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Hi Rich,

I'd like to run the source level debugger on a program other than the
main program.

I'm going to assume you mean a different module other than the entry module. (Because a *PGM object only contains 1 program...)

I'm assuming that you're using the green screen debugger, invoked via STRDBG. This is /not/ the only source-level debugger that IBM provides -- and indeed, it's even possible to invoke a GUI debugger via the STRDBG command, not just the green-screen one.

1) Run STRDBG PGM(your-program) before running your program. This should show you the source code of your entry module.

2) Hit F14. This will give you a list of the modules in the program.

3) Find the module you want to debug, and put 5=Display Module Source next to that module. Press ENTER.

4) You should now see the source code of the other module. Set a breakpoint where you want the debugger to stop.

5) Press F12 to return to the command line, and run your program.


Alternately, you can use F22=Step Into (this is Shift-F10) to step line-by-line through the code. The difference between F22 and F10 is that when you press F22, it will step into a subprocedure call and show you the code in that procedure (even if it's in a different module, service program, or program). Whereas F10 will only step within the same routine (it will run the called procedure/program but it will not step through it in the debugger like F22 does.)

So that's two alternatives... one where you set a breakpoint in the particular procedure you want to debug, and another where you step into the procedure you want to run. Both should work.

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