:build mymsgs;msg
:file mymsgs;NOBUF;SHR;SAVE;GMULTI;MSG
:run vpapplication;stdlist=*mymsgs

will redirect your error message, any DISPLAYs, etc, to a message file which
you can read from another window on your Winxx machine or from any other
connected terminal, no ldev# involved at all.  I do this routinely; in
conjunction with built in Cobol tools, debugging is a snap.

Having a bad day?

Tracy Pierce



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Ryan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 12:51 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Capturing error msg when Vplus prgm aborts
>
>
> This is something I have been concerned about since I do debug VPLUS
> applications.
>
> Unless someone knows a way to assign a nailed ldev to a
> network connection,
> anyone who wishes to debug a VPLUS application must purchase
> and maintain a
> DTC for that single purpose.
>
> This appears top be another example of HP's development tools
> not keeping
> pace with the technology of their systems.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jerry Fochtman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 2:38 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Capturing error msg when Vplus prgm aborts
> >
> >
> > I can recall debugging program problems with VIEW/VPLUS that
> > involved routing the screens to another terminal device using
> > the file equation:
> >
> >           FILE A264X;DEV=
> >
> > That's when you had 2-window 262X-type terminals and had 2
> > assigned terminal ports.... :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 02:04 PM 11/20/00 -0500, Russ Smith wrote:
> > >Jay,
> > >
> > >Are you using ENTRY or do you have custom code scraping the
> > fields.  If the
> > >latter, set a file equation before you run the program
> such as "FILE
> > >STDLIST=MYSCR;DEV=LP,1;CCTL" and after the program
> > terminates (and you reset
> > >your session [damn block mode]), view the spoolfile.
> > >
> > >If you are using ENTRY, it may get a little fuzzy, because
> > you may not get
> > >the input fields displayed.
> > >
> > >HTH,
> > >Rs~
> > >
> > >Russ Smith, Systems Consultant
> > >Problem Solved, Vacaville, CA
> > >r s m i t h @ c u - h e l p . c o m
> > >h p 3 k - l @ e - 3 0 0 0 . n e t
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Jay Willis" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 9:32 AM
> > >Subject: [HP3000-L] Capturing error msg when Vplus prgm aborts
> > >
> > >
> > > > Greeting, friends.
> > > >
> > > > Can't seem to locate my notes on how to capture and print
> > the error
> > > > message a user gets when he's got a Vplus screen open and
> > his program
> > > > aborts, filling all the field windows with the message.
> > Or I *could*
> > > > learn speed-reading :-)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Jay
> > > >
> >
>