RE: RPG IV debugger

This is good stuff - exactly what we "gripe" about here.  However, does
these PTF's also give us the source statement number when (Since we are
quality people I should say IF) a ILE program errors and QSYSOPR gets a
error message (Or even be listed in the dump would be nice).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Douglas Handy
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 8:37 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: RPG IV debugger
>
>
> Rick,
>
> > I do the same thing on a file I/O to avoid a million F10's
>
> Maybe you aren't aware that IBM addressed this starting with V4R3 and
> PTF'd it back as far as V3R2 and V3R6.
>
> If you add H-spec keyword   Option( *NoDebugIO )   it will keep the
> debugger from stopping on each field as it is moved from the buffer to
> the field location.
>
> Also, the same PTF's add support for Option( *SrcStmt ) which causes
> messages to refer to the source statement number instead of the
> compiler listing number.  This also is helpful during StrDbg.
>
> I routinely add both to all my programs by specifying:
>
>      H  Option( *SrcStmt: *NoDebugIO )
>
> One caveat though: the PTF's add the support to the compiler but not
> to the SEU syntax checking.  Therefore SEU will complain when you
> enter the statement, even after the PTF's are applied.  Ignore the
> error and compile it anyway.
>
> Here are the original PTF numbers for the various releases:
>
>
>          Compiler (product 57xxRG1) | Runtime (product 57xxSS1)
>          -------------------------- | ------------------------
>  V3R2    SF46001                    | SF45788
>  V3R6    SF45749                    | SF45430
>  V3R7    SF46327                    | SF46321
>  V4R1    (use V3R7 compiler + PTF)  | SF46462
>  V4R2    SF45191                    | SF45189
>
> Enjoy.
>
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