Problem:

Set up COBOL application to use Non-COBOL web services

Resolution:

In order to use web serivces from with a COBOL application the best thing to do is generate a client side program based on the WSDL (.wsdl) which is made available by the supplier of the web service.

After aquiring the .wsdl file execute the following command:

imtkmake -genclientwsdl clientwsdl=[name of the wsdl file]  

This will create a client application program and a cleint proxy program, the application program can be used to test the ability to use the web service,  The proxy program can be called by any COBOL program passing the proper arguments and it performs all of the work of communicating with the web serivce/