Includes tutorials that teach you the basics of how to use the
Visual Studio IDE to create and debug your first "Hello PL/I World" application,
how to develop a basic Open PL/I application, how to compile, link, and debug a CICS application, and how to access WebSphere
MQ features from PL/I programs.
Assumptions
These tutorials are written from the perspective that all of the following is true. If you require specific instructions for
any of these items, see the
Before you begin a tutorial section that follows:
- Windows
File Explorer is set to show file names and extensions.
- You have installed the latest version of
Micro Focus
Enterprise Developer
for Visual Studio 2022 on your local machine using default installation settings.
- Visual Studio is started on your local machine.
- Your parent project directory is
c:\tutorials\PLI. If you choose to use an alternative parent project directory, adjust the instructions accordingly.
- You have addressed all of the items in the
Before you begin a tutorial section below.
Before you begin a tutorial
- Set Windows File Explorer options
- These tutorials assume that your Windows File Explorer options are set to use the Details layout, and to show file name extensions.
See your Windows documentation for more information.
- Create a parent project directory
- Create a working directory in which to store the projects and other files created or required for this series of tutorials.
All tutorials in this set cite a parent project directory of
c:\tutorials\PLI.
- Start
Visual Studio
- If you need instructions to get
Visual Studio started on your local machine, see
To start
Visual Studio.
Note: If Visual Studio prompts you on startup to select an initial action, click
Continue without code.
Sequence
You may do these Open PL/I tutorials in any order. They are not interdependent.