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Netexpress animation stops in every program

  • January 15, 2014
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I have somehow gotten my NetExpress COBOL programs to stop, as if there were a breakpoint set in them, at the beginning of every program called.  I do not want this to happen, but I can't find doc on what caused it and how to change it back so that animation only stops at breakpoints that have been set.  Thanks.


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Chris Glazier
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I have somehow gotten my NetExpress COBOL programs to stop, as if there were a breakpoint set in them, at the beginning of every program called.  I do not want this to happen, but I can't find doc on what caused it and how to change it back so that animation only stops at breakpoints that have been set.  Thanks.


#animation

Check to see if you are compiling using the INITCALL"CBL_DEBUGREAK" directive.

This causes the program to start the animator when run.

Also setting the environment variable COBSW= A before starting your application will have the same effect.

You can check if program breakpoints are set in the NX IDE under Animate-->Breakpoiint-->Program.

Thanks.


  • January 16, 2014

I have somehow gotten my NetExpress COBOL programs to stop, as if there were a breakpoint set in them, at the beginning of every program called.  I do not want this to happen, but I can't find doc on what caused it and how to change it back so that animation only stops at breakpoints that have been set.  Thanks.


#animation

The INITCALL"CBL_DEBUGREAK" directive was it.  I had put it in when trying to set a breakpoint in netexpress when running from a VB.net GUI.

Thanks.