how to debug macro

[Former Member]

Hi all,

How to know whether the macro is executing or not. i mean the call fucntion

define lmacro_unlock_current_record.
    call function 'MYFUCTION'
      exporting
       document = ls_document
       umber   = ls_number.
  end-of-definition.

[Former Member]

Hi,

debugging macro is not possible.

rgds,

bharat.

[Former Member]

hi,

this is from help

As a rule, you should use subroutines (FORM, FUNCTION)

instead of macros. This is because subroutines - unlike

macros - are supported by all of the ABAP Workbench tools

<b>(debugging, runtime analysis, runtime error handling, ...).</b>

[Former Member]

Hi

not possible (Unless you use a perform in your macro)

You cannot debug MACRO's you cannot set any break points in the MACRO and debugger will not go into the MACRO it just treats it as a statement.

USE INCLUDE programs instead you cn set breakpoints in includes.

Regards

Tushar Mundlik

[Former Member]

Hi priyanka,

Just like ABAP classes, we need to declare objects for the macro.

look at the small macro example.

REPORT ZMACRO.

DATA: RESULT TYPE I,

N1 TYPE I VALUE 5,

N2 TYPE I VALUE 6.

DEFINE OPERATION.

RESULT = &1 &2 &3.

OUTPUT &1 &2 &3 RESULT.

END-OF-DEFINITION.

DEFINE OUTPUT.

WRITE: / 'The result of &1 &2 &3 is', &4.

END-OF-DEFINITION.

OPERATION 4 + 3.

OPERATION 2 ** 7.

OPERATION N2 - N1.

If you set break point at 'operation 4 + 3' line, we can check, how macro is working according to the values passed to macro object. Here 4 is passed to &1, '+' is passed to &2, 3 is passed to &3. Once the processing of statement 'result = &1 &2 &3' is over,result get the value of 7.

The line OUTPUT &1 &2 &3 RESULT itself calls the output macro.In the out put it prints as 'The result of 4 + 3 is 7'.