IBM i Debugger in VSC for RPGLE

[JamesBerlekamp]

Attempting to begin using the debugger with VSC for i. Is there a good new users doc to follow? Can CL be debugged? Batch and Interactive?

[sebjulliand]

Hi @JamesBerlekamp ,
please have a look here: https://codefori.github.io/docs/developing/debug/

Yes, CLLE can be debugged (CLP not so much). Service Entry Points (SEP) will allow you to debug both batch and interactive. Batch debug will allow you...to start and debug batch.

[JamesBerlekamp]

I have it running. Thanks for your help. Where does the output of n interactive session show?

[sebjulliand]

I'm not sure to understand. An interactive session would take place in a 5250 session and the output goes there usually.
Otherwise, any output produced by a command executed by Code for IBM i will be found in the Code for i output.

[JamesBerlekamp]

I am debugging this program and there is no output showing in that output tab.

Output:

[JamesBerlekamp]

I was assuming the DSPLY results would show in the output tab. Variables show in the variables window. Are interactive jobs that would be on a green screen debugged by attaching?

[sebjulliand]

DSPLY goes in the joblog, unless I'm wrong. But when debugging in batch mode (your case), the program gets called in a submitted job, so everything will go in the submitted job's log, not the Code for i output.

And that's correct, debugging an interactive job will require you to define a SEP (Service Entry Point), that will start a debug session whenever the program set in the SEP gets executed from any place.

[JamesBerlekamp]

Thank you!