We will now generate Web Services clients to access the CICSScreenWS service that we deployed to our CICSEXT enterprise server.
Note: Be sure you have met all of the prerequisites for generating Windows Forms clients as specified in the topic
Prerequisites.
The generation process for Web Services automatically produces a console client; however, we must set an option to enable generation of a Windows Forms client.
- From Visual Studio, click
Tools >
Options.
- Expand
Projects and Solutions >
COBOL Project Settings; then click
Service Interfaces.
- Check
Windows Forms Application; then click
OK.
- From the Solution Explorer, right-click the
CICSScreenWS service interface; then click
Generate Clients.
You can watch the generation process in the Output window. When it is complete, you'll see the message "Generation of Windows Forms Application completed." You should see that two projects have been added to the Solution Explorer:
- CICSScreenWSConsoleApp - the console client.
- CICSScreenWSWinApp - the Windows Forms client.
Each new project contains the necessary client files to successfully access the CICSScreenWS service now running on the CICSEXT enterprise server.
