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hi,

           How do you get the Break on Data Change option for Variables in Unix version of Net Express 5.1 ?, I am able to use the option in the Windows version of the same. Scouring the Internet and Documentation from the Micro focus Website, i found the following Commands.

 

Monitor QCF4
Monitor Break Change QCCtrl F4
Monitor Fixed QCCtrl F5

I am able to use the Monitor Feature, but the remaining two commands only does a Step into and does not Break on changed Value. 


#Monitor
#breakpoint
#animation
#NetExpress5.1
#unix

hi,

           How do you get the Break on Data Change option for Variables in Unix version of Net Express 5.1 ?, I am able to use the option in the Windows version of the same. Scouring the Internet and Documentation from the Micro focus Website, i found the following Commands.

 

Monitor QCF4
Monitor Break Change QCCtrl F4
Monitor Fixed QCCtrl F5

I am able to use the Monitor Feature, but the remaining two commands only does a Step into and does not Break on changed Value. 


#Monitor
#breakpoint
#animation
#NetExpress5.1
#unix
In the Linux/UNIX character mode Animator, you cannot set a global break condition (i.e. unassociated with a particular statement in the Procedure Division), where execution would stop whenever the value of a data-item changes. This was a feature of earlier releases of MF COBOL, such as Workbench and Object COBOL Developer's Suite, but it's not in Server Express.

The closest thing is setting a breakpoint on a particular statement, using the If option in the Breakbpoint menu. Execution will break on that statement if/when the statement is reached and the condition is met. But the condition is tested only on occasions when the statement is reached.