Supporting error feedback for other languages

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The Developer for z/OS® product provides error feedback support for COBOL and PL/I, but you can set properties for supporting error feedback for other languages, such as Assembler.

Procedure

To set up properties to support error feedback for other languages, such as Assembler, do these steps:

  1. From a properties window, open the language-specific Compile or Assemble Step Options window.
    To open this window, do the following steps:
    1. From the Assembler Settings, COBOL Settings, or PL/I Settings page of the properties window, select the Procedures and Steps tab.
    2. Select the procedure name for the compilation or assemble step.
    3. To enable the procedure, click Enable procedure.
      A procedure must be enabled before you can edit the step.
    4. Click Edit step to open the Compile or Assemble Step Options window.
  2. Select the Support Error Feedback check box.
    The Data Set Qualifier for Compiler Errors field is activated.
  3. Specify the error feedback qualifier that is used by Developer for z/OS to generate the SYSXMLSD DD card in the JCL.
    Your error feedback program writes the error feedback XML file to the data set specified by the SYSXMLSD Card. If your error feedback program writes the XML file in UTF-8, make sure the qualifier name that is specified includes ERRWDZ. Developer for z/OS transfers files with ERRWDZ as a qualifier in binary format to avoid any code page translations. To handle the file transfer, a default mapping for **ERRWDZ is defined in the z/OS file system mappings.