Debugging guide

XCICS/TS offers some facilities to easily debug user programs.

The easiest facility is the log tracking: when transaction logging is active, all XCICS instructions and parameters are logged in the terminal log file and the program output on stdout and stderr (that means DISPLAYS, PUT and printf commands) is redirected on the same log file too.

This means that user can track its programs, by reading the log of performed instructions and, eventually, of the messages he sent from the program.

Please refer to XCICS configuration books to know more about XCICS logs.

Of course this method is very useful to track unexpected situations that may occur, but to do application development the best solution is the on-line animation system.

This facility enables the debug of user application through interactive debuggers. Every language has its own debugger.