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Product Overview
The architecture of Micro Focus Mainframe Express is centered around several key components that work together to provide a complete mainframe application development and execution environment on Windows. The core components include the Mainframe Express IDE, the COBOL compiler, the mainframe emulator, and debugging tools. The Mainframe Express IDE serves as the central hub for development activities.
It provides a graphical user interface for editing COBOL and Assembler source code, managing projects, and configuring the emulator. The COBOL compiler translates source code into executable programs. The mainframe emulator simulates a mainframe environment, allowing developers to run and test their applications on Windows.
The emulator supports CICS, DB2, and IMS environments, enabling the execution of a wide range of mainframe applications. Communication between components occurs primarily through standard Windows protocols and file system interactions. The IDE interacts with the compiler to build programs and with the emulator to execute them.
The emulator uses configuration files to define its behavior, including system resources, network settings, and the emulated mainframe environment. The product supports batch processing and utilities such as SORT and IEBGENER. The Mainframe Express IDE provides a graphical interface for managing projects, editing code, and debugging applications.
The emulator supports batch processing and utilities such as SORT and IEBGENER. The Mainframe Express IDE provides a graphical interface for managing projects, editing code, and debugging applications.
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