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how to debug a program without using ibm debug tools

Postby pradeepgowda » Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:45 pm

hi,

How to debug the program without using debugging tools(ie without using xpeditor,tracemaster..)
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Re: how to debug a program without using ibm debug tools

Postby Bill Dennis » Mon Jan 04, 2010 7:49 pm

Do you have an ABEND dump or just tracing the flow?

One method for tracing the flow is to use DISPLAY at certain points to show the path taken and field values at those points.
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Re: how to debug a program without using ibm debug tools

Postby Anuj Dhawan » Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:28 pm

I used to do something similar what Bill has said. In intial years, I used to add DISPLAY for each para-name to understand the flow of the program...
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