Create a Project

To create a project to hold the demo application files:

Create a working directory on your machine, for example c:\tutorials\.
Start Visual Studio.
Click File > New > Project.
Under Installed Templates, expand COBOL and select Native. In the right-hand pane, select Mainframe Subsystem Application.
Enter acctclnt as the name of the project.
Enter c:\tutorials as the location of your project.
Clear the Create directory for solution check box.
Click OK. This creates a folder acctclnt in the directory specified in the Location text box.