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PL/I Advanced Demo Session › Option 05: How to Test a Composite Module › Set Composite Support

Set Composite Support

To set composite support, access the main CNTL menu from which you can set all of CA InterTest for CICS' monitoring options.

  1. Type itst 2.1 on a clear screen, and press Enter.

    This is the fastpath entry from CICS to invoke the Main Menu and select the Program Monitoring Option.

    The Program Monitoring Menu appears.

    ---------------CA InterTest for CICS Release 9.1.00   PROGRAM MONITORING  ---------------
 COMMAND ===>                                                                   
                                                                                
   Type information and S to set or R to remove option(s) below.                
                                                                                
   Program  . . PLIdeml_     Program name (or .ALL, .OPTIONS or generic)        
   User ID  . . ________     User (or .ANY) for whom the program is monitored   
                                                                                
   Option       Description                                            More:   +
 _ Status       Display and/or remove monitoring options (S only)               
 _ Monitor      Monitoring (R removes monitoring and all options previously set)
 _ UBP          Unconditional breakpoints (specific program only)               
 _ CBP          Conditional breakpoints (specific program only)                 
 _ RBP          Breakpoints for CICS, DB2, DL/I or external CALL requests       
 _ Stmt Trace   Statement tracing and data monitoring (COBOL only)              
 _ New copy     Fetch new copy of program and reset monitoring options (S only) 
 _ Commands     Indirect commands defined for a specific COBOL or PL/I program  
 _ Replace      CICS resource name replacement options                          
 _ Protect      Storage protection monitoring options                           
 _ Special      Other options (storage allocation, file updating, etc.)         
 s Composite    Monitor multi-CSECT program's separately compiled components    
                                                                                
 PF1 Help       2            3 End        4 Return     5            6           
 PF7 Backward   8 Forward    9           10           11           12
  2. In the Program field, type the name of the composite module you are using, PLIDEML.
  3. Type s to the left of Composite, and press Enter.

    The Composite Support menu appears.

                CA InterTest MONITORING COMMAND BUILDER - COMPOSITE SUPPORT       23
                     Define composite support for PLIDEML                       
                                                                                
   Link-name  Monitor-name  Offset  Length  Language            Comments        
                                                                                
 _ PLIDEML1     PLIDEML         80     218  PL/I   3.2                          
 _ PLIXOPT      ________       D50       8  __________                          
 _ PSBIN251     PSBIN25        DF8     1A8  PL/I   3.2                          
 _ ASBIN25      ASBIN25        FA0     17C  HLASM  5.0                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
 
                                                                                
                                                                                
 Add, remove, or change monitor names as needed, and press PF5                  
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 PF1 Help       2            3 End        4 Return     5 Process    6           
 PF7 Backward   8 Forward    9           10           11           12

    This menu displays link‑edit information for the composite program and its subroutines. A batch job, executed after the composite module was link‑edited, gave CA InterTest for CICS this information.

    Three monitor‑names are listed: PLIDEML, ASBIN25, and PSBIN25. These are the names under which CA InterTest for CICS monitors the main program and two of the subroutines.

    The batch job that provides the link‑edit information identifies all of a program's called subroutines. For efficiency, however, it is a good idea to specify monitor‑names just for the subroutines you want to test. You can always set monitoring for additional subroutines by assigning monitor‑names on the Composite Support menu.

  4. Press PF5 to set composite support.

    CA InterTest for CICS sets composite support for PLIDEML and returns you to the Program Monitoring menu.

    Now CA InterTest for CICS monitors the subroutines and the composite module PLIDEML so you can take advantage of all CA InterTest for CICS facilities to test and debug each of the programs.