Re: RPG IV debugger

["Rick Staebler" <Linda_Rick_Staebler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Handy <dhandy@isgroup.net>
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 7:09 AM
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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