Building Applications for UNIX** Environments

Using the Micro Focus COBOL Compiler

If you develop applications that contain embedded SQL and DB2 API calls, and you are using the Micro Focus COBOL compiler, keep the following points in mind:

When you precompile your application using the command line processor command db2 prep, use the target mfcob option (the default).
In order to use the built-in precompiler front-end, runtime interpreter or Animator debugger, add the DB2 Generic API entry points to the Micro Focus runtime module rts32 by executing the MKRTS command provided by Micro Focus, as follows:
1. Log in as root.
2. Execute MKRTS with the arguments supplied in the following directories:
  For AIX:
```
/usr/lpp/db2_05_00/lib/db2mkrts.args
```
  For other UNIX platforms:
```
/opt/IBMdb2/V5.0/lib/db2mkrts.args
```
You must include the DB2 COBOL COPY file directory in the Micro Focus COBOL environment variable COBCPY. The directory specifies the location of COPY files. The DB2 COPY files for Micro Focus COBOL reside in sqllib/include/cobol_mf under the database instance directory.
To include the directory on AIX, enter:
```
export COBCPY=$COBCPY:/usr/lpp/db2_05_00/include/cobol_mf
```
To include the directory on other UNIX platforms enter:
```
export COBCPY=$COBCPY:/opt/IBMdb2/V5.0/include/cobol_mf
```
Note: You might want to set COBCPY in the .profile file.

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