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Status Delivered
Workspace Debug for z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 15, 2013

Supporting complex conditions in AT STATEMENT break points for COBOL programs

Complex conditions in break points are implemented in debugtool.

However according to PMR 53055,003,756 they are not supported for COBOL applications.

Please support those for COBOL, it is an exceptionally useful feature for a debugger.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Apr 15, 2021

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM Debug for z/OS
    Component - z/OS Debugger

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM Debug Tool
    Component - Other

  • Guest
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    Nov 19, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM Debug Tool

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - IBM Debug Tool

  • Guest
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    Sep 8, 2014

    This is RFE is satisfied in conjunction with the Enterprise COBOL V5 compiler. The function described is available in Debug Tool when debugging COBOL V5 code. There are no plan at this time to back fit this support for earlier versions of COBOL.