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PH12358: IBM DEVELOPER FOR Z SYSTEMS (IDZ) DBCS CHARACTERS INCORRECTLY DISPLAYED IN VARIABLE SUBSTITUTION PANEL

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • IBM Developer for z Systems - IDz - v14
    DBCS characters in comments of JCL are not displayed correctly
    in the Details view from variable substitution panel
    
    When using Menu Manager Submit Variable substitution when you
    click on the Detail button it will display the JCL in a preview
    type panel just below the substitution variables.
    If running on a DBCS system and the comments in the JCL have
    DBCS characters these are not correctly displayed.
    
    For Example:
    In menu manager variable substitution for action
    com.ibm.etools.varsubstitution >
              com.ibm.ftt.ui.menumanager.mfivarsubstitution
    
    Submit,USER1.V41.TEST.JCL(COMPLINK),PROMPT,2,Variable,value,
    Submit,COMPILE AND LINK,USERID,$userid,SYSIN,$datasetname,
    PGM,$name
    
    Select USER1.COBOL.PMR(CBLDEBEX) from remote system view and
    right mouse click > select COMPLINK
    click on the Details button
    The JCL displayed does not show the expected DBCS comments
    
    Below are the comments that are in the file
    USER1.v41.TEST.JCL(COMPLINK)
    //* TESTING COMMENTS for COMPILE LINK
    //* 以上㠁よろしくお願いいたします
    //*
    
    Below are how they are displayed in the Menu Manager
    Variable Substitution view  :
    //* TESTING COMMENTS for COMPILE LINK
    //* 以上ã€�ã⠚ˆã⠚�ã�⠔ã��ã�Å
    願ã�⠞ã�⠞ã�Ÿã�⠔ã�¾ã�™
    //*
    

Local fix

  • None available
    

Problem summary

  • DBCS characters are incorrectly displayed in the IDz Menu
    Manager JCL Variable Substitution JCL Preview panel.
    

Problem conclusion

  • The IDz Menu Manager JCL Variable Substitution code has been
    changed to properly process DBCS characters in the JCL Preview
    panel.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PH12358

  • Reported component name

    DEV FOR Z SYS

  • Reported component ID

    5724T0700

  • Reported release

    E10

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2019-05-21

  • Closed date

    2019-12-10

  • Last modified date

    2019-12-10

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    DEV FOR Z SYS

  • Fixed component ID

    5724T0700

Applicable component levels

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SSJK49","label":"IBM Developer for z Systems"},"Component":"","ARM Category":[],"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"E10","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB35","label":"Mainframe SW"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
10 December 2019