Walks you through the process of setting client generation properties, generating COBOL and WPF clients for the MakeCheckAppt
REST Web service, and building the WPF client project in preparation for debugging.
Restriction: This topic applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.
You can now generate clients to access the MakeCheckAppt service that you deployed to the ESREST
enterprise server instance.
Set client generation properties
The generation process automatically produces a console client; however, you can set an option that enables the additional
generation of a WPF client.
- From the Visual Studio main menu, click
Tools >
Options.
- Expand
Micro Focus Tools, and then click
Service Interfaces.
- Check
WPF Application
- Uncheck all other client types, if necessary, and then click
OK.
Generate clients
- From the
Solution Explorer, right-click the
MakeCheckAppt service interface; then select
Generate Clients from the context menu.
You can watch the generation process in the Output window. When it is complete, you'll see the message "Generation succeeded".
You should see that two projects have been added to the Solution Explorer:
- MakeCheckApptClientApp - the console client
- MakeCheckApptWPFApp - the WPF client
Each new project contains the client files required to successfully access the MakeCheckAppt service now running on the ESREST
enterprise server.
Register the proxy library
Depending on your Windows operating system version, you might be required to register the Proxy Library after generating a
client for the first time. If a message appears in the
Output window indicating that registration is necessary, follow these steps:
- Start a
Visual COBOL command prompt as an administrator. If you need instructions, see
To start a
Visual COBOL command prompt as an administrator.
- Change to the
c:\tutorials\IMTK\ProgramREST\MakeCheckApptWPFApp\Bin\Release directory (specified in the
Output window).
- Enter
regsvr32 MakeCheckApptProxyWrapper.dll.
- Click
OK to clear the RegSvr32 message.
Build the WPF client project
You need to build a client project before running it. Because you will be debugging using the WPF client, you must first build
its project:
- On the
Solution Explorer, right-click the
MakeCheckApptWPFApp project, and then select
Build from the context menu.