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Debug for z/OS

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Can't set breakpoints with DT for vendor application CICS ASSEMBLER with unspecified PPT

Hogan CFT delivers banking software that runs in various environments including batch/cics without recompiling. As a result, it does not include CICS translator stub (e.g. DFHYA700). CICS determined module language as 'undetermined' , DT contains ...
over 7 years ago in Debug for z/OS 5 Delivered

IDz Debugger to permit LDD ALL for Cobol programs

All our existing Cobol compilations are done with OPT(FULL) and NOTEST. In order to debug with IDz Debugger we need to issue "LDD *****" for each program for which we wanted it to use LANGX to find the source listings. This makes the process very ...
almost 2 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

EQA9924U should be replaced with an ICH408I message

There is no new feature.This is not an enhancement. Debug Tool development needs to tell RACF to issue an ICH408I message.
over 11 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

Support for Jobname and Stepname in DTSP and other ISPF panels

The customers need more Debug Tool selection criteria for DTSP and for other ISPF Panels like TIM. The JobName and the Stepname are needed for delayed debugging
almost 12 years ago in Debug for z/OS 5 Delivered

Decide the location and name of generated code coverage files

The Code coverage feature in PDTools should be able to place code coverage files in a directory decided by the user initiating the code coverage generation. It should also be possible to decide on the name if the code coverage file itself. It is o...
almost 8 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

z/OS Debugger and firewall

To open a debug session in IBM Developer for z/OS, IBM Debug try to open the flow from Mainframe to the user PC (port 8001). But in many company that isn't allowed. We need another solution where the PC open the flow to the Mainframe.
almost 4 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

Add an IMS transaction filter (transaction and IMSID) when setting an IMS Isolation debugging session in IDz

When you try to setup an IMS Isolation transaction debugging session in IDz, the product load every transaction available. This load take lots of time when you have a lots of transaction. The product/APi should offer the same fonctionnality as the...
about 4 years ago in Debug for z/OS 2 Delivered

AT CHANGE breakpoint for Cobol varying length variables

Following PMR 71818,003,756, we were given a solution which requires the developer to "code" the followingeach time he wishes to create a breakpoint: AT CHANGE EZ-LENGTH PERFORM CLEAR AT CHANGE EZ-VARYING-LENGTH ; AT CHANGE EZ-VARYING-LENGTH ; GO ...
over 10 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

Customize Font in the RD/z Monitors View

We want to compare similar variables to check, if there is an error. The monitors view is a proportional font, so the single letters are not one under the other to check every Byte. It would be very helpful to change the font for example to Courie...
about 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

DESC ATTRIBUTES also available in RD/z

In MFI it is possible to show a description of a variable. For example the length. It would be helpful, if this feature ist also available in the Debug Persepctive of the RD/z.
about 9 years ago in Debug for z/OS 3 Delivered

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