Memory Dump Dialog

You can perform the following tasks using the buttons available on the Memory Dump dialog.

To post a request to the Watch Data or Session Data view

1. Click Post Request in the Memory Dump dialog.

   The Post Request dialog opens.

2. Type a name for your posted request in the Name field.
3. Specify Watch Data or Session Data in the Location field.
4. Click OK to post the request.

   The request will be posted in the specified Data view. You can check the values by opening the corresponding Data view.

To search for a string in the mainframe memory

1. Click Search in the Memory Dump dialog.

   The Find dialog opens.

2. Select Search Forward or Search Backward to specify whether you want to search forward or search back in the mainframe memory.
3. Select the Hex or Character option to specify whether your search string should be matched against a hex or character data.
4. Click OK to send the search request to the mainframe.

   The Memory Dump dialog refreshes to show the search results.

To retrieve the previous page of memory from the mainframe

1. Click Prev in the Memory Dump dialog.

   The previous page of the memory is fetched from the mainframe.

2. Review the contents of the displayed page. The Memory Dump Size field in the Preferences window is used to specify the page size.

To retrieve the next page of memory from the mainframe

1. Click Next in the Memory Dump dialog.

   The next page of the memory is fetched from the mainframe.

2. Review the contents of the displayed page. The Memory Dump Size field in the Preferences window is used to specify the page size.

To move to a new address from a cell within the Memory Dump dialog

1. Click inside the cell containing the memory address.

   Note: In case of 8-byte address size, click the low address of the cell. The distinction between 4-byte and 8-byte addressing for the Go To button is specified in the Preferences window. For more information about the Use 8-byte Address Size in Memory dump field, see Set Preferences for CA InterTest.

2. Click Go To to jump to the highlighted address.

   The Memory Dump dialog refreshes to display memory at the new address.

To specify a layout for mapping fetched data

1. Click Set Layout in the Memory Dump dialog.

   The Set Layout dialog opens.

2. Select one of the following to define a filter in the Variable Levels field:
   • Top level variables
   • All group variables
   • All variables
3. Select a program in the Program field. This action automatically populates the Layout field with all the variables in the program that match the filter.
4. Select a variable for mapping and click OK.

   The current Memory Dump dialog will be mapped to the selected layout.

   Note: The list of programs includes both monitored and unmonitored programs in your current project.