Re: Does line actually execute in debug?

[Bill Howie <blhowie66@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin,

Exactly what I thought.   Thanks for confirming this for me!

Bill

On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Kevin Bucknum <Kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> The debug processer does stop before the execution of the line. It does
> execute, but the EXFMT doesn't occur. Think of the that line as short
> cut for this:
> If *IN99 = *On;
>    EXFMT FORMATA;
> EndIf;
>
> The If is executed, but not the EXFMT.
>
>
>
>
> Kevin Bucknum
> Senior Programmer Analyst
> MEDDATA/MEDTRON
> Tel: 985-893-2550
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill
> Howie
> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 8:15 AM
> To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
> Subject: Does line actually execute in debug?
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have a question.  I'm running a program in debug and trying to figure
> out
> if a particular display format is being executed.   I've set a
> breakpoint
> on the line and the program does stop there.   However the actual
> execution
> of the line is dependent on an indicator like so:
>
> 99              EXFMT     FORMATA
>
> and the indicator is OFF at the time.   I'm thinking that I'm correct in
> saying that the debug processor stops before the execution of the actual
> line.  So technically if the indicator is off, this line is NOT getting
> executed in any way.   This program has several display formats that are
> almost identical, and I check the open files directly after this
> statement and it does not show this format being displayed.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bill
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