OS/390 Assembler Language Debugging and Maintenance

Recommended Duration:
2 Days
Version
High-Level Assembler (HLASM)
for MVS & VM.
Benefits
Students who complete this course will be able to write or maintain Assembler programs that: involve subroutine linkages. Students will also have a solid basis for debugging and dump reading Assembler programs.
Audience
Experienced Assembler programmers needing to learn additional debugging, or maintenance skills in the Assembler language environment.
Prerequisites
The student should have practice in coding and testing Assembler programs and should be familiar with the editor and the job submission and review facilities used in their installation.
Major Topics
  • Program linkages and save areas
  • Obtaining PARM data from the EXEC statement
  • QSAM macros and processing
  • SYNAD routines
  • Subroutines and the Linkage Editor
  • Debugging and dump reading
  • The Program Binder
  • The WTO and SNAP macros
Exercises
There are four hands-on exercises.
Notes
This course is included in its entirety in the course OS/390 Assembler Language: Update.