Problem:

After a MFSGEN, the MFS is not displayed in Mainframe Express (MFE) as it once was in COBOL Workbench 4.0.38.  How can I do this in MFE?

Resolution:

The display of a MFS screen after a MFSGEN is no longer automatically done in MFE v3.0 as it once was in COBOL Workbench. In order to see the MFS screen displayed after the MFSGEN is started one has to do one of these two steps:

- run /FOR from the IMS region using the modname

      The modname can be found in the Project View on the IMS

     tab, select MFS Gens in the left hand pane and then you will

     see the names in the right hand pane.  

- add the gui setting (individual or project wide) for /FOR (it is not

   case sensitive) on the MFS tab in the Build Settings.

      This has to be done because the /COMPILE command does

     not allow directives. Once the /for has been added to the gui

     it will remain there. It can be added once for each desired MFS

     or added once for the entire project.

   Next run mfecl from the command line in a MFE Command Prompt.

   For example:

           mfecl /compile lorince.mvp c2fmfs.mfs

      The final time displayed will most likely show a longer time than

     expected. This is because the MFSGEN process starts when the

     MFS is compiled and continues on until the screen display is

     cleared.