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Set Conditional Breakpoints

First, CA InterTest for CICS displays the Conditional Locations screen.

This screen is similar to the screen used to specify unconditional breakpoints, and you should enter the information in the same way. For details, see Set Unconditional Breakpoints earlier in this chapter.

A special feature lets you set a conditional breakpoint at all instructions.

To set conditional breakpoints:

1. Enter an x in the All Instructions field to request this option, as shown in the following example. If you request the All Instructions option and set a variable‑change breakpoint, the breakpoint takes effect whenever the value of the variable changes.

    CA InterTest MONITORING COMMAND BUILDER  COBOL CONDITIONAL LOCATIONS  12 
                                                                                  
       SET breakpoint locations for PROG=COBDEMO  in any of the following fields:   
      (For qualification by nested program name, specify 'ProgramID:Label')
     Para/Data _______________________________      _______________________________ 
        Names: _______________________________      _______________________________ 
               _______________________________      _______________________________ 
     Statement                                                                    
      Numbers: _____    _____    _____    _____    _____    _____    _____    _____ 
                                                                                  
      Offsets: _____    _____    _____    _____    _____    _____    _____    _____ 
                                                                       í        
               All paragraph names:  _             All instructions: x            
                                                                                  
             Enter 'n' to stop only every n'th time:                         ____ 
             Term ID (or .ANY or .NO) where breakpoints will take effect:    ____ 
             Term ID (or .ANY) that will receive the breakpoints:            ____ 
             Statement no. of indirect command(s) to be executed:            _____
             user ID (or .ANY) who will execute the program                  ______   
   

2. Specify the breakpoint locations, and press Enter to display the Conditional Breakpoint screen.
3. Specify the condition that must be satisfied for the breakpoint to take effect on the Conditional Breakpoint screen.

There are two versions of the Conditional Breakpoint screen: a simplified version for COBOL users, and a detailed version for PL/I and Assembler users and for those COBOL users who prefer this version.

On either version you, specify a condition in this format:

left side relational operator right side

If you are a COBOL user, the following screen opens.

CA InterTest MONITORING COMMAND BUILDER  CONDITIONAL BREAKPOINT    
                                                                               
Œ Enter LEFT SIDE                                                            
       Data Name  taskswitch________________________________________________ 
                                                                              
                                                                              
   Enter OPERATOR (EQ, NE, GT, LT, GE, LE):  eq                           
                                                                              
   Enter RIGHT SIDE                                                           
       Data Name ____________________________________________________________ 
          OR                                                                  
Ž    Literal 3_____________________________________________________________ 
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
            Press PF9 to go to complex conditional screen if necessary  

• Field Œspecifies the left side of the comparison , which is a data name.
• Field  specifies the relational operator:
  EQ for equal
  NE for not equal
  GT for greater than
  LT for less than
  GE for greater than or equal to
  LE for less than or equal to
• Field Žspecifies the right side of the comparison, which is a data name, literal, or figurative constant.