This redbook details the configuration of the communication between workstation and host systems to use the new remote edit, compile, and debug component of VisualAge for COBOL Version 2 on OS/2.
Installation details are covered as well as application development techniques.
Several practical examples are provided on diskette for you to install on your host and use with the book.
The redbook gives you an introduction to developing host applications from a workstation environment and
explains in detail how to configure your workstation for communicating with the host via TCP/IP.
You are led through the setup of the TCP/IP as well as of Network File System (NFS), the file system you need.
The redbook describes how to configure your workstation for communicating with the host via APPC, the configuration of the Communications Manager/2 for using APPC and SMARTdata UTILITIES, and the changes you have to make on the workstation side as well as on the host side are explained.
This redbook also covers the configuration of a WorkFrame project and the use of the project files by use of a sample program. In this sample, you learn step by step how to create a project and how to edit, compile, and debug the programs.
A more complex project with DB2 access is shown also.
You are also shown, by means of a sample, how to use VSAM for the workstation for local and remote data access, including customizing data description and conversion for transparent remote data access.
Knowledge of application development in an MVS environment is a prerequisite for the MVS portions of this book.
Knowledge of COBOL programming and OS/2 is presumed. Some knowledge of TCP/IP and APPC would also be helpful.