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Re: Debugging a Rexx External Function under TSO

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From: Binyamin Dissen
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 22:31
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rvjansen@xs4all.nl wrote:

:>A co-worker is trying to make a Rexx interface function package to 
:>a set of encryption functions under MVS. He is using Rexx external functions.
:>The function package is being written in ASM390 (HLASM to be precise).
:>
:>We have some difficulty debugging our efforts. I was very used to use the 'TEST'
:>command under TSO. In OS/2 we can debug a Rexx external function by 
:>debugging the command processor and putting a breakpoint on the loading
:>of the DLL that contains the Rexx external function.
:>
:>In TSO I do not have a clue. Can I 'TEST' IKJEFT01 and put a deferred breakpoint
:>on the loading of the function? I think not.
:>
:>Can anybody shed some light on this problem? I presume the people who wrote
:>the Rexx functions themselves must have had some kind of debugger?
:>
:>Thanks in advance...
:>
:>Rene' V. Jansen

The way I do this kind of testing is as follows:

         TEST 'isp.ispload(ISPF)' CP
         ISPF
         LOAD user.load(function)
         AT whatever
         GO

Then go into option 6 and issue %Rexx_Exec 
Binyamin Dissen

Formerly of: SKK, Inc.
             UCCEL
             Computer Associates
             MVS Software
             GOAL Systems
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