Introduction to z/XDC
This video describes or touches upon the following:
- The types of ALC programs than can be debugged
- The productive gains from using z/XDC
- Learn Assembler faster
- Watch to see what machine instructions actually do
- Stop misunderstanding your program's logic
- Develop in a wide range of z/OS execution environments
- Task mode or SRB
- Authorized or nonauthorized
- Multitasking
- Multi-address space
- Subsystems
- Dataspaces
- PC routines
- Exits of all sorts
Starting a Debugging Session in a Background Job
This video describes or touches upon the following:
- Debugging Batch Programs and System Tasks
- The JCL changes sometimes needed
- z/XDC Session Profile Library
- Built-in Session Profiles
- Connecting to a background debugging session
- Using large workstation displays (even PCOMM workstations)
Starting a Debugging Session in TSO
This video describes or touches upon the following:
- Starting a debugging session in TSO...
- For "normal" programs
- For TSO Command Processors
- XDCCALL[A] / XDCCMD[A]
- z/XDC Startup Panel
- Startup z/XDC Command Script
- Quick Start
- AUTOMAP'ing
- Watch Windows
- z/XDC Command Scripts
- DSECT Maps
- SYM Data Maps
- Equates
- Loading RENT/REFR programs into key 8 Storage
- EQUATE, DMAP, USING, WHERE, FORMAT and READ Commands
The Basics of z/XDC Displays
This video describes or touches upon the following:
- Automapping
- ADATA mapped displays
- ADATA Formatting vs. z/XDC's Native Disassembler
- Error Level vs. Retry Level Environments and understanding the differences
- Branch Tracing
- Session Profiles
- Profile Menuing System
- Multiple Named Profiles
- Watch Windows
- Commands:
- FORMAT
- LIST AREGS
- LIST BEA
- LIST EPSWE
- LIST FORMAT
- LIST PSWE
- LIST RWREGS
- PROFILE
- PROFILE SAVE
- SET FORMAT
- TRACE
- TRACE BY
- WHERE