When you compile with the TEST(...,SYM,...) option, the compiler generates additional symbolic information for the enhanced debugging capabilities that Version 3 of Debug Tool provides. This additional information might increase the size of the application load module if you also use TEST(...,SYM,NOSEPARATE). To reduce the size of a load module, specify the TEST(...,SYM,SEPARATE) suboption.
In an application that mixes VS COBOL II programs and Enterprise COBOL programs, Debug Tool can only debug the VS COBOL II programs that are compiled with TEST.
In batch mode, Debug Tool gets its input from an input file and Debug Tool output is written to an output file similar to COBTEST batch mode. The differences between Debug Tool batch mode and COBTEST batch mode are that the COBTEST commands, RECORD, QUALIFY, RESTART, GO, and RUN, behave differently in batch mode than in interactive mode. With Debug Tool, all commands behave the same in both modes.
Some Debug Tool commands, such as fullscreen commands, are not allowed in batch mode.