Re: COBOL ILE program dump not showing all variables

[Jim Essinger <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>]

It has to do with the compile options.  The default option is *NOUNREF which
means that if the variable is not referenced in the module, you will not be
able to see the contents in debug or a program dump.  If the module is
compiled with the option *UNREF, then those variables will be available for
debug and dumps.

> From the compile help:

*NOUNREF
    Unreferenced data items are not included in the compiled module.
    This reduces the amount storage used, allowing a larger program
    to be compiled.  You cannot look at or assign to an unreferenced
    data item during debugging when the *NOUNREF option is chosen.
    The unreferenced data items still appear in the cross-reference
    listings produced by specifying OPTION (*XREF).

*UNREF
    Unreferenced data items are included in the compiled module.

HTH

Jim

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:04 AM, twrpwrorl none <twrpwrorl@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hello.
>
>
>
> We've just moved from COBOL OPM to COBOL ILE.  When deliberately producing
> a dump by calling QlnDumpCobol, I'm not getting a dump of ALL the variables.
>  But I am getting some of them.  I can't understand why.  I have several
> fields in one 01-level which is in the FILE SECTION.  The fields are copied
> in using COPY DD-ALL-FORMATS.  Yet only one field from this 01-level is
> printed in the dump.  I've searched on QlnDumpCobol but it only tells me
> that fields must be in the "HLL symbol table" for them to be dumped.  I
> would think all fields would be in the symbol table, but I don't know much
> about this.
>
>
>
> Any ideas why fields are not appearing in the dump?  TIA.
>
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