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Interactive Testing: The CA InterTest for CICS Monitor

CA InterTest for CICS allows interactive testing. When CA InterTest for CICS detects an error, you can correct it dynamically (or go around it) and resume testing, allowing you to correct many errors in one test session.

With CA InterTest for CICS, you no longer need dumps. All the information you need to diagnose and correct errors is available online. You can continue testing without recompiling your program or waiting for new printouts.

CA InterTest for CICS acts as an intermediary between your CICS program and the CICS system. Here is how CA InterTest for CICS operates:

• You instruct CA InterTest for CICS to monitor a program, and then run the program.
• CA InterTest for CICS inspects every instruction and CICS command before it executes to make sure neither the program nor CICS itself will fail.
• If an error is detected, CA InterTest for CICS automatically interrupts the program. This temporary interruption in program execution is called a breakpoint.
• CA InterTest for CICS then displays a diagnostic screen explaining the nature of the problem and provides detailed technical information for correcting it.

  The operation of the CA InterTest for CICS monitor is shown next.