Re: Debug a CL program

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Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way International
www.TheWay.org

"WDSCI-L" <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 02/02/2017 03:13:27 PM:

----- Message from Jeff Young <jyoung0950@xxxxxxxxx> on Thu, 2 Feb
2017 14:58:01 -0500 -----

To:

"Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client
for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject:

Re: [WDSCI-L] Debug a CL program

Greg,
As far as the No Debug data available, you might try to recompile your

CLP

with the option(*srcdbg) keyword, then (not sure how in rdi) specify
opmsrc(*yes) on the STRDBG command.


Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst

Jeff,

The OP asked about debugging in RDi, your response is not an RDi/WDSc
answer.

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Wilburn [mailto:gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 10:31 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client

for

System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [WDSCI-L] Debug a CL program

Stupid Question:

Can I use RDi to debug a non-ILE CL program?

If so, how do I go about doing that?

Greg,

If you want to debug a batch OPM program, the easiest way is to submit it
on hold--e.g., SBMJOB xxxxxxxx HOLD(*YES). I usually do this by way of the
*JOBD with which I'm submitting (e.g., CHGJOBD smbjobdname HOLD(*YES)--or
I create a *JOBD in my library with the same name as the one used by the
submitting process). Then I go into the Debug perspective and select
'Debug Configurations...'. Then I set up a new "IBM i: Debug Job". I code
the Job Name and User and set the Number to * (a single asterisk); then I
specify the program I want to debug; and click 'Debug'. RDi (and the host
server jobs) see a job for the user on hold, the job is released and RDi
stops on the first executable statement in the program. This isn't quite
as good as a SEP, but it works well for me when I have to debug OPM
programs.

One additional point to make: someone suggested converting the program to
CLLE and recompiling. You have to be careful with that as it can impact
override scoping. The scoping of overrides is the area that really takes
some thought when converting an application to ILE. (That and *NOTIFY
messages no longer server much purpose--at least not the same purpose.)