Visual COBOL Tutorials

There are a number of tutorials that guide you through creating mainframe and COBOL applications 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:

Getting started

Tutorial	Shows you how to
Getting started with Micro Focus Visual COBOL for Eclipse	Develop and maintain mainframe applications in the Eclipse IDE.
Tutorial: Remote mainframe development	Develop, maintain and test mainframe applications directly on the host, using the Eclipse IDE.

Tutorials on the mainframe subsystem

Tutorial	Shows you how to
Tutorial: Assembler	AACT is a sample CICS 3270 transaction that comprises several Assembler programs and a single BMS map, and uses the resource definitions in the file dfhdrdat. This tutorial walks you through the steps required to implement and test the AACT transaction.
Tutorial: CICS	Create a CICS project in Eclipse. You associate the project with Enterprise Server, deploy the CICS application to the server and debug in Eclipse.
Tutorial: Web-Enabled CICS Acting as a Web Server	Create a Web-enabled version of a CICS project in Eclipse.
Tutorial: Web-Enabled CICS Acting as a Web Client	Create a CICS Web client project in Eclipse.
Tutorial: JCL	Create a JCL project in Eclipse and submit it to an Enterprise Server.
Tutorial: IMS	Create an IMS project in Eclipse and deploy the application on an Enterprise Server.
チュートリアル：CICS Web サービス	Generate and run several CICS Web services.

Tutorials on native COBOL

Tutorial	Shows you how to
チュートリアル：ネイティブ COBOL アプリケーションの作成	Develop and maintain native COBOL applications in Eclipse.
Tutorials: OpenESQL Assistant	Configure OpenESQL Assistant to enable the build and testing of an SQL query and embed it into a COBOL program.
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.
データファイルの管理と作成	Convert a data file to a variable length indexed sequential file and view in various formats using Data File Editor.

Tutorials on managed COBOL

Tutorial	Shows you how to
チュートリアル：基本的な JVM COBOL アプリケーションの作成	Develop and maintain managed COBOL JVM applications 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.

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: Reusing Existing COBOL Programs in a Java Web Services Environment

Use a COBOL program in a JVM JSP application

Tutorials for the AppMaster Builder

These tutorials require that you have installed the AppMaster Builder AddPack.

Tutorial	Shows you how to
Tutorials: AppMaster Builder	Use AppMaster Builder to create a program and screen for an online application, generate the application code, compile the code, and run the application.