1.10.8 Debug Definition - imsdebug.desc

imsdebug.desc defines all program debugging info. (currently for COBOL program debugging only).

Table 1-33 Section Name: [debug]

Field Type Value Description
USER X(8) or X(30) Optional User ID who is to be diagnosed, 8 bytes for traditional IMS, 30 bytes for long user name.
LANG String Optional Only COBOL is supported, default value is COBOL.
TRANNAME X(8) Mandatory for MPP Transaction that is to be diagnosed, only for MPP server
APPNAME X(8) Mandatory for BMP/BMPT Program that is to be diagnosed, must be the entry COBOL program, only for BMP/BMPT server.
DEBUGID X(40) or 1 ~ 999999999 Mandatory For Micro Focus COBOL application programs, DEBUGID is a string that is required for enabling animation in COBOL. It is a character string of up to 40 characters. The string can have alphanumeric characters and the underscore character.

For COBOL-IT COBOL application programs, DEBUGID is a number ranging from 1 to 999999999