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Informix Error -16338

-16338 Cannot continue execution.

You cannot invoke CONTINUE or STEP commands unless a 4GL program has begun (but not terminated) execution. If the program is terminated normally or by a fatal error, use CALL or RUN. After execution begins, you must then suspend execution by a breakpoint (or, in UNIX environments, by an Interrupt command) before you can invoke CONTINUE or STEP. See also the section on "Active Functions and Variables" in the Debugger manual.

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Reasons / Common Causes

-16338 fires when CONTINUE/STEP is invoked while the 4GL program isn't in a state that allows continuing execution — per the official guidance.

  1. The program not yet started, or already terminated, per the official guidance — use CALL/RUN to start it instead.
  2. The program running but not yet suspended at a breakpoint (or, on UNIX, by an Interrupt command), per the official guidance — CONTINUE/STEP require execution to be suspended first.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Use CALL or RUN to start the program, per the official guidance, if it hasn't started or has terminated.
  2. Suspend execution via a breakpoint (or Interrupt on UNIX) before using CONTINUE/ STEP, per the official guidance.
  3. See "Active Functions and Variables" in the Debugger manual, per the official guidance, for more detail.
Examples
CONTINUE before the program has started
> CONTINUE
Corrected
> RUN
> BREAK mymodule.10
> CONTINUE
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check whether the program has started, terminated, or is currently suspended at a breakpoint before issuing CONTINUE/STEP.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -16338 in this set yet.

CONTINUE/STEP was issued when the program wasn't running-and-suspended — start it with CALL/RUN and suspend it at a breakpoint first.