Tutorial: Create and Configure an Eclipse Project

In this tutorial, you create an Eclipse COBOL project to use as you complete the remainder of these tutorials.

Requirements

Before attempting this tutorial, you must complete Tutorial: Create a SQL Server Database.

Launch Visual COBOL for Eclipse

This procedure varies depending on your Windows version. If you need instructions, see To start Visual COBOL.

Create a New COBOL Project

In this set of tutorials, you create a COBOL application that uses ODBC, and the OpenESQL ODBC runtime.

1. From the Eclipse IDE, click File > New > COBOL Project.
   Note: If COBOL Project is not an option on the context menu:

   1. Click Project.
   2. On the New Project wizard, expand Micro Focus COBOL.
   3. Select COBOL Project; then click Next.
2. In the Project name field, type OESQLAssistantTutorial.
3. Click Finish.

   Eclipse creates a new project named OESQLAssistantTutorial.

Create a COBOL Program

The new project contains no programs, so you need to add a new generic program to use in a later tutorial.

1. From the COBOL Explorer, right-click the OESQLAssistantTutorial project and select New > COBOL Program.
2. Click Finish. This creates a default COBOL program named Program1.cbl, opens it in the COBOL editor, and compiles it automatically.

   For now, leave the Program1.cbl file open in the COBOL editor. You will need it there in a future tutorial.

Set Project Properties

By default, this application connects to the database via ODBC. To provide optimal cursor behavior, including isolation level and lock concurrency settings, you must set the BEHAVIOR parameter for the SQL BEHAVIOR compiler directive option.

1. From the COBOL Explorer, right-click the OESQLAssistantTutorial project and select Properties.
2. Expand Micro Focus > Project Settings > COBOL > SQL Preprocessor.
3. Check Use SQL Preprocessor.
4. From the Preprocessor Type drop-down list, select OpenESQL.
5. On the Directives list, select BEHAVIOR.
6. From the corresponding Value drop-down list, select ANSI.
7. Click Apply and Close.