Running the Container Demonstration for the Visual COBOL Base Image

The container demonstration to create the Visual COBOL base image includes a batch file (bld.bat) to make the process of running the demonstration as easy as possible. This topic lists and describes the parameters that you can specify when running bld.bat.

When using bld.bat to create a base image for Visual COBOL you need to ensure that the relevant installation files and licenses are available in the same folder as bld.bat. These are:

The installable executable file for Visual COBOL Build Tools for Windows. This is vcbt_100.exe and is supplied in the container demonstration for the Visual COBOL Build Tools for Windows base image.
The appropriate license (.xml) file for Visual COBOL Build Tools for Windows.
If you will be including Java support in the image, the relevant executable file to perform the installation of the JDK. You can get this file from your chosen JDK provider.

The command to execute the batch file to run the container demonstration for the Visual COBOL base image is as follows:

bld.bat { IacceptEULA [options] }

options enables you to specify a number of characteristics for the image, such as any odbc or java requirements, or auto-login credentials. For a full list of available options and their definitions, run ./bld.sh without specifying any other parameters.