SoftSpy components

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Introduction

SoftSpy consists of four distinct optional components that share a common basic environment.
The components are:

Audit Error
Interactive User Language Debugging
Interactive User Language Performance Tuning
Interactive User Language Quality Assurance Testing

Audit Error option

The Audit Error option provides facilities for debugging applications which cause run-time errors.
It includes the following features:

AUDIT environment
AUDIT macro
C.QTBL operand
QUAD macro
SPY AUDIT OFF command
SPY AUDIT ON command

Interactive Debugging option

The Interactive Debugging option provides facilities for debugging applications and for understanding how applications work.
It includes the following features:

COMPILE_ERROR environment
DEBUG environment
DEBUG macro
LAST command
GLOBALS macro
NEXT command
ON CANCEL command
ON COMPILE_ERROR command
ON NON_CANCEL command
field_operand
global_variable_operand
image_item_operand
menu_item_operand
percent_variable_operand
screen_item_operand
$ERRMSG function
$STATUS function
$STATUSD function

Quality Assurance option

The Quality Assurance option supports QA testing.
It includes the following features:

QA environment
COVERAGE macro
QA macro
UL CONTINUE
UL JUMP TO LABEL
UL JUMP TO LINE
UL LOOP END
UL RESULT
UL RETURN
quality_assurance_operand
EXECOUNT statistic_operand

Performance Tuning option

The Performance Tuning option supports both performance tuning and the education of users in performance factors.
It includes the following features:

TUNE environment
TUNE macro
Server table compilation_operand
All statistic_operands except EXECOUNT
CCATEMP usage_operand
$TEMPITEM function
$TEMPTOTAL function