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PK54730: GMMTEXT PADDED WITH BLANKS TO MAXIMUM LENGTH WHEN CHANGED WITH WUI

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • If the WUI is used to change the GMMTEXT Good Morning Message
    Text for a region, it gets padded with blanks x'40' to the
    maximum size of the GMMTEXT parameter, regardless of how long
    the string was that the user entered.  This causes rest of the
    text (the timestamp from CICS) to be much farther down the
    screen than it should be.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED: All CICSPlex/SM V3R1M0 Users                 *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:    You use CPSM to change the GMMTEXT   *
    *                      Good Morning Message text for a region. *
    *                      The text which CSGM writes to the dis-  *
    *                      play screen is padded with blanks to    *
    *                      the maximum size of the GMMTEXT attri-  *
    *                      bute, regardless of how long the string *
    *                      was that the user entered.  This causes *
    *                      the rest of the Good Morning text (the  *
    *                      timestamp from CICS) to be much farther *
    *                      down the screen than it should be.      *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION: After applying the PTF that resolves this    *
    *                 APAR, all MASes must be recycled to pick     *
    *                 up the new code.  Note that the restarts     *
    *                 do not need to be done at the same time.     *
    ****************************************************************
       The provided Good Morning Message text is passed to module
    EYU0NSCR (NSCR - Set CICS System Attributes) padded to 246 bytes
    with blanks (X'40').  In NSCR, trailing low-values (X'00') are
    stripped to determine the real string length, but not trailing
    blanks, so the GMMTEXT attribute is always padded to 246 bytes.
    

Problem conclusion

  •    Module EYU0NSCR was modified to strip trailing blanks from
    the passed Good Morning message text string.
    

Temporary fix

  • FIX AVAILABLE BY PTF ONLY
    

Comments

  •    You use CPSM to change the GMMTEXT
    Good Morning Message text for a region.
    The text which CSGM writes to the dis-
    play screen is padded with blanks to
    the maximum size of the GMMTEXT attri-
    bute, regardless of how long the string
    was that the user entered.  This causes
    the rest of the Good Morning text (the
    timestamp from CICS) to be much farther
    down the screen than it should be.
    
    
       The provided Good Morning Message text is passed to module
    EYU0NSCR (NSCR - Set CICS System Attributes) padded to 246 bytes
    with blanks (X'40').  In NSCR, trailing low-values (X'00') are
    stripped to determine the real string length, but not trailing
    blanks, so the GMMTEXT attribute is always padded to 246 bytes.
    
    
       Module EYU0NSCR was modified to strip trailing blanks from
    the passed Good Morning message text string.
    

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PK54730

  • Reported component name

    CPSM CICS 3.1

  • Reported component ID

    5655M1501

  • Reported release

    100

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2007-10-15

  • Closed date

    2007-10-22

  • Last modified date

    2007-11-02

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

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

    PK54685 UK30480

Modules/Macros

  •    EYU0NSCR
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    CPSM CICS 3.1

  • Fixed component ID

    5655M1501

Applicable component levels

  • R100 PSY UK30480

       UP07/10/23 P F710

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Modified date:
22 February 2023