Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: ISPF Application - a warning
Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: >That is exactly correct - never use a variable that begins with 'Z' when >coding an ISPF application. This is documented in "z/OS ISPF Dialog Developer's Guide and Reference" Note: ISPF uses variable names that start with Z. Therefore, Z variables are reserved for ISPF system-related uses. User written dialogs must avoid creating or manipulating variable names that start with Z unless their use has been clearly documented. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: ISPF Application - a warning
That is exactly correct - never use a variable that begins with 'Z' when coding an ISPF application. Something that I forgot :( -- Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) < Mainframe Systems Programmer – RavenTek Solution Partners -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jeremy Nicoll Sent: Friday, April 13, 2018 4:34 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: ISPF Application - a warning On Thu, 12 Apr 2018, at 19:08, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: > Thus PDSEGEN 5.3.1 fixes this and I know now never to have a variable > within any ISPF application of z. I have a feeling that one is meant to avoid any variable name that starts with Z too... so no "ZERO" or "ZORRO" or... -- Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
Re: ISPF Application - a warning
On Thu, 12 Apr 2018, at 19:08, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: > Thus PDSEGEN 5.3.1 fixes this and I know now never to have a variable > within any ISPF application of z. I have a feeling that one is meant to avoid any variable name that starts with Z too... so no "ZERO" or "ZORRO" or... -- Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
ISPF Application - a warning
I ran across an interesting bug today - found that in PDSEGEN 5.3.0 that edit cancel was failing. I even opened a PMR on it as I couldn't figure it out - complete with ispvcall traces. Then I did some digging and found the edit cancel panel - ISRECFM - and noticed that it was testing for and that test was failing. So I made a copy of the panel and put within the panel and noticed that it had a value of z/OS. This got me to looking and with PDSEGEN 5.3.0 I had to add code to test for ISPF for z/OS 2.1 and I used a parse of the variable ZISPFOS and used "parse value ispfzos with x y z v'.'r'.'m" which resulted in variable z having the value of z/OS which broke the ISPF Panel test "IF ( NE ) ...". Thus PDSEGEN 5.3.1 fixes this and I know now never to have a variable within any ISPF application of z. You've been warned. You can get PDSEGEN 5.3.1 starting after 5pm on 4/12/18 at www.lbdsoftware.com -- Lionel B. Dyck (Contractor) < Mainframe Systems Programmer - RavenTek Solution Partners -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
