debugTrace

When you generate a COBOL program, the debugTrace build descriptor option indicates whether or not to enable tracing of the generation process.

Please do not set the option value to YES unless you are working with IBM® service personnel, who will also request that the symbolic parameter DEBUGTRACE be set to IBM. The trace information that results from the special generation is quite extensive and is embedded in the output COBOL program.

You can get partial tracing details without setting the debugTrace option to YES:
  1. Find the EGL code section that you want to debug.
  2. Place this line of code before that section: EZE("debugstart").
  3. Place this line of code after that section: EZE("debugstop").
  4. Accept the default value for the debugTrace option and generate the code.

Values

NO (the default value)
Trace information is not added to the COBOL source file.
YES
Trace information is added to the COBOL source file.

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