COBOL Advanced Demo Session

The demo session in the second chapter detailed the basics of working with CA InterTest for CICS. Now we will look at some of the advanced features of CA InterTest for CICS.

Note: Only a handful of CA InterTest for CICS features are demonstrated in this demo session. For more information, see the User Guide or the Help facility.

If you are a new user, you might want to postpone this advanced demo session until you are more comfortable with the basic features of CA InterTest for CICS.

This chapter consists of the following independent sections. Each details a different advanced CA InterTest for CICS feature:

Option Number	Demonstration
Option 01	Replace a file name.
Option 02	Limit the number of CICS requests issued by a program. Limit the amount of storage obtained by a program.
Option 03	Prevent a program from updating a file. Use request breakpoints and the FILE facility.
Option 04	Display variable length data.
Option 05	Display indexed COBOL table items.
Option 06	Detect and prevent a storage violation.
Option 07	Test a composite module.

Before proceeding with the demo session, you must complete the steps outlined in the next section.

This section contains the following topics:

Demo Preliminaries

Execute the Demo Program

Option 01: Replace a File Control ID

Option 02: Limit CICS Storage and Requests

Option 03: Prevent a Program from Updating a File

Option 04: How to Display Variable Length Data

Option 05: How to Work with Indexed Table Items

Option 06: How to Detect a Storage Violation

Option 07: How to Test a Composite Module