Note: Windows users: to debug a live recording file, you must connect to
Visual COBOL Development Hub running on one of the supported platforms listed above.
Use a COBOL Live Recording debug configuration to debug a live recording file (.mfr file). Once the recording is loaded into the debugger, you can step forwards and backwards to follow the execution.
Unlike a conventional debug scenario, debugging a live recording file only allows you to step forwards/backwards through the
path that the application took when it was recorded; you cannot change the execution path within the debug engine.
- COBOL Project
- The project to use while debugging.
- Connection Properties
- If your live recording file is located on a
Visual COBOL Development Hub, specify the connection details.
- Live Recording File
- The name and location of a live recording file to debug.
- Executables Location
- The directory that contains the application executable files that were run to create the live recording file.
- Source Files
- The location of the application source files that were used to build the executables.
- Debug Symbols
- The location of the debug symbols (.idy) files that were generated when the executable files were built.