Mark,
I work with COBOL, so I am just commenting based on that. I start up a
program in DEBUG - Then highlight the field I want to check for a certain
change and right click on it - Then select Add Watch Break Point.
Then just hit Next and Finish and that should have it stop every time it
changes. They use to have an Expression: field you could add to check for
something, but it is not on that Add Watch Break Point anymore :(. To get
that you have to go through another step, which is....
Find your BreakPoint you just set up in the Beakpoints tab of the Debug
session(next to the Monitors tab on mine). Right click on it up there and
you get option to Edit BreakPoint. When you go into the Edit BreakPoint
you hit NEXT then you will see the Expression: field. You can add
something like A36-GROUP-LINE = '23' and it should stop every time the
field = that.
Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but figured I would take a
stab at it.
Jeff
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From: "Mark Murphy/STAR BASE Consulting Inc." <mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 08/04/2016 03:35 PM
Subject: [WDSCI-L] RDi Debug - Break when variable changes
Sent by: "WDSCI-L" <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
In the past I have been able to set a debugger to stop when a variable
value changes. I am unable to find a similar feature in RDi. Here is the
issue. I have an old spaghetti program full of tags, gotos, and cabs that
jump all over the program. I have a variable that is being populated
incorrectly, but I have no idea where the offending code is. I would be
nice to be able to just have the debugger watch the value of this
variable, and when it is changed to the invalid value, break. Or when it
is changed to any value break there. This would speed up my debugging
immensely.
If anyone knows how to do this in RDi, please let me know, or vote for my
RFE here
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=92620
.
Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
midrange.com
