Re: In-depth tutorials on using ASMIDF?

[Janko Kalinic]

I got around the DS 0H breakpoint issue by writing a Rexx exec that reads
the ASMLANGX file and builds a ‘break (csect) stmt#n’ for every
occurrence.

Re: In-depth tutorials on using ASMIDF?

[Dave Clark]

"IBM Mainframe Assembler List"  wrote on 
02/24/2023 03:54:55 PM:
> A couple of comments about ASMIDF.  I can set breakpoints on CSECTs,
> V-Cons, and ENTRY names, but I can not set breakpoints on DS 0H 
statements
> like in TSO TEST.

I don't know anything about ASMIDF but I can tell you that some 
interactive debuggers won't let you set breakpoints on source lines that 
don't generate any instructions -- and DS 0H is just that (alignment, 
only).  Other interactive debuggers will default to the next instruction 
address.  Apparently, that is what TSO TEST is doing for you.  So, with 
ASMIDF you just have to explicitly point to the next instruction address.

Sincerely,

Dave Clark
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Re: In-depth tutorials on using ASMIDF?

[Janko Kalinic]

Thanks to Peter and Philippe for getting me started with ASMIDF.  I was a
z/XDC user for 20 years, and I got used to source level debugging.

A couple of comments about ASMIDF.  I can set breakpoints on CSECTs,
V-Cons, and ENTRY names, but I can not set breakpoints on DS 0H statements
like in TSO TEST.  Also, the number of breakpoints active at once appears
to be limited to around 140 (with a 2G TSO region).

Please share anything that will enhance my understanding and use of the
tool.

Regards,
John K

Re: In-depth tutorials on using ASMIDF?

[Philippe Cloarec]

Did send an email to Peter...with some documents I did write using that tool.

Re: In-depth tutorials on using ASMIDF?

[Farley, Peter]

No results at the Redbooks website for "ASMIDF" or for  "HLASM Toolkit" or for 
"Interactive Debug Facility".

-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List  On Behalf 
Of Seymour J Metz
Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 11:01 AM
To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: In-depth tutorials on using ASMIDF?

Is there a redbook? It might include a tutorial.

--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz


From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] on behalf 
of Farley, Peter [0dc9d8785c29-dmarc-requ...@listserv.uga.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 10:21 AM
To: ASSEMBLER-LIST@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: In-depth tutorials on using ASMIDF?

Does anyone here know of any available in-depth tutorials on using ASMIDF in a 
z/OS environment?  I recently had occasion to experiment with ASMIDF in a TSO 
Ready session using the supplied sample program and was favorably impressed by 
its capabilities.

While there are minimal "usage" instructions in the IDF Users Guide, AFAICS 
there are not explicit examples of how to set breakpoints, run until the 
breakpoint is reached, etc., and no practical consolidated examples on the 
in-session use of the various array and structure commands for examining 
structures in the system.

Also there are no examples I can see on how to set up and run a non-TSO ASMIDF 
session.  The VTAM requirement examples are there in the install guide but not 
any examples of how to practically set up JCL to run ASMIDF in a batch process 
and then use those VTAM definitions to connect to the batch debugging session.

When I say "tutorial" here I mean something one can read and practice 
alongside, not a commercial class.  I have no budget available for classroom 
(in-person or remote) education.

TIA for any references you can provide.

Peter
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