Generate a COBOL Client

You can now generate a COBOL client to access the MakeCheckAppt Web service that you deployed to the ESREST enterprise server instance.

Visual COBOL requires that client applications running on UNIX systems are built using the Single Executable File target type. When the main project uses a target type other than Single Executable File as does the ProgramREST project (uses the All Native Library Files target type), you must generate the client applications into a separate project.

1. From the COBOL Explorer, right-click the MakeCheckAppt Web Service; then select Generate Client from the context menu.
2. On the Generate Client dialog box, click Create a new COBOL project.
3. On the Generate Client dialog box, type ProgramRESTClient into the Project Name field, and then click OK.
4. Click OK to generate the client.
   Note: The Single Executable File target type is the default build configuration setting in the new project. To confirm this:

   1. In the COBOL Explorer, right-click the ProgramRESTClient project; then select Properties from the context menu.
   2. Expand Micro Focus > Build Configurations; then click Link.

      The Target Type field should be set to Single Executable File.

   3. Click Close.

You can watch the generation process in the Service Interfaces Console. When it is complete, you'll see the message "The client generation completed successfully" after which Eclipse rebuilds the project. You should see that the following files have been added to the project:

• COBOL Programs > client > MakeCheckAppt-app.cbl
• COBOL Programs > client > MakeCheckAppt-proxy.cbl
• Copybooks > client > MakeCheckAppt-copy.cpy