Previous Topic: Demo Program Completes Execution


Review What Happened

In this part of the demo session you took three important CA InterTest for CICS features. You were able to:

Setting request breakpoints makes it easy for you to halt your program at various points, such as before all HANDLE CONDITION commands or all Terminal Control commands. When your program halts, you can inspect main storage or auxiliary storage to detect errors and review program logic.

Preventing a program from updating a file means you can test a program repeatedly without having to create test data. Many programs can share the same test file because no program will actually change it. And, a test program can use a production file without corrupting it.

Displaying a record in a file lets you see whether your program is working correctly. The FILE facility also lets you add, delete, and update records to meet your individual testing needs and for easy file maintenance.

You have now completed the No File Updating section of the demo session.

  1. Type another option number to continue with the demo session or press Clear to terminate the session.