Visual COBOL Tutorials Guide

There are a number of tutorials that guide you through creating COBOL applications of various sorts using the Eclipse IDE. The source files for some of the tutorials are installed in subfolders of the %PUBLIC%\Documents\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL\Samples folder by default. On older versions of Windows the samples might be installed in a different folder, such as for Windows XP, C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Micro Focus\Visual COBOL\Samples. These can be installed but are not supported.

The following tutorials are available:

Tutorials on native COBOL

Tutorial	Shows you how to
Tutorial: Creating a Native COBOL Application	Develop and maintain native COBOL applications in Eclipse. This is a basic tutorial introducing the Eclipse IDE.
Tutorial: OpenESQL Assistant	Configure OpenESQL Assistant to enable the build and testing of an SQL query and embed it into a COBOL program.
Tutorial: Running Unit Tests in the IDE	Create a unit test project, then within it create a test case that directly links to one of the sample applications supplied with Visual COBOL. This enables you to directly test your application source code.
Tutorial: Interface Mapping Toolkit	Create a project to define a Java or Enterprise JavaBean service interface to access a COBOL application and deploy the service to an enterprise server. Create, deploy and run a JSP client to access the service.
Tutorial: Data File Tools	View a variable length sequential file formatted and unformatted, and then create and edit an indexed file.
Tutorial: Using the Callable File Handler	Use the Callable File Handler to perform a number of common file handling operations.
Tutorials: JSON Processing	Convert JSON text to COBOL data formats (JSON PARSE) and generate COBOL data to JSON text (JSON GENERATE).

Tutorials on JVM COBOL

Tutorial	Shows you how to
Tutorial: Creating COBOL JVM Applications in Eclipse	Create and debug a simple JVM COBOL application in Eclipse.
Tutorial: Deploying JVM COBOL to an Application Server	Reuse existing JVM COBOL logic within an Enterprise JavaBean, then deploy it to an application server. Note: This tutorial can now be found on the Micro Focus Community Web site^*.
Tutorial: SQL - Deploying an Enterprise JavaBean Containing JVM COBOL to a JBoss Application Server	Reuse an existing SQL Server COBOL application using the Red Hat JBoss application server. Note: This tutorial can now be found on the Micro Focus Community Web site^*.
Tutorial: Compiling a COBOL Program to JVM Byte Code	Compile a COBOL Program to JVM byte code.
Tutorial: Packaging JVM COBOL	Package a JVM COBOL application as a JAR file.

Tutorials on Web services

Other tutorials that include in-depth descriptions of how to deploy an existing COBOL application as a Web service within the JBoss Application Server, and how to use a COBOL program in a JVM JSP application, are available on the Micro Focus Community Web site.

Tutorial: Calling JVM COBOL programs as part of an Axis Web service	Deploy an existing COBOL application as a Web service within the JBoss Application Server. Note: This tutorial can now be found on the Micro Focus Community Web site^*.
Tutorial: Reusing Existing COBOL Programs in a Java Web Services Environment	Use a COBOL program in a JVM JSP application. Note: This tutorial can now be found on the Micro Focus Community Web site^*.
Tutorial: Reusing Existing SQL Programs in a Java Environment	Reuse an SQL COBOL application using an SQL Server and the Tomcat 7 application server. Note: This tutorial can now be found on the Micro Focus Community Web site^*.

Tutorials on the Application Workflow Modeller

Tutorial	Shows you how to
Tutorial: Creating an AWM Model with AWM Element Types	Walks you through the process of creating an AWM model that uses AWM element types to create a workflow that integrates an issue tracking system into your workbench
Tutorial: Creating an AWM Model with AWM Linked Element Types	Walks you through the process of creating an AWM model that uses AWM linked element types from the Eclipse function package.
Tutorial: Adding a New Action to an Existing AWM Model	Walks you through the process of adding a new context menu to an existing AWM model. In this case, you will modify the project's model.

Tutorials on security

Tutorial	Shows you how to
Tutorial: Configuring SSL Security in the Server	Configure SSL security.
Checking, Exporting and Importing Certificates	Look at the certificates already installed on your machine.

^* This sample has been created using the 4.0 version of Visual COBOL. Micro Focus does not guarantee that they work in exactly the same way on later versions of Visual COBOL and might require modifications to run.