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Debug for z/OS

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Add session timeout functionality to Debug Tool

Add an EQAOPT for the time (in some unit) Debug tool is willing to wait for a user action. This would allow to stop a debug session even if the user is unavailable, thus preventing a situation where CICS tasks are left hanging overnight and clutte...
about 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Not under consideration

DTCN FORCE for choice of entries

we need a less restrictive DTCN FORCE command to make sure the user does not create a generic profile we just need a program name or a terminal , or a user id . So instead of DTCN FORCE PROG requiring always a program name we need something more r...
about 5 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

ANALYZE command

The following restriction should be removed (excerpt from Debug Tool, Reference and Messages Version 11, Chapter 5, Debug Tool Commands): The ANALYZE command displays the process of evaluating an expression and the data attributes of any intermedi...
over 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Delay debug does not behave like CICS debug

Hi, we found some weird difference in behaviour of z/OS Debugger between CICS and non-CICS profiles (delay debug). Assuming we have a program call chain of PROGA calling PROGB and defining both programs in the debugger profiles. Behaviour in CICS:...
over 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 0 Future consideration

IDz Code Coverage Enhancement: Number of times a statement was executed

years ago there was a tool that was very similar to RDz Code Coverage. One thing it had that would be good to add to RDz code coverage would be a count of the number of times a statement was executed. This would be helpful in fine tuning if/then/e...
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

User-EQAOPTS should not be able to override systemwide GPFDSN

Settings made by the system programmer in GPFDSN should not be changeable by single users.A possible solution would be to enhance GPFDSN command by 'override' or 'nooverride'Example:EQAXOPT GPFDSN,'GROUP1.COMMON.DTOOL.PREFS',NOOVERRIDE
over 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Integrated Debugger should support both notations DBM%USERID and DBM.USERID

The problem with the terminated communication had to do with Integrated Debuggernot supporting or recognizing DBM.USERID. Because it didn't honor the userid, it defaulted to using the IMS region userid which, hence, caused the failure
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Debugger: Displaying Variable content as Hex like in ISPF Editor

Hi IBM, it would be nice, if the Remote Debugger GUI would be able to display hex values of variables like in ISPF. Samples: A pic 9(4) digit:1234 (original display)----FFFF (first halfbyte)1234 (second halfbyte) B pic 9(9) comp-3 Packed Decimal: ...
almost 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Decision/Branch Level Code Coverage

Currently, line level coverage is the most specific level of code coverage offered. This is comparable to statement coverage on other platforms. However, to really get a more complete indication of the level of coverage achieved by a testing suite...
about 3 years ago in Debug for z/OS 1 Future consideration

RDz Debug Engine Command should support all commands supported by ISPF DT

I use Debug Tool as well as RDz Debug. The same commands available to a DT session should work via the Debug Console->Debug Engines Command field. My CMDS file has:AT ENTRY *; This allows me to step through subroutines easily.In DT, I can issue...
over 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Planned for future release

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