PK30627: TRANSLATOR SUPPORT FOR CHINESE CODE PAGES

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APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• New Function
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All.                                         *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Support for code pages 935 and 1388     *
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  Support required for Chinese code pages 935 and 1388.
  Some 'C' copybooks need to specify the code page used
  via the pragma filetag directive.
  Additional keywords
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Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

• FIX AVAILABLE BY PTF ONLY
  

Comments

• The CICS translator now supports Chinese code pages 935 and
  1388.
  'C' copybooks now specify the code page used via a pragma
  filetag directive.
  The CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 3 Release 1
  CICS Application Programming Guide, SC34-6433-03,
  Chapter 5, Programming in C and C++, Using Locale support,
  will be updated to include the following topic:
  
  Locale support for C and C++
  The CICS translator, by default, assumes that programs written
  in the C or C++ language have been edited with the EBCDIC
  Latin-1 code page IBM-1047.
  If you have used an alternative code page, you can specify this
  in a pragma filetag directive at the start of the application
  program. The pragma statement must be the first non-comment
  statement in the program, and the filetag directive must be
  specified before any other directive in the pragma statement.
  The CICS translator scans for the presence of the filetag
  Directive. The CICS translator only supports the default code
  page IBM-1047, the German EBCDIC code page IBM-273, and the
  Chinese EBCDIC code pages IBM-935 and IBM-1388.
  For example, if the program has been prepared with an editor
  using the German EBCDIC code page, it should begin with the
  following directive:
  ??=pragma filetag ("IBM-273")
  If your application program uses a mix of different code pages
  (for example, if you are including header files edited in a code
  page different to that used for the ordinary source files), all
  of the files must include the pragma filetag directive, even if
  they are in the default code page IBM-1047.
  Some older IBM C compilers which are no longer in service, but
  can still be used with the CICS translator, might not support
  the use of the pragma filetag directive. Check the documentation
  for your compiler if you are not sure whether your compiler
  supports this. All the IBM C/C++ compilers that are listed in
  High-level language support (a topic in the What's New) which
  are still in service support the use of the pragma filetag
  directive.
  

APAR Information

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

  PK30621

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

  UK18999

Modules/Macros

•    DESBRIH  DESBRIH2 DFH$DXCC DFHBRICH DFHBRIHH
  DFHBR2CH DFHBR2HH DFHCDBLK DFHEAM07 DFHEBURM DFHECM07 DFHEDM07
  DFHEIM07 DFHEPM07 DFHEXM12 DFHIIURH DFHNCC   DFHNEPCA DFHXCPLH
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICSTS 3.1 Z/OS

• Fixed component ID

  5655M1500

Applicable component levels

• R400 PSY UK18999

     UP06/10/28 P F610

• R403 PSY UK19000

     UP06/10/28 P F610

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