I think the main issue at least with z/XDC
Is that Dave operates whitin z/OS

RTM so he has to abide by z/OS rules
In each environment thus making his
Job complicated  

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On Apr 9, 2013, at 11:46 AM, DASDBILL2 <[email protected]> wrote:

> You're right.  #DIE is what I was describing.  I confuse and conflate things 
> myself. 
> 
> 
> 
> I think there is  a HOOK macro in z/OS that assembles into a Monitor Call 
> instruction for a User event to be traced by GTF, but I could be conflating 
> some more . 
> 
> Bill Fairchild 
> Franklin, TN 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank" <[email protected]> 
> To: [email protected] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 10:43:27 AM 
> Subject: Re: New Software Tool for z/OS Developers Announced by Arney 
> Computer Systems 
> 
> Bill, 
> 
> You are thinking of the #DIE macro.  That assembles into a x'00' instruction 
> with a special identifier for zXDC. If zXDC is established as the newest 
> ESTAE, the #DIE would cause a debugging session to start.  Otherwise a S0C1 
> is generated. 
> 
> A HOOK, either a dynamic HOOK or the #XDCHOOK macro, is indeed a SVC call. 
> This can be problematic in certain environments such as SRBs, FRR protected 
> environments, etc.   For this reason, we distribute a "HOOK script" that can 
> be used to establish XDC into environments where a SVC is not allowed.  The 
> script can be found in the *.XDCCMDS library.   
> 
> Hope this helps, 
> Frank 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:55:43 +0000, DASDBILL2 <[email protected]> wrote: 

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