Hi Dan
I just tried the link and it seems to work now. So try again.
I myself have used the EGL to COBOL/CICS and other generation options for many years - both for IBM internally and for customer projects. It works great.
As you want to try out the COBOL/CICS options I assume you have the z/OS platform as target platform.
For that to function I just want you be aware that there are 2 parts in that:
- you must on your personal laptop install the Rational Business Developer (RBD) package - an Eclipse based IDE with EGL functionality added. I assume you will get access to that in the trial process mentioned in your post.
- on your target z/OS platform you or a tech guy must install the counterpart - an EGL Generation Server, that will communicate with your RBD when you activate the Generate option. The Server task receives the generated COBOL source code from the RBD IDE and compiles to load modules. This compilation process can be customized if needed.
So - you will need to work on both your own laptop and on z/OS to do this trial.
But - I am sure it will be worth the work.
best of luck with the trial
Morten Hansen, IBM Denmark
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Morten Hansen
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Original Message:
Sent: Sat December 31, 2022 03:34 PM
From: Dan Kalmar
Subject: RBD/EGL trial
Does IBM still offer a trial for RBD ?
I tried to register for a trial here: "https://www.ibm.com/products/rational-business-developer"
but this link does not seem to work.
We would like to test generating COBOL/CICS code with EGL.
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Dan Kalmar
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