Create a Project

You create a project that comprises all the parts of your application. In this case, the Assembler source and BMS files.

1. Start Eclipse with workspace directory c:\tutorials.
2. On the Welcome page, click Open Team Developer Perspective.

   In the perspective, you should see the Enterprise Developer system in the Application Explorer view. If the system is not shown, to load it:

   1. Right-click in the Application Explorer view and click Add System(s).
   2. In the Add System(s) dialog box, select ED System and click OK.
   3. Expand the top-level Enterprise Developer entry in the Application Explorer view.
   4. Right-click Enterprise Developer Projects; then click Load Application.
3. Expand the top-level Enterprise Developer entry in the Application Explorer view.
4. Right-click Enterprise Developer Projects in the Application Explorer view, and click New COBOL Project > Mainframe COBOL Project .
5. Specify the project name AACT and click Finish.

   Eclipse creates the project in the c:\tutorials\AACT directory, and the Application Explorer view shows the AACT project.

6. Right-click the AACT project in the Application Explorer view, and click New > Folder > Folder.
7. Specify loadlib as the folder name, and click Finish.

   This is the folder for the files generated by your project. You now need to configure the project to produce the generated files in the loadlib subfolder.

8. Right-click the project in the Application Explorer view, and click Properties.
9. Expand Micro Focus > Build Configurations and click Link.
10. In the Output Path field, click Browse, select the loadlib folder; then click Apply and Close.