Commands are available to generate a COBOL RPC client or COBOL RPC server from a specified IDL file.
This document covers the following topics:
See also Command-line Mode.
This section provides the command-line options for the following tasks:
See Using the EntireX Workbench in Command-line Mode for the general command-line syntax.
To generate a COBOL RPC client from the specified IDL file, use the following command with options in table below:
-cobol:client
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-comm |
The RPC communication area. Valid values: EXTERNAL, LINKAGE,
COPYBOOK. See RPC Communication Area for more
information.
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-folder |
Folder where the COBOL files will be stored. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-help |
Display this usage message. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-interface |
Interface type, either DFHCOMMAREA or LINKAGE.
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-literal |
Enclose string literals in quotes or apostrophes. Valid values: QUOTE, APOST. See Characters Used for String Literals for more information. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-target |
Target operating system and environment, one of BATCH_ZOS,
BATCH_VSE, BATCH_BS2000, BATCH_I5OS, CICS_ZOS, CICS_VSE, IMS_MPP, IMS_BMP,
IDMS_ZOS, MICROFOCUS_WINDOWS or MICROFOCUS_UNIX. See Client Interface Types for more information. For possible
combinations with the -interface and -comm
option.
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-copybooklevel |
Define the beginning level for COBOL data items in generated copybooks, see Starting COBOL Level for Data Items in Generated Copybooks. Valid values: 1-49. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-rpcservice |
Option to generate the generic RPC service
module COBSRVI. See Generate Generic RPC Service for Module COBSRVI. Valid
values: TRUE - Generate generic RPC service module. FALSE - Do not generate the generic RPC service module. |
To generate a COBOL RPC server from the specified IDL file, use the following command with options in table below:
-cobol:server
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-channel |
A CICS channel name can be provided for the interface type 'CICS with Channel Container calling convention'. See Using the COBOL Wrapper for CICS with Channel Container Calling Convention (z/OS). See also Channel Name. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-folder |
Folder where the COBOL files will be stored. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-help |
Display this usage message. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-interface |
Interface type, one of DFHCOMMAREA, DFHLBUFFER, DFHCHANNEL or LINKAGE. See table below for possible combinations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-literal |
Enclose string literals in quotes or apostrophes. See Characters Used for String Literals. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-target |
Target operating system and environment. For possible
combinations with option -interface, see below and also
Server Interface Types.
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-psblist |
An IMS PSB list containing IMS PCB pointers can be provided for the server interface type IMS BMP with standard linkage calling convention. See Using the COBOL Wrapper for IMS BMP (z/OS) for scenarios on PCB pointer usage. See also IMS PSB List. |
<workbench> -cobol:client /Demo/example.idl -target CICS_ZOS
where <workbench> is a placeholder for the actual
Workbench starter as described under Using the EntireX Workbench in Command-line Mode.
The name of the IDL file includes the project name. In the example, the project Demo is used. If the IDL file name describes a file inside the Eclipse workspace, the name is case-sensitive.
If the first part of the IDL file name is not a project name in the current workspace, the IDL file name is used as a relative (based on the IDL file) or absolute file name in the file system. Thus, the IDL files do not need to be part of an Eclipse project.
If you do not specify a folder (option -folder), the
generated COBOL source files (client interface objects and the client
declarations) will be stored in parallel to the IDL file, in the generated
subfolders client and include, e.g.
Demo/client and Demo/include.
<workbench> -cobol:server /Demo/example.idl -target CICS_ZOS
where <workbench> is a placeholder for the actual
Workbench starter as described under Using the EntireX Workbench in Command-line Mode.
The generated COBOL source files (server (skeletons))
will be stored in parallel to the IDL file, in the generated subfolder server, e.g. Demo/server.
will overwrite existing files from a previous command-line mode generation.
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Warning: Take care not to overwrite an existing server implementation with a server skeleton. We recommend you to move your server implementation to a different folder. |
<workbench> -cobol:client C:\Temp\example.idl -folder src -target CICS_ZOS
Uses the IDL file C:\Temp\example.idl and generates the COBOL source files to the subfolder src of the IDL file. Slashes and backslashes are permitted in the file name. Output to standard output:
Using workspace file:\C:\myWorkspace\. Run COBOL client wrapper with C:/Temp/example.idl and target CICS_ZOS. Processing IDL file C:/Temp/example.idl Store COBOL Source (1/2): C:\Temp\src/include/CALC Store COBOL Source (2/2): C:\Temp\src/client/CALC Exit value: 0
<workbench> -cobol:client C:\Temp\*idl -folder C:\Temp\src -target CICS_ZOS
Generates COBOL source files for all IDL files in C:\Temp.
<workbench> -cobol:client /Demo/example.idl -target CICS_ZOS
Uses the IDL file /Demo/example.idl and generates the COBOL source files in parallel to the IDL file, here to the project /Demo.
<workbench> -cobol:client -help
or
<workbench> -help -cobol:client
Both calls result in displaying a short help for the COBOL client wrapper.
<workbench> -cobol:client /Demo/example.idl -folder src -target CICS_ZOS
If the project Demo exists in the workspace and example.idl exists in this project, this file is used. Otherwise, /Demo/example.idl is used from file system. The generated output will be stored in /Demo/src, the subfolder of /Demo.
<workbench> -cobol:client /Demo/*.idl -folder src -target CICS_ZOS
Generates COBOL client interface objects for all IDL files in project Demo (or in folder /Demo if the project does not exist). The generated files are in /Demo/src.
<workbench> -cobol:client -help
or
<workbench> -help -cobol:client
Both calls result in displaying a short help for the COBOL client wrapper.
