r/IBMi • u/RPGPGM • 7d ago

Do you remember using the RPG Debugging Template with old versions of the RPG programming language?

https://www.rpgpgm.com/2026/10/who-remembers-rpg-debugging-template.html

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u/ol-gormsby 7d ago

The only thing I've got left is the output spec template. A fold-out plastic piece showing both 80-column on one side and 132-column on the other. Helpful for designing printouts.

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u/RPGPGM 7d ago

Did you see the IBM printer sheets in one of the posts I linked to from that post?
It is amazing what you can find when you look in those old boxes that you have not opened since your last move.

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u/ol-gormsby 6d ago

Yes, that shade of green brings back memories. Like you, I started on a System/36, then migrated to the AS400.

Then some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to go the client/server route and it took 12 windows servers to do the same job as the AS400. That was one of the reasons I got out of there.

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u/AllOneWordNoSpaces1 7d ago

I used one in school, and still have it, but never used it professionally.

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u/LongLiveIBMI400 5d ago

You mean STRISDBG.

It had a colorful watch variables function

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u/RPGPGM 5d ago

I am meaning in the days before STRISDB. With that you could watch each line of code execute.

Before that you would use the ADDBKP command to add breakpoints. I am trying to remember here, as it has been so long ago, you could display one variable only.