iSeries / AS400 FAQ : (Category) Programming : How can I debug an ILE program in batch?
Brad Stone has a FAQ entry that addresses this: http://bvstools.com/faq.html#RPG If that site is unavailable, here is a list of steps culled from posts to RPG400-L: Using the green screen debugger: • Submit your program to batch. The job MUST be held. You can either hold the job queue (HLDJOBQ) or hold the individual job (HLDJOB) or specify HOLD(*YES) on the SBMJOB command. • WRKSBMJOB/WRKUSRJOB/WRKACTJOB and find your submitted job. Note that the SBMJOB command gives you an informational message with the job name/number. What you need is the job name, user ID and job number – the fully qualified job name. Example: 123456/BUCK/MONTHEND • STRSRVJOB on the held batch job. • STRDBG on your program. Specify UPDPROD(*YES) if needed. You’ll see the source listing if you compiled with DBGVIEW(*LIST) or *SOURCE. • Press F12 to exit – you cannot set a breakpoint yet. • Release the job so that it becomes STATUS(*ACTIVE). • You’ll see a display asking if you want to debug or continue. Press F10 t
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