Assembling your program and creating EQALANGX

Note: This section is not applicable to IBM® Developer z/OS® (non-Enterprise Edition).

You can assemble your program and create the EQALANGX file at the same time by using IBM z/OS Debugger Utilities. Do the following:

  1. Start IBM z/OS Debugger Utilities. The IBM z/OS Debugger Utilities panel is displayed.
  2. Select option 1, "Program Preparation" . The z/OS Debugger Program Preparation panel is displayed.
  3. Select option 5, "Assemble". The z/OS Debugger Program Preparation - High Level Assembler panel is displayed. In this panel, specify the name of the source file and the assemble options that are used by High Level Assembler (HLASM) to assemble the program.

    If option 5 is not available, contact your system administrator.

  4. Press Enter. The High Level Assembler - Verify Selections panel is displayed. Verify that the information on the panel is correct and then press Enter.
  5. If any of the output data sets you specified do not existed, you are asked to verify the options used to create them.
  6. If you specified that the processing be completed by batch, the JCL created to run the batch job is displayed. Verify that the JCL is correct, type Submit in the command line, press Enter and then press PF3.
  7. After the processing is completed, the High Level Assembler - View Outputs panel is displayed. This panel displays the return code of each process completed and enables you to view, edit, or browse the input and output data sets.

To read more information about a field in any panel, place the cursor in the input field and press PF1. To read more information about a panel, place the cursor anywhere on the panel that is not an input field and press PF1.

After you assemble your program and create the EQALANGX file, you can link-edit your program.