Debugging COBOL programs

Each version of the COBOL compiler provides enhancements that you can use to develop COBOL programs. These enhancements can create different levels of debugging capabilities. The topics below describe how to use these enhancements when you debug your COBOL programs.

• Qualifying variables and changing the point of view in COBOL
• Debug Tool evaluation of COBOL expressions
• Debugging a COBOL program in full-screen mode
• Using COBOL variables with Debug Tool
• Using DBCS characters in COBOL
• Using Debug Tool functions with COBOL
• Debug Tool commands that resemble COBOL statements
• %PATHCODE values for COBOL
• Debugging VS COBOL II programs