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Basic Debugging Tasks Checklist

The following list describes the debugging tasks:

• Display the source listing
• Set monitoring for the program
• Set breakpoints
• Set other monitoring options as needed
• Initiate the program
• End the test session

When the program is stopped at a breakpoint, you can do the following tasks:

• Inspect and modify main storage
• Inspect and modify auxiliary storage
• Set and remove breakpoints
• Keep variables in the Keep window to observe changes in their values
• Resume execution
• Abend the task

Important! Before you read this chapter, you should have performed the Basic Demo Session described in the previous chapter. The demo session provides a basic introduction to CA InterTest for CICS and details many of the functions discussed in this chapter.