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Michael, If you're debugging, then I'd strongly recommend that you just try using the interactive source level debugger that is built into the OS on the iSeries. You have to compile your program a little differently, specifying source debugging. Then, before you run your program test, just start the interactive debugger (STRDBG). During the start process, the source for your program will be displayed; just press the F10 key to continue. Then, run your program. When the program gets called, the actual source statement will be displayed and you can use the F10 key to walk through the program on a step-by-step basis. If you want to view any of the variables, please the cursor over the variable and press the F11 key. This just gets you started, but it is a much better form of program debugging. If you want the program to run to a specific point, then you can set a breakpoint and the program will run until it reaches that point and then stop on the instruction that you set it for. This, in my opinion, is the best way to debug on the iSeries in COBOL. I can get a lot done in a single debugging session. I came to iSeries COBOL years ago from mainframe COBOL and once I learned how to use the source debugger, I never looked back. Rich Loeber Kisco Information Systems http://www.kisco.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Rosinger wrote:
List, Another ILE/COBOL newbie question. I was running a test program where I was issuing a lot of DISPLAY UPON SYSOUT messages for debug purposes. The job was cancelled by the system because "the size of the message queue for job xxx reached the maximum size". I see from the output that in addition to the lines I was interested in seeing there were lots of system-generated stuff that I did not care about. In the mainframe world, we are used to using a lot of DISPLAY UPON SYSLST (if need be) and they just get routed to a different spooled entry which is separate from any of the other reports the program may generate. It's readily accessible if you happen to need it to verify a problem and easily discarded if you don't. So, in the iSeries world, what is the "acceptable" way to create printed output for debug and tracking purposes? Coding a DISPLAY UPON SYSOUT is, of course, easier than defining and writing to a print file, but it's not a big deal if that is what must be done. Your suggestions please? TIA -- Regards, Michael Rosinger Systems Programmer / DBA Computer Credit, Inc. 640 West Fourth Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101 336-761-1524 m rosinger at cciws dot com -- This is the COBOL Programming on the iSeries/AS400 (COBOL400-L) mailing list To post a message email: COBOL400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/cobol400-l or email: COBOL400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/cobol400-l.
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