Re: Classic PDF format documentation for strdbg?

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

You were so close.
RPG, ILE RPG Programmer's Guide
What is the first line there but "PDF file for ILE RPG Programmer's Guide"
But there does not seem to be a separate PDF for just debugging.

On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm searching for a classic IBM documentation PDF file, explaining strdbg.
>
> I have found SC09-1897-00, "ADTS/400: Interactive Source Debugger" from
> 1994 with less than 40 pages. Not sure if something newer is existing, and
> relevant for me?
>
> In the online docs section, I see there is a similarly structured tree for
> every ILE language here:
>
> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.6.0?topic=programming-ile-languages
>
> From there, it's
> => C and C++ => ILE C/C++ Programmer's Guide => Debugging Programs
>
> => COBOL => ILE COBOL Programmer's Guide => Compiling, Running, and
> Debugging ILE COBOLPrograms => Debugging a Program
>
> => RPG => ILE RPG Programmer's Guide => Debugging and Exception Handling
> => Debugging Programs
>
>
> From that point, all three language documentation converge towards the
> initial chapter "The ILE source debugger" (the title for RPG being somewhat
> truncated):
>
> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.6.0?topic=programs-ile-source-debugger
>
> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.6.0?topic=program-ile-source-debugger
>
> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.6.0?topic=programs-ile-source
>
> Does this mean, there is no debugger-centric documentation?
>
>
> Sub-question: What is the key difference between strdbg and strisdb?
>
> Thanks!
>
> :wq! PoC
>
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