Developer: My Application Uses PL/I

1. Configure Visual Studio for PL/I development.

   The default settings in Enterprise Developer are settings aimed at Mainframe Subsystem Application development. You can check and fine-tune them as follows:

   • Directives scanning of files added to the project - find more info about the PL/I file scanning preferences.
   • Editor productivity and colorization - check the preferences for PL/I.
2. Create a Mainframe Subsystem Application project for PL/I.
3. Add your source files - see how here.
4. Configure the project's properties - click here.
5. Edit your source files - see some tips.
6. Build your application.
7. Debug your application - Enterprise Developer comes with a testing environment for applications that run in Enterprise Server.
   • Configure Visual Studio for debugging on Enterprise Server
   • Debug using a temporary region
   • Use the supplied Rumba TN3270 terminal emulator to connect to your application

Further, to get familiar with the process of developing PL/I applications in Enterprise Developer, Micro Focus recommends that you check the following:

• The PL/I tutorials
• For CICS, IMS and JCL considerations, see the rest of this section.
• Optimizing PL/I applications