Re: Debugging with missing source

[Matt Lavinder <mlavinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes.  That's how they do it.  The package doesn't allow you to compile 
in production, so I think the main reason is they move the source to 
production is for comparison.  When you check out and make 
modifications, you can always compare it with what is in production. 
They keep backups of each revision of the source in a different file, 
but I guess the default is to keep the production source in production.

We haven't had much issue with that since that is how we did it before 
we had change management, but I am sure people will have opinions, and 
that's probably why the package has so many options.  My guess is you 
don't HAVE to do it that way, but it is the default way it handles things.


On 10/9/2014 8:41 AM, Paul Nelson wrote:
> What's the compile default for DBGVIEW? That should be configurable on the
> development side of the package.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean about moving the programs with their source. Does
> that mean the source code is sent to the production machine when you deploy
> the program objects?
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>
> We are using a new change management package that compiles programs once
> and then moves them with their source.  It's their way of doing things,
> but the issue is if we try to debug it in our test environment, the
> source is no longer in the development library and STRDBG cannot find
> the source.
>
> Their answer is to use the RDi debugger because it lets you specify a
> source file, but not all our developers are using RDi.  The ones that do
> really don't like using its debugger as it takes quite a bit to get it
> up and running.
>
> I am aware the STRISDBG allows you to specify a source member.  Is there
> a way to do something similar in STRDBG?
>
> Also, can STRISDBG debug ILE programs and service programs?