Main Storage Capabilities

Using Main Storage facilities of CA InterTest for CICS, you can do any of these functions:

Display areas of CICS main storage
- Program‑related areas such as data items or the COMMAREA
- Task‑related areas such as the TCA or TWA
- System‑related areas such as the CSA, CICS tables, or BMS maps
- Qualified, indexed, or subscripted COBOL data names
Display a data structure in COBOL DMAP sequence, Assembler DSECT sequence, or CICS areas in DSECT sequence
Modify areas of CICS main storage by
- Directly typing over the displayed data
- Filling in a pre‑for matted MOVE command
- Moving data from one location to another
Scan backward and forward through CICS main storage for specified data strings
Load or delete a program load module
Dynamically acquire CICS main storage
Dump a specified area to the dump data set
If you display a COBOL data item when your program is at a breakpoint, CA InterTest for CICS formats the field according to its definition and determines whether the field's current value is valid. For example, if you use CORE to display the contents of a COMP‑3 field that contains low‑values such as binary zeros, CA InterTest for CICS automatically informs you that the field contains invalid data. In addition, if the field is numeric, such as hexadecimal or packed decimal, CA InterTest for CICS displays its decimal value.