You can specify options that control the behavior when debugging
Micro Focus COBOL in
Tools > Options > Debugging, and on the
COBOL page.
Native COBOL
- Step into inline PERFORM statements when using Step Over
- By default,
Step Over (F10) skips inline PERFORM statements.
- Check this option to enable stepping into inline PERFORM statements when you use
Step Over. Works with native code only.
- Suspend at 'stop run'
- Causes the program being debugged to pause when a 'stop run' statement is reached.
Note: When the program has been paused at stop run, you can stop debugging only by choosing
Debug > Stop Debugging.
- Show load information for system programs
- Enables the load information for system programs such as Adis and the File Handler to be displayed in the Output and in the Modules windows.
- Program breakpoint on main entry point only
- Check this option to specify that a program breakpoint causes execution to stop only when the Procedure Division entry point is called. With this option unchecked, which is the default, a program breakpoint causes execution to stop on any entry point to the program and on return to the program from a call.
Expanded Copybook View Behavior
- Enable inline step into copybooks
- Enables inline step into copybooks.
Note: This option is only active if the
Enable expanded copybook view setting on the
Tools > Options > Text Editor > Micro Focus COBOL > Advanced page is set to
True.
Tooltip Style
- Show COBOL OCCURS or reference modification value
- Specifies whether the debug tooltip for subscripted OCCURS items should display the elements of arrays (unchecked) or display the value of the current expression (checked).
- You can change your preference for the tooltip style directly in the editor - right-click in the editor, click
COBOL Debug Tooltip Style and either enable or disable
Show COBOL OCCURS or reference modification value.
You can also specify the following options in
Tools > Options > Debugging that are applicable to
Micro Focus projects:
- Just-In-Time page
- Check
Micro Focus Native Debugger to enable just-in-time debugging for when the application fails.
- Symbols page
- Add a new folder by clicking
New Folder, and in the Symbol file locations list, enter the absolute path to the
.idy files. This makes the symbol files (.idy) available for debugging.
