Includes tutorials that teach you how to use the Interface Mapping Toolkit (IMTK) using a demonstration COBOL application
to create and access both SOAP and REST Web services,
a Java EJB service interface, and a Web service that can be invoked from a CORS-supported browser via an AJAX request script.
Restriction: This topic applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.
Assumptions
These tutorials are written from the perspective that all of the following is true. Specific instructions for setting up your
environment to adhere to these assumptions is found in the
Before you begin a tutorial section that follows:
- Windows File Explorer is set to show file names and extensions.
- You are running the latest version of
Micro Focus
Visual COBOL, which has been installed on your local machine using default installation settings.
- Visual COBOL is started on your local machine.
- Your parent project directory is
c:\tutorials\IMTK. If you choose to use an alternative parent project directory, adjust the instructions accordingly.
- You have addressed all of the items in the
Before you begin a tutorial section below.
Before you begin a tutorial
- Set Windows File Explorer options
- These tutorials assume that your Windows File Explorer options are set to use the Details layout, and to show file name extensions.
See your Windows documentation for more information.
- Create a parent project directory
- Create a working directory in which to store the projects and other files created or required for this series of tutorials.
All tutorials in this set cite a parent project directory of
c:\tutorials\IMTK.
- Start
Visual Studio
- If you need instructions to get
Visual Studio started on your local machine, see
To start
Visual Studio.
Note: If Visual Studio prompts you on startup to select an initial action, click
Continue without code.
Sequence
You may do these IMTK tutorials in any order. They are not interdependent.