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Support size option in format-2 global

Support a function to increase the size of existing format-2 global without affecting contents. Currently format-2 global does not support a function to increase the size of existing format-2 global. HP opened a PMR (04197 004 000). IBM provided a...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

Provide a LODIC macro expansion for CP code without an ECB to issue a LODIC CHECK

The CP can and does issue a LODIC type request using a CLNKC to CICSLODI. This API is awkward and not really documented specifically other than in the commentary around the CICSLODI code in cics.cpy itself. The CICSLODI commentary indicates an ECB...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

Toolkit Trace Log analysis needs to count calls from CSO programs

The Toolkit Trace Log Analysis tab "Segments Entered" doesn't include enters issued from C programs, the current design appears to only count ENTRC macros recorded in the ECBs macro trace.Could the design be changed to include enters from CSO segm...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

ZDHST option to display last 24 hours without requiring start date parameter

To get a display of the last 24 hours of dump statistics using ZDHST requires the user to specify a start date that is 24 hours old:.ZDHST DISPLAY OCCUR-50 START-23APR14.000000 HOURS-24.Could IBM provide an option that does this date calculation i...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

MQ clients create long running CTS7 ECBs that do not recycle on ACN change

MQ clients can connect to SVRCONN channels which creates a long-running CTS7 ECB for each connection. The CTS7 ECBs do not recycle on system ACN change.
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

Defered Registration Cancelation

Allow the user to cancel a registration entry during a debugger session. When that debugger session ends, the registration entry is removed. As such, other ECBs would not be able to claim the registration entry before the user has the chance to do...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

Facilities to define C++ classes - include C++ CDT eclipse tooling for class and code generation

Note from IBM: We do not anticipate delivering remote CDT tooling support. The solution we envision is the ability to utilize CDT tooling locally and then having the ability to import the results of those CDT actions into a remote TPF project.
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

Go to address uses "ecbptr" monitor

Every go to address request from the TPF views will add the monitor as "ecbptr" which can be incorrect (the address doesn't point to the ECB), is reused such that multiple entries can not be added to the memory view, and etc.  The memory moni...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

Trace log should capture all created ECBs

Multiple ECBs are commonly used to implement a transaction.  As such, trace on a single ECB can provide a partial picture of what occurred.  Trace log should capture trace information for all ECBs created by the ECB that is initially act...
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

Allows selecting multiple macro groups

Allow the user to select multiple macro groups in the macro group breakpoint dialog.
over 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

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