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Attach the Indirect Command to Breakpoints

To have the indirect commands automatically executed by your program, set an unconditional, conditional, or request breakpoint that points to the first indirect command statement number. When you set a breakpoint with this option, each time the breakpoint takes effect the indirect commands are executed.

From the Source Listing Display screen, set the unconditional or conditional breakpoint as follows:

1. Display the line in your source code where you want to set the breakpoint to execute the indirect commands.
2. Type bpo in the command line or 12 in the Option # field (Breakpoint Options), tab down to the line where you want to set the breakpoint, type u for unconditional or c for conditional, and press Enter.

   The Breakpoint Locations menu displays, which lets you set a number of breakpoint options.

3. Tab to the following option near the bottom of the panel:

   Statement no. of indirect command(s) to be executed:    _____
   

   and type the first indirect command statement number (leading zeroes are optional), as shown in the following screen.

       CA InterTest MONITORING COMMAND BUILDER - COBOL BREAKPOINT LOCATIONS      11
                                                                                   
       SET breakpoint options for   PROG=COBDEMO  for location:                    
                                                                                   
               000479 Execute indirect command 100                                 
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                          After: _ 
                                                                                   
               Enter 'n' to stop only every n'th time:                         ____
               Term ID (or .ANY or .NO) where breakpoints will take effect:    U080
               Term ID (or .ANY) that will receive the breakpoints:            U080
               Statement no. of indirect command(s) to be executed:           10___
               User ID (or .ANY) who will execute the program:             .ANY    
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
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4. Press Enter to process this menu.
5. If you are setting a conditional breakpoint, enter the condition on the Conditional Breakpoint screen and press Enter.

   Your source listing display shows the indirect command to be executed on the line above the statement with the U or C indicator.

To set a request breakpoint that executes an indirect command, follow the usual steps to set the request breakpoint from the menus. On the Request Breakpoint Selection menu, also type the statement number of the indirect command to execute, as shown in the following screen.

CA InterTest MONITORING COMMAND BUILDER ‑ REQUEST BREAKPOINT SELECTION  13
                                                                                
              Set  one or more types of Request Breakpoints in:                 
                                PROG=COBDEMO                                    
                                                                                
 _ ALL commands                    _ DL/I    _ DB2     _ CALLs                  
                                                                                
   _ Address, Assign,         _ Storage Control    _ BMS                        
       Handles, Push, Pop     _ Program Control    _ Trace Control              
   _ Terminal Control         _ Interval Control   _ Dump Control               
   x File Control             _ Task Control       _ Batch Data Interchange     
   _ TD Control               _ Journal Control    _ Built‑In Functions         
   _ TS Control               _ Syncpoints         _ Sys Prog Functions         
   _ Web access               _ Business Trans     _ 3270 Bridge                
                                                                                
   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:            0010_        
   User ID (or .ANY) who will execute the program:                 .any____     
                                                                                
                                                                                
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 PF7            8            9           10           11           12