Set Up the HelloPLIWorld Project

You start by creating a Visual Studio project which is the container for your source code:

1. In Visual Studio, click File > New > Project.
2. In the New Project dialog box, expand Installed > PL/I.
3. Click the Native category.
4. Select the Console Application template.
5. In the Project name field, type HelloPLIWorld.
6. In the Location field, type c:\tutorials\PLI.
7. Uncheck Create directory for solution and click OK.

   This creates a solution and a project from the available templates in the specified location and opens them in Solution Explorer in Visual Studio.

The IDE creates a project with a template PL/I program. To demonstrate how you add files to a project, you'll delete this template file and add a new one:

1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the template program your project, Program1.pli and click Delete. Confirm deletion.
2. Right-click your project in Solution Explorer and click Add > New Item > PL/I Items, and click PL/I Program.
3. In the Name field, type HelloPLIWorld.pli, and then click Add.

   This adds a template PL/I file to your project and opens it in the editor.

4. Copy and paste the following code into the editor, overwriting the existing text:

   HelloPLIWorld: proc options (main);
     put skip list("Hello PL/I World!");
   end HelloPLIWorld;

5. Click File > Save All.

   You can verify now that your project compiles cleanly.

   Note: Do not close the Visual Studio editor.
6. Click Build > Build Solution.

   The progress of the build is displayed in the Output view. There should be no errors in the build.