How to debug a batch job in AS400 steps : Trick to debug a batch job by using ILE debugger

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b>How to debug a batch job in AS400 steps : Trick to debug a batch job by using ILE debugger</b></span></h2><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif">Q. </span></b><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Your "RPG for RPG Programmers" presentation covered the ILE debugger for interactive jobs. But I need to debug a batch program. Do I need a different debugger?<br /><br /><b>A.</b> No. You can use the same ILE debugger to debug interactive or batch jobs, written in ILE or OPM languages. But there are a few extra steps to get the debugger started. Here's a cheat sheet: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">SBMJOB ... HOLD(*YES) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">STRSRVJOB JOB(jobnbr/user/jobnam) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">STRDBG <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">When source is displayed, press F12<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">RLSJOB JOB(jobnbr/user/jobnam) <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">When Start Serviced Job display appears, press F10<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">When command entry display is shown, DSPMODSRC <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">When source is displayed, set a breakpoint, then press F12 <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">When command entry display is shown, press F12<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">When Start Serviced Job display reappears, press Enter <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">Program will stop at breakpoint, and can be debugged interactively<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">After serviced job ends <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">ENDDBG <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"" style="font-size: large;">ENDSRVJOB<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ol><div><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarlXQLNR-EFgTuY3vIoT-mswVorXUTWZvrpf3fCry0OJwehzQSShGT-2VfZKPwTfxNA-MpXUDp7j4SuoNlGbQqpqLDj7rW7UCz1BeflK_b8YZrEaiNXe74hVijfU-tnVGclFwtporg0I/s1600/how+to+debug+a+batch+job+in+AS400+steps.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarlXQLNR-EFgTuY3vIoT-mswVorXUTWZvrpf3fCry0OJwehzQSShGT-2VfZKPwTfxNA-MpXUDp7j4SuoNlGbQqpqLDj7rW7UCz1BeflK_b8YZrEaiNXe74hVijfU-tnVGclFwtporg0I/s1600/how+to+debug+a+batch+job+in+AS400+steps.png" /></a></div><div><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif"><br /></span></div></div>

How to debug a batch job in AS400 steps : Trick to debug a batch job by using ILE debugger

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