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Set Unconditional Breakpoints

If you want to set unconditional breakpoints, the Breakpoint Locations screen opens. COBOL, PL/I, and Assembler versions of the Breakpoint Locations screen are available. The following screen is the COBOL version.

       CA InterTest MONITORING COMMAND BUILDER  COBOL BREAKPOINT LOCATIONS   11 
                                                                                
    SET breakpoint locations for PROG=COBDEMO  in any of the following fields:  
    (For qualification by nested program name, specify 'ProgramID:Label')
ŒPara/Data ___________________________        _______________________________ 
      Names: ___________________________        _______________________________ 
             ___________________________        _______________________________ 
   Statement                                                              
 Numbers: ____    _____    _____    _____    _____    _____    _____    _____ 
                                                                               
Ž  Offsets: ____    _____    _____    _____    _____    _____    _____    _____
                                                                                
             All paragraph names:  _                                     
                                                                                
         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              ________ ”

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To set breakpoints, enter the following information:

Specify up to nine breakpoint locations in fields Œ through Ž.

COBOL

For a COBOL program, this is a paragraph name or data name Œ, a statement number , or the hexadecimal displacement (offset) from the beginning of the

program Ž.

ASSEMBLER

For an Assembler program, breakpoint locations are Assembler labels, datanames, or offsets.

PL/I

For a PL/I program, breakpoint locations can be offsets or, if you have the PL/I symbolic option, PL/I labels or statement numbers.

Follow these rules when specifying information:

• If you specify statement #1, CA InterTest for CICS sets a breakpoint at the first executable instruction in a COBOL Procedure Division, Assembler CSECT, or PL/I procedure.
• COBOL statements can contain more than one verb. In specifying statement numbers, indicate the verb at which the breakpoint should occur. A statement number of nnn or nnn.0 indicates the first verb in the statement, nnn.1 indicates the second verb, nnn.2 indicates the third verb, and so on.

Example

A statement number entered as 503.3 specifies a breakpoint at the fourth verb in statement number 503.

• If you specify a COBOL or Assembler data name, breakpoints are set at every reference to that data name.
• Enter an X in the All paragraph names field (COBOL)  or All Assembler labels field to set breakpoints at all paragraph names or all labels.
• Optional specifications:
• If you set a breakpoint within a loop, specify in field  how often the program should be halted.

Example

If you specify 3, the breakpoint occurs every third time the program passes through the loop.

• Specify in field ‘ the ID of the terminal where the program must be executing for breakpoints to take effect. If you leave this field blank, it defaults to your current terminal. Enter .ANY to have breakpoints take effect at all terminals, even when the program executes without a terminal. Enter .NO to have breakpoints take effect only when the program executes without a terminal.
• Specify in field ’ the ID of the terminal to receive breakpoint displays. If you leave this field blank, it defaults to your current terminal. Enter .ANY to have breakpoint screens displayed at the terminal where the program is executing when breakpoints occur.
• Specify in field “ the statement number of the indirect command that you want to invoke at the breakpoint you have set.
• Specify in field ” the user ID who must be executing the program for the breakpoint to take effect. Valid entries are .ANY or a specific CICS user ID.

When you complete entering all the necessary information, press Enter.

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