Rational Developer for System z

Building a local project

This topic and its subtopics explain how to build a workstation COBOL or PL/I project.

Linux icon Rational® Developer for System z® does not support local COBOL or PL/I builds on the Linux platform.

To build a local project, follow these steps:

  1. Switch to the z/OS® Projects perspective
  2. In the z/OS Projects view, expand the list of projects, subprojects, and folders to display the main source file.
  3. Right-click that file and click Nominate as Entry Point.
  4. Right-click the project and click Rebuild Project.
    Note: The Rebuild Project action is not available for workstation COBOL and PL/I projects on the Linux platform and on the Windows 7 platform because local compiler support is not provided for those platforms. The Rebuild Project action is not available on other Windows platforms if the Windows COBOL or PL/I compilers are not installed.
  5. If the build is unsuccessful, build errors are presented as entries in the Remote Error List view. Double-click an entry in the Remote Error List view to open the source file in which the related error is found.
  6. If the build is successful, a DLL file (file extension .dll or .ibmcob) or an executable file (file extension .exe) is available in the BuildOutput folder; to run the executable, double-click the name of the executable.

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