Create the ACCTWEB Project

Create the ACCTWEB mainframe-enabled COBOL project for this tutorial.

To create a project to hold the sample application files:

  1. Create a working directory on your machine – c:\tutorials.
  2. Start Enterprise Developer. If you need instructions, see To start Enterprise Developer.
  3. In Visual Studio, click File > New > Project.
  4. In the Create a new project dialog box, select COBOL from the Language drop-down list.
  5. In the center pane, select Mainframe Subsystem Application.
  6. Specify a name for your project – ACCTWEB.
  7. In the Location field, type the name of your working directory – c:\tutorials.
  8. Ensure that Place solution and project in the same directory is unchecked.
  9. Click Create.

    This creates a subdirectory, ACCTWEB, under your working directory. This is your project directory.