Re: Classic PDF format documentation for strdbg? -- MIDRANGE-L

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1. Re: Classic PDF format documentation for strdbg? (Rob Berendt)

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date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 08:17:16 -0400
from: Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Classic PDF format documentation for strdbg?

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://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
ibm.com%2Fdocs%2Fen%2Fi%2F7.6.0%3Ftopic%3Dprogramming-ile-languages&da
ta=05%7C02%7Cmichael.mayer%40ermco-eci.com%7C4831f0d83f0f4e4a51ba08dde
bb9721c%7Cd2deeaf270e4425c91d7d99d784e89d6%7C0%7C0%7C63892590393312170
2%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIs
IlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Z2
GJw9Wpo%2FnJxBdnQTfsUjTdjTYTi18dBihTGq7OsZ4%3D&reserved=0

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://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
ibm.com%2Fdocs%2Fen%2Fi%2F7.6.0%3Ftopic%3Dprograms-ile-source-debugger
&data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.mayer%40ermco-eci.com%7C4831f0d83f0f4e4a51ba08
ddebb9721c%7Cd2deeaf270e4425c91d7d99d784e89d6%7C0%7C0%7C63892590393314
0363%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwM
CIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata
=HUwnFkTmVYAkkRlNEIjC6cVN%2FCCh9uwnkp%2BLEhf6WAk%3D&reserved=0

https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
ibm.com%2Fdocs%2Fen%2Fi%2F7.6.0%3Ftopic%3Dprogram-ile-source-debugger&
data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.mayer%40ermco-eci.com%7C4831f0d83f0f4e4a51ba08d
debb9721c%7Cd2deeaf270e4425c91d7d99d784e89d6%7C0%7C0%7C638925903933157
084%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMC
IsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=
4dHrk3ogfUVNYgjEPox8xcXUhktqzVG7L3YLTbWkB6Q%3D&reserved=0

https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
ibm.com%2Fdocs%2Fen%2Fi%2F7.6.0%3Ftopic%3Dprograms-ile-source&data=05%
7C02%7Cmichael.mayer%40ermco-eci.com%7C4831f0d83f0f4e4a51ba08ddebb9721
c%7Cd2deeaf270e4425c91d7d99d784e89d6%7C0%7C0%7C638925903933173961%7CUn
known%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOi
JXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XidqMe6c
bG0qZMiHubVs1ybt9ow8aYDrrCqvmBzYAjs%3D&reserved=0

Does this mean, there is no debugger-centric documentation?

Sub-question: What is the key difference between strdbg and strisdb?

Thanks!

:wq! PoC