Tutorials: Interface Mapping Toolkit

Includes tutorials that teach you how to use the Interface Mapping Toolkit (IMTK) from the Visual Studio IDE using a demonstration COBOL application to create and access both SOAP and REST Web services, a Java EJB service interface, and a Web service that can be invoked from a CORS-supported browser via an AJAX request script.

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 Visual COBOL for Visual Studio 2022 on your local machine using default installation settings.
The Enterprise Server feature is enabled for Visual COBOL.
Visual COBOL is started on your local machine.
Your parent project directory is c:\tutorials\IMTK. 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

Enterprise Server Security: In this release, the Enterprise Server security features are enabled by default. Tutorials that use enterprise server regions, however, assume that Enterprise Server security is not configured. To work though this tutorial unchanged, you need to disable any configured Enterprise Server security. See To Disable the Default Enterprise Server Security Configuration for details.
Important: Micro Focus does not recommend disabling the security permanently. Re-enable it as soon as possible after completing tutorials. See To Recreate the Default Enterprise Server Security Configuration. For more information, see also After Installing > Enterprise Server Security Considerations.

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.
Add the Visual Studio C++ x64/x86 build tools component: These tutorials require that you first install the latest version of the Visual Studio C++ x64/x86 build tools component, which is part of the MSVC Workload. If you have not installed this component, see Software Requirements for details.
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\IMTK.
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 IMTK tutorials in any order. They are not interdependent.