Installing Micro Focus Modelling Support for Eclipse

Application Workflow Manager (AWM) is an integral feature of Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Visual COBOL. It enables you to model and seamlessly integrate application development tools into the Eclipse views that developers work with. AWM provides the means to integrate a customer-specific application workflow in the developer's view without any programming requirement.

The modelling support offered by AWM is available as a standalone feature that can be installed into any other Eclipse IDE, for example, into IBM Developer for z Systems (IDz).

If you already have a version of Modelling Support installed, Micro Focus recommends that you uninstall this version before you install the new 7.0 version.

To install Modelling Support for Eclipse as a plug-in to an Eclipse IDE:

  1. Run the modsupp_70.exe file and follow the wizard instructions to complete the installation.
    Note: The supported version of Eclipse is 4.16 (2020-06). Visual COBOL and Enterprise Developer cannot coexist on the same machine.
  2. Start Eclipse, and then click Help > Install New Software

    This opens the Install dialog box.

  3. Click Add.

    This opens the Add Repository dialog box.

  4. In the Name field, type Modelling Support for Eclipse.
  5. Click Archive, and browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\Micro Focus\Modelling Support for Eclipse\installer\files\ModelingSupportUpdateSite.zip.
  6. Click Open.
  7. Click OK.
    • If you are installing into Eclipse:
      • At the Available Software stage, expand Micro Focus, and then check all options except AWM IDz Integration.
    • If you are installing into IBM Developer for z Systems (IDz):
      • At the Available Software stage, check Micro Focus.
  8. Click Next.

    The installation process calculates requirements and dependencies.

    • If a component cannot be installed, a solution is presented at the Install Remediation Page stage, click Next.
  9. At the Install Details stage, click Next.
  10. Accept the license agreement, and then click Finish.
  11. Click Restart Now when prompted to restart Eclipse to finish the installation.