The Software AG IDL Extractor for COBOL enables you to extract the interface of a COBOL server and transforms it into a Software AG IDL and a Software AG server mapping file. Both files are required to provide access for any RPC client to the COBOL server.
| Introduction | Introduction to the IDL Extractor for COBOL. |
| Using | This document describes how to extract IDL from a COBOL source,
deploy, validate and test the extraction results. IDL extraction is supported
by wizards, editors and generators.
The following scenarios are supported: |
| COBOL Mapping Editor | Describes the purpose and features of the COBOL Mapping Editor, its context menus, toolbars, main areas and related views. Also describes how to select COBOL data items. |
| Preferences | Describes the IDL Extractor for COBOL preferences. |
| COBOL to IDL Mapping | Mapping COBOL data items and syntax to Software AG IDL. |
