Build and Run the MQSDEMO Sample Application

Walks you through the steps required to open the provided mqsdemo solution, build it, and submit the mqonly JCL job to run the application.

Open the mqsdemo solution

  1. In Visual Studio, click File > Open > Project/Solution.
  2. Browse to the %PUBLIC%\Documents\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\Samples\PLI-VS\MQSDEMO folder.
  3. Select the mqsdemo.sln file, and then click Open.

    This loads the mqsdemo solution into the Solution Explorer.

    Notes:
    • In this provided PL/I solution, the mqsdemo PL/I project is configured with the ENDIANNESS compiler option set to -bigendian. This is required for compatibility with the MQ APIs because the MQ API return codes, lengths, etc. are in big-endian format.
    • Comments in the mqplidrv.pli file provide useful information on how MQ functions can be used from PL/I.

Build the mqsdemo solution

  1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the mqsdemo solution, and select Build Solution from the context menu.
  2. Check the Output window to ensure that the solution builds without errors or warnings.

Submit the mqonly job

  1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the mqonly.jcl job, and select Submit JCL from the context menu.
  2. Output window, verify that all the RESULTS DDs for each step of the job execution say "TEST SUCCEEDED".
    Note: Detailed execution log data is found in the corresponding LOGFILE DD for each step.