Re: Classic PDF format documentation for strdbg?

[Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>]

just adding this to the list


https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/debugger-does-not-display-source-wide-screen-mode



Patrik Schindler wrote on 9/4/2025 3:23 AM:
> Hello,
>
> I'm searching for a classic IBM documentation PDF file, explaining strdbg.
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> 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:
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> 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):
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> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.6.0?topic=programs-ile-source-debugger
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> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.6.0?topic=program-ile-source-debugger
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> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.6.0?topic=programs-ile-source
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> Does this mean, there is no debugger-centric documentation?
>
>
> Sub-question: What is the key difference between strdbg and strisdb?
>
> Thanks!
>
> :wq! PoC