Re: ACS Debugger - Single Step?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kevin

I think I've been on the wrong trail here - I thought I remembered that 
the ACS debugger (which is the one that comes with JT400) is a lot like 
the RDi debugger - I can't even start the ACS one at the moment, 
although I used it at least 7 years ago. It does seem to have Function 
keys based on the green screen one, I think the RDi debugger has 
different ones.

But I'll back out of this - obviously I don't have enough experience to 
even make guesses at this - my apologies!

Vern

On 6/19/2020 7:21 AM, Kevin Bucknum wrote:
> Correct - F11 is the equivalent. He just didn't equate F10 - Step in the green screen to F11 - Step Over in the ACS Debugger. I think IBM just shortened the description on the f-key display at the bottom due to space reasons. F22 says Step Into, but F10 just says Step. However if you look at the help for the function keys, it explicitly says that F10 is Step Over.
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> F10=Step
>      Puts the program being displayed into step-over mode.  After one
>      statement of the program runs, the Display Module Source display
>      is shown.  To step through more than one statement, type in the
>        step command with a value entered for the statement count
>      parameter.
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> On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 19:31 -0500, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
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> I think Roger wants the equivalent stuff in the ACS debugger.
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> That debugger is pretty much the same as the debugger in RDi. Roger, you
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> should be seeing a Debug menu, the step stuff might be there, and it
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> would have the F-keys to use for each. There should also be icons on the
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> toolbar, if you hover over them, I think they give you the shortcuts.
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> RDi has, in the Help menu, an item called "Cheat sheets" - click on that
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> and you'll get a dialog with an IBM i item, open it, and you will see
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> one for debugging - what you learn there is likely to be just as useful
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> for the ACS debugger.
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> HTH
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> Vern
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> On 6/18/2020 1:25 PM, Kevin Bucknum wrote:
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> F10 in green screen is step over. F11 would be the equivalent. And Shift F11 would be the same as F22 (Shift F10) in the green screen. Step Into.
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> On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 18:17 +0000, Roger Harman wrote:
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> I recently saw a couple of posts or articles about the ACS debugger.
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> Thought I'd try it out today but I don't see any means of single step through statements (F10 in green screen).  Breakpoints, run to, step over, etc. but no single step.
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> Am I being completely oblivious to something?
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> Roger Harman
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