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Source management
The source processor now support a PARM=NEW
parameter to enable multiple copies of the source for a program
to be maintained on the source file.
The source processor has been restructured to reduce the storage
required to execute it a new list only feature incorporated via
a PARM parameter on the EXEC statement to allow for the
situation where a fatal compile error occurs and a listing is
still required. All sample JCL has been updated to incorporate
the use of this feature via conditional JCL. |
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Suppress Dumps on CICS Dump Files
A new TRANSDUMP parameter is now available when
using DTECINIT to initialize or update Dump Detective settings.
When set to NO, the TRANSDUMP parameter causes Dump Detective to
prevent transaction dumps being written to the CICS dump files.
When set to YES, the TRANSDUMP parameter causes transaction
dumps to be written to both the Dump Detective and CICS dump
files. |
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Suppress Duplicate Dumps
A new SUPDUPDUMP parameter is now available when
using DTECINIT to initialize or update Dump Detective settings.
When set to YES, the SUPDUPDUMP parameter causes Dump Detective
to prevent the storage of duplicate transaction dumps on the
Dump Detective dump file. |
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Improved Navigation
Three new commands MENU, DDir (dump directory)
and Areas (list dump areas) are introduced to improve navigation
to two key displays in the system. The AREAS command is
associated with a PF key so that once a dump has been selected
for analysis the list of dump areas can be viewed at any time by
pressing the appropriate PF key. MENU now appears associated
with the PF3 key to distinguish when pressing that key will
display the current menu screen rather than EXITing to the
display that invoked the current screen |
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Revised Dump Directory Display
The contents of the Dump Directory display have
been revised and the display now shows date and time, dump code,
transaction id, terminal id, failing program and offset, user id
and application id. |
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Source Display for link list programs
Dump Detective attempts to present source for any
program in the current link chain when the program is selected
from the Areas display |
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New Data Window options
Data displayed in data windows may now be
displayed in more formats. As well as the existing hex dump and
decimal dump formats, data can now be displayed by value or as
hex only. The format of data displayed in windows is now
controlled by additional items on the User Preferences display. |
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Abend display customization
More options are now available to vary the format and contents of the
STOP display, The data window may now be fixed at the bottom of
the display or placed immediately after the current statement.
The contents and position of the window are determined via
options set using the User Preferences display. The WINDOW
command may be used to vary the contents of the window on a
temporary basis. |
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Mixed case displays
All displays can now be in mixed or upper case based on an option
defined on the User Preferences display. By default displays
will be in mixed case. The default can be changed temporally
using the CASE command or permanently using the User Preferences
display. |
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Scrolling
A new User Preferences option has been introduced to permit users to
control the distance a display will move when a scroll key is
pressed. The distance may be either a full page or to the
current position of the cursor within the display. The SCROLL
command can be used to change the scroll distance on a temporary
basis.
Command BAck, Forward, UP and DOwn have been introduced to provide a wider
range of movement when navigating through source and storage
displays. |
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Negative Offsets
When a storage area is displayed as the result of
and Addr (storage address) command (either via a direct command
or indirectly via a Target command) it is now possible to
display backwards beyond the original address within a
contiguous area of storage. |
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TRACE command
A new TRace command is introduced to permit the display of the CICS
Trace Table at three levels; CICS commands, Summary and Detail
(Refer to User Guide for more information). |
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Group command enhancement
The FIND/UFIND and RFIND commands can now be used to position
the display by searching for a variable whose name contains a
given string. |
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Improved PL/1 support
Pl/1 support has been improved and now permits
variables to be displayed using the ZOOM key on source displays. |
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