD, MFS and PSB files. This also involves specifying the appropriate project and build properties.
2. Compile the IMS COBOL programs and generate the DBD, MFS and PSB files.
3. Configure an enterprise server to run the IMS application. This involves, among other things, setting up search paths to locate your application files, and specifying the message processing regions in which your application will run.
4. Run the application in Enterprise Server and check that it is working correctly. Use the facilities for monitoring IMS applications within Enterprise Server, as necessary.
5. Debug the application in your COBOL development system IDE.
6. To publish the application to UNIX:
   1. Copy the source files to your UNIX machine.
   2. Compile the programs using the Cob utility. See the Server Express Help.
   3. Test and debug the application using Server Express.