InterTest for CICS Testing and Debugging

    

Summary:
This class provides the students with a with a comprehensive explanation of the capabilities that exist for testing and debugging CICS written programs using the InterTest for CICS product.

Duration:
1 Day/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
The course is recommended for CICS application programmers, database administrators, systems programmers, and other personnel who are interested in learning how to use the InterTest for CICS product.

Topics:

• InterTest for CICS facilities
• Breakpoint processing
• Automatic breakpoints
• User defined breakpoints
• Symbolic source code
• Initial processing steps
• Setting breakpoints
• The keep window
• Breakpoint options
• Backtraces
• Indirect commands
• Monitoring the status display
• Displaying and modifying main storage
• Locate command
• Obtaining help
• Demonstration program processing
• The core command
• The file command
• DB2 and SQL/DS processing
• User abend codes
• Advanced breakpoint settings
• Composite support
• Replacing an fc identifier
• Limiting resources
• Preventing storage violations
• SymDump capabilities

Prerequisites:
Students should have an understanding of CICS programming facilities.

Last Update: February 11, 2012