xTrace Web Demo

27th August 2009

Please join us for a web based demo of the latest version of xTrace on Wednesday 30th September.

xTrace is a diagram tracing tool for CA Gen generated applications on the z/OS (MVS) platform.

The main issue faced by many Gen sites is that you cannot trace the Gen code in the target z/OS environment. Workstation testing or TSO based tools are not usually an acceptable alternative because the runtime environment, data or interfaced systems are not available.

xTrace allows you to trace native Batch, CICS and IMS applications as well as Gen action blocks invoked by external programs. Instead of wasting time poring over code or manually editing COBOL to add DISPLAY statements, developers can immediately trace through the code to locate problems.

The combination of an intuitive GUI interface, powerful breakpoint definition and a low runtime overhead means that xTrace also greatly speeds up the testing and debugging of CA Gen z/OS applications.

Since initial launch in June 2007, xTrace has been successfully implemented at many sites in Europe and the USA with significant savings in application development and testing time.

The webcast will include a live demonstration of xTrace as well as sharing some user experiences. For more details, visit http://www.iet.co.uk/xtrace

There are two sessions available - at 10:00 UK time (11:00 Central Europe) and at 18:00 UK time (1 pm Eastern).

If you would like to attend either of the web demos, please send an e-mail to indicating which session you would like to attend.