- In Visual Studio, create or open a Mainframe Subsystem project that contains request and response JSON files that jointly
describe a CICS application, or a RESTful JSON file that describes a CICS application.
- In the Solution Explorer, select the JSON file or files.
- Right-click a selected file; then select
Generate Web Service from the context menu.
Note: On the Generate Web Service dialog box, when using a RESTful JSON file, this file appears in the
(For request) field, and the
(For response) field is set to
<None>. When using both request and response JSON files, these appear in the
(For request) and
(For response) fields respectively.
- If necessary, change the values in the
(For request) and
(For response) fields using their respective drop-down lists.
- Select the
Service radio button.
- Optionally, provide an alternative service name in the
Service Name field.
- Check
CICS.
- In the
Program group
Name field, optionally provide an alternative program name for the generated skeleton CICS COBOL program.
Note: The program name must be eight characters or fewer to comply with CICS naming rules.
- If you are using both request and response JSON files, select either the
Commarea or
Channel type.
Note: RESTful JSON uses the
Channel type only.
- If using the
Channel type, optionally provide an alternative container name.
- Click
OK.
Enterprise Developer generates and adds a skeleton CICS program and a service interface (.svi) file to the current project in a folder with the same name as the specified program name.
- Right-click the
.svi file; then select
Generate WSBIND from the context menu.
Enterprise Developer generates a
.wsbind file and adds it to the current project in a folder with the same name as the specified program name.
Tip: For a description of each field and control on the Generate Web Service dialog box, see the
Generate Web Service dialog box reference topic.