Watchpoints are activated when you set them with the SET WATCH command. Use the ACTIVATE WATCH command to activate one or more watchpoints that you deactivated with DEACTIVATE WATCH. Activating and deactivating watchpoints enables you to run and rerun your program with or without watchpoints without having to cancel and then reset them. By default, the RERUN command saves the current state of all static watchpoints (activated or deactivated). The state of a particular nonstatic watchpoint might or might not be saved depending on the scope of the variable being watched relative to the main program unit (where execution restarts). To check if a watchpoint is activated, use the SHOW WATCH command. Related commands: CANCEL ALL RERUN (SET,SHOW,CANCEL,DEACTIVATE) WATCH