Introduction to the Debug Tool

• Allocation
• Invocation
• Computer Exercise: Setting up to Use the Debug Tool

The Session Panel

• Basic Commands
• AT/ CLEAR
• GO / GOTO / RUNTO / STEP
• LIST
• QUIT / QQUIT
• ?
• Computer Exercise: Introducing the Debug Tool

Managing the screen

• SCROLL
• PANEL
  • Session colors
  • Session layout
  • Session listings
  • Session profile control
• WINDOW
• Function keys
• RETRIEVE
• FIND

Advanced breakpoints

• Command lists
• ENABLE / DISABLE
• TRIGGER
• Changing variables – MOVE, SET, COMPUTE
• Tracking variables – MONITOR
• Computer Exercise: Tailoring the screen and using advanced breakpoints

Debug Tool variables, expressions, and built-in functions

• Debug Tool procedures
• PROCEDURE
• CALL
• COBOL language subset commands
• IF
• EVALUATE
• PERFORM
• CALL
• Working with pointers
• %PATHCODE
• Computer Exercise: Using the Language Subset

Session control commands

• SET
• QUERY

Prefix commands

• AT / CLEAR
• DISABLE / ENABLE
• QUERY
• SHOW

Frequency counts
USE

• Computer Exercise: Using Advanced Features

Debug Tool logs and restart

• Miscellaneous commands
• PLAYBACK
• CLEAR
• Comment
• DESCRIBE
• LIST CONTAINER and LIST STORAGE
• ALLOCATE and FREE
• CHKSTGV
• LOAD
• NAMES
• TSO / SYSTEM
• Computer Exercise: Restart and miscellaneous commands

Debug Tool in other environments

• Miscellaneous issues