Micro Focus Net Express IDE. Doug Evans GDT 2007 International User Conference: Evolving the Legacy...

Micro Focus Net Express IDE

Doug EvansGDT 2007 International User Conference: Evolving the LegacyJuly 29 – August 1 Lake Las Vegas, Nevada

Net Express 4.0 IDE

Create / Incorporate Custom tools in the IDE Using the Type Library Assistant Browse and Go

Browse Quick Browse

Remote Debugging Using Revolve Point of Interest files with Net Express

IDE User Defined Extensions – if you are using your own

extensions for Source, Copybooks, or Datafiles Setup a GDT COBOL project and practice these

functions and much more at the Hands on Lab at 3:15pm today!


Create Custom Tools

Demonstration Incorporate a tool to the Net Express 4.0 IDE that

will be used to add a line number to a program and also add a comment in column 73-80.

Components RESEQNID.CBL – source of the Tool to be used within the

IDE COBOLPGM.CBL – Cobol Skeleton program BUILDTOOL.BAT – Batch script to create an exe for the

tool TOOL.APP – Net Express Project


Create an .exe for ReseqnID.cbl

We will first open up the Net Express Command Prompt



Location of the .bat script and COBOL programs



Inside the script that builds the .exe



The Build script is run


Open the TOOL project


Customize the IDE

From the Options menu select Customize IDE


Customize the IDE

Under the Tools tab we will press the New Tool button


Customize the IDE

Enter the Tool name

Use the Program button to locate the ReseqnID.exe


Customize the IDE


Customize the IDE

Press Apply to add the tool to the IDE


Customize the IDE

The tool ReseqnID is now available.


Look at the original program


Run the ReseqnID tool


Using the Type Library Assistant

The question: Can anyone point me to a good source for information about the methods that excel supports? I need to build a COBOL program that builds an excel spreadsheet, loads it to an excel chart and populates a word document with the excel chart

Basically we need to use Net Express to create a COBOL application that creates a chart in Excel and copies and pastes the chart into Word using OLE Automation.

If you want to see how to code the methods in COBOL then from the Net Express IDE select Tools->Type Library Assistant and scroll through the list of available COM servers until you find "Microsoft Excel ?.0 Object Library".


Type Library Assistant

Basic Definitions: COM (Communication Object Module) – is the umbrella term

that encompasses the OLE, OLE Automation, Activex as well as other technologies.

OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) - is a distributed object system and protocol

OLE Automation - It provides an infrastructure whereby applications called automation controllers can access and manipulate (i.e. set properties of or call methods on) shared automation objects that are exported by other applications.

Use the Type Library Assistant to interrogate COM type libraries and generate COBOL copyfiles for inclusion in your programs.


The Type Library Assistant



Select the Library



Generate the Copybook that can be used in the COBOL source



The GENERATED copybook



The EXCEL Library Copybook member


Examine the COBOL programusing OLE Automation


Execute the program via GDTBATCH


Browse and Go


Browse and Go

Compilation Complete


Browse and Go

Select the Browse Function


Browse and Go

Just by pressing enter without search criteria and the Section Button pressed,all program sections are displayed.


Browse and Go

Selection of search result

Reveals actual source code in Results window

Selection in Results window results inhighlighting of source in the program editor


Browse and Go

Highlighting the references in the Source program


Browse and Go


Browse and Go

From: is the Execution of line

Defn: is the Definition line


Browse and Go

Including Data Names in the browse search


Quick Browse


Quick Browse

Using the Suggest Option


Quick Browse

Place cursor fieldPress Cursor button

Source is highlighted

Using the compress option to only view the necessary code


Remote Debugging

You can debug programs that are running on a different computer from one on which you are using Net Express

The remote computer can be either a Windows system or a Unix system.

Remote machine Must run ANIMSERV –port# before communication can be

made from the local machine Have GDT system up and running (Fileshare, TCS, Console,

Fsys01) Local machine

Requires access to the source files in the project on the Remote machine

Must have access to the dictionary (.idy) files in the project on the remote machine (usually in the \debug or \release subdirectory of the project on the remote machine.


Remote DebuggingThe Local Machine

Map a drive to the Remote Machine drive where the Project resides Example the R:\ drive on the Local Machine is

mapped to the C:\ drive on the Remote Machine Please note: on the Remote machine you must also

setup a R:\ drive mapping to its own C:\ in the case shown

Start Micro Focus v4.0


On The Remote Machine

Start ANIMSERV


The Local Machine

Open the Project residing on the Remote machine


The Local Machine

Prepare the Remote Animation Settings


The Local Machine

Start the Remote Animation Process


The Local Machine & Remote Machine

Start Debugging on the Local Machine

View the GDTBATCH process on the Remote Machine



Debugging on the Local Machine



Monitoring on the Remote Machine


Revolve Point of Interest Files

Point of Interest files are created via Revolve to direct a developer under Revolve or Net Express to areas of the program source that are of interest during development, analysis or debugging of the code.

Using the browsing tools available under Revolve, a Revolve user can identify areas of code that need to be quickly identified via a Net Express user editing the actual source under the Net Express IDE.



Example, a Revolve user has identified areas of the program (LOGON.CBL) that use the field TERM-DATA-SIZE. This field will need to be expanded. This work is to be done in the near future. The fact that this field is a point of interest to someone should be made evident to other developers that may be reviewing, debugging the source via Net Express IDE.



Via Revolve, capture the results of an analysis.



Export to Point of Interest file

Resulting Point of Interest File



Point of Interest lines shown via the cross hairs icon in the prefix area.The above view is a compressed view of LOGON.CBL showing only points of

interest



Uncompressed view of the source showing points of interest.


User Defined Extensions

Extensions give you the capability of assigning user defined extensions to the appropriate associated type.



Create a new association where .RCPY files are to be associated as a copybook



Associated Types: Copybook, Program, Data File

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