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Status Not under consideration
Categories TPF Toolkit
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 4, 2018

z/TPF Program Analysis Tool

Headline: Program Analysis Tool
2. Lead Contact: mark.whitney@travelport.com
3. Date 2018-04-26
4. Description:
a. Multiple z/TPF Customers, Travelport, Citibank, Amex, Marriott, Delta, and SABRE, desire an implementation desire a Program Analysis Tool
b. The tool would graphically show static relationships between traditional z/TPF Programs as well as the calls between Library type Functions compiled into z/TPF Binary Shared Objects (BSO)
i. It would optionally group the Programs/Function by
1. z/TPF Application Package
2. Language Type
c. It would show what z/TPFDF Databases, File Records, Global Records and Globals are accessed within a Program or Function by Subfile, DSECT/Header name, Record ID, Global Name etc
d. Further it would show what data fields are read within a program/function and what are updated
e. It would identify what CINFC labels are referenced in the Program/Function
f. It would identify and count the z/TPF Macro Services called within the Program/Function

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    May 7, 2019

    IBM does not intend to do this in the foreseeable future.