Restriction: This topic applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.
In addition to the default COBOL console client, you can optionally generate a Windows Forms client for Web Service service
interfaces. To do so, check the
Windows Forms Application option in your
Micro Focus Service Interfaces options before generating the client.
Windows Forms client project
After generating a client,
Visual COBOL adds a client project to the solution that contains your service interface. The name of the project is
myServiceWinApp, and contains the following components:
- References folder
- The project references required to run the Windows Forms client application.
- Helper folder
- Additional COBOL programs and copybooks required to run the Windows Forms client application.
- myServiceForm.cbl
- A COBOL program that implements the Windows Forms interface.
- myServiceForm.Designer.cbl
- A Windows Forms Designer COBOL program that defines the visual presentation of the client.
- myServiceForm.ico
- A
Micro Focus logo icon used in the visual presentation of the client.
- myServiceMain.cbl
- The main entry point of your Windows Forms client application.
Editing a Windows Forms client
To enhance its appearance and usability, you can optionally edit a Windows Forms client component from
Visual COBOL by double-clicking a client component from the Solution Explorer.
Running a Windows Forms client
You can run a Windows Forms client directly from your project using the
Visual COBOL Debugger. Before doing so, ensure that:
- The
enterprise server instance configured to run the service is associated with the project that contains your service interface (.svi) file
- The
enterprise server instance is started
- Your service interface is deployed to the
enterprise server instance
- The Windows Forms client project is set as the startup project
When you start the Debugger,
Visual COBOL automatically builds the client project and executes it.