I seem to recall that there was an option in QWS3270, Yale null processing,
that could produce undesirable effects under some circumstances. I believe
that, with this option turned on, extra blanks were included in input from
the terminal. I don't know if there is a corresponding option in other
emulators,
Bill
On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 12:31:27 -0600, Bill Godfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:11:10 -0700, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>
>>On a Z/OS v1r7 system, from the TSO READY prompt, I do:
>>
>> READY
>>oshell uname -a
>> OS/390 ECC1 17.00 03 2084
>> READY
>>allocate dd(foo) path('/etc/profile')
>>
>> READY
>>allocate dd(foo) path('/etc/profile')
>>
>> IKJ56246I PATH /etc/profile NOT ALLOCATED, FILE IN USE
>> IKJ56112A ENTER 'FREE' OR 'END'+-
>>free
>> IKJ56113I INVALID RESPONSE
>> IKJ56113A REENTER+-
>>end
>> IKJ56113I INVALID RESPONSE
>> IKJ56113A REENTER+-
>>'FREE'
>> IKJ56113I INVALID RESPONSE
>> IKJ56113A REENTER+-
>>'END'
>> IKJ56113I INVALID RESPONSE
>> IKJ56113A REENTER+-
>>
>>This is painfully similar to the former behavior of IKJ56700A,
>>somewhat fixed in APAR Item OW50742. The principle is the same:
>>if an interactive sytem prompts a user for input and supplies a
>>list of acceptable responses, then it must in fact accept at least
>>one of the responses presented as acceptable.
>>
>>See also APAR Item OZ84458. A similar resolution is needed
>>in this case. In fact the behavior above can be considered a
>>regression of the problem in OZ84458.
>>
>>-- Submitted as ETR Record 59559,033,000.
>>
>>But it leaves me wondering: doesn't anyone ever sit in front of
>>a terminal and test these things?
>>
>
>I had the same problem a few years ago on OS390 and maybe even older
>systems. It only happened when I used an old QWS3270 program written for
>Windows 3.1. If I tried the same thing with a different program (PCOM or
>x3270) the problem did not happen. I always blamed it on the emulator
>program, but never looked into it to find the actual cause. I haven't
>tried using the old program recently.
>
>Bill Godfrey
>
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