Create an OpenVMS 3GL Application Project Using FTP for File Access

See Also  Compiling Files in a 3GL Project
             Working with 3GL Languages
             Using the Remote 3GL Debug Interface
 

In NetBeans 7.0.1, you must create a project to work with files on the remote OpenVMS system.  Your project can be a Java project or an OpenVMS 3GL application project.

The OpenVMS 3GL project type is useful for OpenVMS applications that are written in 3GL languages instead of Java.

This project type allows you to map an OpenVMS source directory to a directory on your desktop, and edit and compile files written in the following 3GL languages:

C/C++
Cobol
Fortran
Basic
Pascal

  To create an OpenVMS 3GL Application Project from files that already exist in the OpenVMS server using FTP for file access:

1.  Click on the File menu, select New Project, then  OpenVMS Remote Applications.

2.  Name your remote project.  There should be no spaces in the name.  Then click Next.

3.  Select he appropriate Remote IDE Server from the drop-down menu.

4.  Fill in the local and remote directories to be used for the project.  Use the elipses () to browse for a directory on the OpenVMS machine and the local PC.

Point the remote FTP directory root at a location that allows you to see your source files from the OpenVMS machine.  This means the directory the sources are in, or a parent directory of the directory the sources are in.

Note  Files from these directories will be synchronized on the desktop and OpenVMS machine.  For more information about file synchronization see FTP Synchronization.  

5.  After you enter the remote and local FTP roots, select Finish.  Or, if you would like to add more directory roots to your remote project, click Next.

In addition, a folder to store NetBeans project metadata is created on the OpenVMS machine in your source directory.  This folder is named nbproject.  The information in the nbproject folder can be used to share the Distributed NetBeans 3GL Application project with other engineers on your team.  

6.  After you finish the wizard, you should see the remote project icon in your project explorer window.  The small green terminal indicates that it is an OpenVMS remote project.