RE: RPG IV debugger

One thing STRISDB has is the ability to display selected variables and their
values on the screen constantly.  It's very handy if your attention span is
a short as mine.  As far as I know, you can set conditional breakpoints and
change the values of variables.  It also has keyboard/command line
equivalents for displaying variable values.  I thought it had F9 capability.
It has a "run to cursor" function key.  It's also much more readable on a
true green screen.  One major disadvantage is it only works with OPM
programs. <g>

STRDBG can do wonderful things with multiple occurrence data structures and
display a range of array values. 

The sad truth is that both are almost as good as the debugger Borland
bundled with its budget line of compilers 10 years ago.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Klement [mailto:infosys@klements.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 3:44 PM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: RPG IV debugger


Wow, I almost hate to say this (I'll probably be boo-ed out of town)
but...

I actually prefer STRDBG to STRISDB.

It starts up a lot faster than ISDB, you can do things like DSPMODSRC
and ADDBKP from the command line...  you can add breakpoints on a
"condition" instead of just always breaking on a line, you can
type "eval X = 1" to set X to one during the execution of the program.

In both debuggers you can move the cursor up to a variable name and
hit F11 to see the value of that variable.   In STRDBG you can also
do it by typing "eval X".   And use F9 to bring back the last command
you type...

If you're trying to see the value of a variable for every instance
of a loop, moving the cursor back up and pressing F11 again is really
irritating.   Much easier to hit F9, ENTER.

Whats the big advantage to ISDB?   The "pulldown"-type menus?
I guess the colors are kind of handy... but not THAT handy]

IMHO, STRDBG is vastly superior to ISDB. :)

(you're not going to stone me for this, are you?)



"Brad Bird" <BBird@PrimeInc.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know if there are plans for an improvement in the ILE
>  Debugger
> to bring it back to the quality of the ISDB?  Or are we all at the
>  mercy of
> "purchased" debuggers such as Exterminate?  Speaking of which, does
>  anyone
> have preferences as to  the "BEST" debugger available out there?
>
> Brad Bird
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com
> > [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
> > Behalf Of Joel Fritz
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 1:24 PM
> > To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject: RE: RPG IV debugger
> >
> >
> > Are you compiling your programs with debug view *LIST or
> > *SOURCE?  This will
> > give you a source level view of the program and give you most
> > of the options
> > you had with the OPM source level debugger.
> >
> > That said, in many ways STRDBG in its present incarnation is
> > an inferior
> > tool to its OPM cousin.  It is free.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rajeev Asthana [mailto:Rajeev_Asthana@paramount.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:33 AM
> > To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> > Subject: RPG IV debugger
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Is there any Interactive Source debugger for RPG IV program?
> > The debugger (STRDBG) that's mentioned in the mannual is not
> > as interactive
> > as
> > ISDB.
> > And I am not able to use ISDB for RPG IV.
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> > Rajeev.
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