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Computer Associates' INTERTEST has several goals in life. But its mail goal is to help programmers test their programs.

INTERTEST in an interactive debugger that allows programmers to monitor the execution of CICS programs.

• A program may be stopped at any instruction (breakpoint)
• Working Storage and Linkage Section data can be inspected and changed
• Program execution path can be altered
• Abends are intercepted
• Damage to CICS or other programs in prevented

NWRDC maintains CICS compile Procedures that invoke INTERTEST postprocessors to capture the COBOL source that will aid in the debugging effort.

INTERTEST can be used with out any postprocessing, but if serious use is intended, it is advisable to compile your programs with the PROCS that invoke INTERTEST's SYMBOLIC option (CICOB2PL and CICOB2SL etc.).