Category:Debugger Release Notes: Difference between revisions

This section contains brief descriptions of the features added in each "build" of the Debugger Client. You can determine the current build number by selecting the About option of the Help menu.

Build: 69  (April 2022)

TN3270 Debugger:

When used with Model 204 version 7.7 or higher, support the TN3270 DEBUG WAIT command via:

• Execution>Connect to online... menu item and dialog

• connectToOnline command

Subroutine/method context for source lines and variable value traces is available:

• Requires M204 version 7.8 or higher

• When execution stops for a breakpoint, runtime error, return from daemon, $WEB_FORM_DONE, "until value =" satisfied, or completion of READ SCREEN, additional information is displayed in the status area: The routine or method being executed is identified, along with its type (subroutine, method, local function, etc)

• When you right click on a program line, the context menu item "Procedure Information" has been renamed to "Line Information". If "Line Information" is selected, the display now identifies which routine or method contains the  line.  The same change has been made to the context menu in the Execution Trace display

• When a value trace is run, each line of the value trace (in the Execution Tab) identifies the subroutine or method that changed the value  

• Added routineName.%var syntax to Value button/valueDisplay command to view variables along a call stack (by context).

Execution Trace improvements:

• Added 'Show In Source Context' menu to Execution Trace lines to show them in source context

• Make double click on Execution Trace lines show them in source context

HELP command options were added:

• help connecting

• help workers

• help list

Client commands were added:

• connectToOnline used with TN3270 DEBUG WAIT

• editFile edits a workstation file

• shell runs a program or opens a DOS box

• showExecutionPosition allows quick focus on the current execution source line.

Debugger macro &&functions were added:

• &&fileExists

• &&getScope

• &&isWindowOpen

• &&logFile

• &&quote

• &&scriptFolder

• &&stateFileFolder

Debugger macro improvements:

• Allow &&functions to be used as arguments to other &&functions.

• Allow &&functions to be used as arguments to evaluate

Audit trail control:

Added <auditLines> to debuggerConfig.xml to control number of audit lines kept in the audit tab.

Build: 68  (November 2018) 

This build was strictly bug fixes, and logging improvements.  No new functionality was added.

Build: 67  (05 July 2017) 

Naming and limiting the number of daily Client log files (see step 6) In the Client configuration file, in addition to invoking automatic creation of a new log file on a daily basis, you can now specify how many days worth of previous logs to retain. The new daily log is always named log.txt; the names of previous daily logs include their creation dates.

Configuring the location for the Debugger documentation files You can relocate and optionally rename the installed defaults of the Debugger Client Help file, its PDF representation, or both.

Build: 66  (03 April 2017)  

In the Client configuration, you can specify automatic creation (see step 6) of a new log file on a daily basis to control growth of the log. You can also turn logging off.

Build: 65  (01 September 2016)  

Added &&buildNumber function.

Made errors that might occur in connecting to server more visible via a message box.

Improves error reporting on MINDEBCL violations from the mainframe.

Build: 64  (07 October 2015) 

Build: 63  (06 July 2015) 

Support procedures running on daemons for Run Until and White or Black List processing.

Support object expansion for JSON class objects.

The Preferences window IE Mode options (newPac and mergedPac) are enhanced to support HTTP URLs as well as file URLs. The options invoke automatic creation and maintenance of Proxy Auto Config (PAC) files, which designate the only host URLs that the Debugger Client will handle requests for as a proxy server for the IE and Chrome browsers.

The Client may now use HTTP to upload generated PAC files to the HTTP server specified in the Client's configuration file.

Added the httpPacURL element to the debuggerConfig.xml file to identify the HTTP server configured to accept and serve PAC files.  

Macro and command changes:

• Updated setIEMode command with option http to support HTTP PAC files.

• Updated showIE command to display URL information for HTTP PAC files.

• Added retryHttpPac command to simplify testing and setting up of HTTP PAC files.

• Added httpPutFile, httpPutString, and httpGet commands.

• Added &&currentPacFile function to return the URL of the current PAC file in use.

• Enabled the runUntil command (which you invoke by using the Run Until Procedure button or the Execution > Run Until Proc menu option) to stop at procedures that are included from a daemon thread.

• Removed the superseded ieAuto option from setPreference command.

Other changes:

• The Sirius Debugger product name is changed to TN3270 Debugger.

Build: 62  (10 December 2013) 

Build: 61  (31 November 2012)