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z/TPF Toolkit - Selective activation of loadset by IP address

Feature 1: Selective activation of loadset by IP address Feature 2:With feature 1, allow debugging of ECB launched from Toolkit.
over 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 3 Not under consideration

Provide function similar to CALL CEETEST to allow Debug Tool to be started from a non-LE batch assembler program

Description: Currently, Debug Tool can be started by an application program by coding a CALL to CEETEST. However, this capability is limited in that it only works for LE programs. This RFI requests a similar capability for non-LE assembler program...
almost 13 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

In Debug Tool GUI the user would like to have a default view that shows the variable and the hex vaulue in one view

Variables and Monitors view should have a default Representation that would show both the rendered value and the hexadecimal representation.  Preferably separate columns for value and hex or possibly value followed by hex in the same column.
about 13 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Debugger Callback Issue

Toolkit Debugger callback (TPF test system doing a call back to user desktop running Debugger) is causing conflicts with DXC corporate security policies. I would like to ask IBM to evaluate alternatives in order to avoid costly workarounds for users.
over 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

Missing QUIT ABEND in the new TimeOut EQAOPTS

In the new EQAOPTS Time out parameter, only QUIT and QUIT Debug are supported. QUIT ABEND is most important for Data Integrity !
over 13 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Debugging IMS MPRs with RTEREUS set to YES .

When debugging programs in an IMS MPR environment with RTEREUS set to YES, Debug Tool will initiate once, but not on subsequent instances. This problem was resolved by linking CEEUOPTS with RETEREUS=NO with the application program. However, we dis...
over 13 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Improve the process used to SET WARN OFF for optimized code

When debugging with optimized code, with WARNING set to ON, the results vary. For standard mode, no message is produced, and the JUMPTO works correctly. For compatibility mode, the message below is issued. EQA2201E The JUMPTO is not allowed, perha...
almost 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Host Connecion Emulator Session missing from Toolkit 4.6

I am in charge of migrating TPF Toolkit from version 4.2.11 to version 4.6 and there is major functionnality that missing : Host Connecion Emulator Session. Most of our developers use this feature to connect to the TPF machine and perform tests. A...
about 7 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Not under consideration

Show what is executed based on variable settings

Would like to set values for one or more variables in a program and have AD determine what objects are executed based on those variables.
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Issue when doing DEBUG on Batch EGL programs from RBD

Facing a lot of issues with RBD/EGL debug: 1. In debug, Calling a COBOL program is a problem, we are not getting expected results. 2. Not able to debug in SYST. 3. if any file is there in batch, it is not possible to debug, its not picking up.
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration