Create a Project

You create a project that comprises all the parts of your application. In this case, the Assembler source and BMS files.

1. Create a working directory on your machine, for example c:\tutorials\.
2. Start Eclipse with workspace directory c:\tutorials\.
3. Click File > New > Mainframe COBOL Project.
4. Specify a name such as AACT and click Finish.

   Eclipse creates the project in the c:\tutorials\AACT directory, and the COBOL Explorer view shows the AACT project.

5. Right-click the AACT project in COBOL Explorer, and click New > Folder.
6. Specify system as the folder name, and click Finish.
7. Create another folder, loadlib, in the same way - this will be the folder for the files generated by your project. You now need to configure the project to produce the generated files in the loadlib subfolder.
8. Right-click the project in COBOL Explorer, and click Properties.
9. Expand Micro Focus > Build Configurations and click COBOL.
10. In the Output Path field, click Browse, select the loadlib folder, and click OK.
11. Click Apply and then click OK to save your changes.