PI55769: COBOL V5.1 ISSUES THE IGZ0032S CANCEL MESSAGE THAT COBOL V4.2 DID NOT FOR DYNAMIC CALLS BETWEEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IGZ0032S A CANCEL was attempted on active program program-name.
  
  When PL/I fetches a COBOL program and that program dynamically
  calls another COBOL program that fails... the error occurs
  during termination as COBOL still sees the fetched COBOL
  program as active.  This is a change in behavior from Cobol V4.
  
  COBOL V4.2:
  CEE3204S The system detected a protection exception (System
  Completion Code=0C4).
  
  COBOL V5.1:
  CEE3204S The system detected a protection exception (System
  Completion Code=0C4).
  IGZ0032S A CANCEL was attempted on active program program-name.
  

Local fix

• Ignore the IGZ0032S CANCEL message
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Enterprise COBOL V5.1, V5.2 and V6.1 users   *
  *                 running a mixture of COBOL and PL/I          *
  *                 programs and an ABEND occurs in a COBOL      *
  *                 program.                                     *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Incorrect ABEND message: When PL/I      *
  *                      fetches a COBOL program and that        *
  *                      program dynamically calls a second      *
  *                      COBOL program, an ABEND in the second   *
  *                      COBOL program triggers message          *
  *                      IGZ0032S to be issued. The message is   *
  *                      misleading as the primary source of     *
  *                      the issue is the ABEND and not a        *
  *                      CANCEL operation. The message was also  *
  *                      not being issued with earlier versions  *
  *                      of COBOL.                               *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  The error handling logic issues the IGZ0032S message even
  though an ABEND occurred in a dynamically called COBOL program
  that is in a mixed environment with PL/I modules.
  

Problem conclusion

• The error handling logic mentioned in the summary has been
  corrected. The IGZ0032S message is not being issued anymore
  when a COBOL program ABENDs and is dynamically called by
  another COBOL program that is fetched from PL/I.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

  PI59229

Modules/Macros

• IGZXLPKA
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  LE ENT COBOL LI

• Fixed component ID

  568819812

Applicable component levels

• R7A0 PSY UI36152

     UP16/03/17 P F603

• R790 PSY UI36153

     UP16/03/17 P F603

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