IC57334: HATS DBCS MACRO SCREEN RECOGNITION AREA SHRINKS

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When a user selects an area for screen recognition during
  macro recording that contains DBCS characters the area
  shrinks when other items such as Total number of fields are
  selected or unselected as screen recognition criteria.
  
  The steps taken are:
  
  1. Open host terminal and display a screen that
     contains DBCS.
  2. Start macro recording.
  3. Move to the panel to define "start screen"(or "end screen")
  3. Mark DBCS string as screen recognition criteria.
  4. Check on/off the other criteria.
       -total number of fields
       -number of input fields
       -Cursor position
  --> The rectagle with yellow dotted line is getting smaller.
  
  If the area contains only SBCS fields then this problem does not
  occur.
  

Local fix

• None available
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All DBCS using Macros                        *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When a user selects an area for         *
  *                      screen recognition during macro         *
  *                      recording that contains DBCS            *
  *                      characters the area shrinks when        *
  *                      other items such as total number of     *
  *                      fields are selected or unselected as    *
  *                      screen recognition criteria.            *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When a users selects other items for screen recognition such
  as total number of fields, HATS will calculate the maximum
  width for the selected region.  But this logic uses the
  character amount as the maximum width.  Using this logic is
  incorrect for DBCS beacuse DBCS character width is double.
  

Problem conclusion

• Logic was added to double the maximum amount for each DBCS
  character found within the screen recognition area.
  

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:

  IC57826

Modules/Macros

• MACROSCR
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  HATS MULTI

• Fixed component ID

  5724L0200

Applicable component levels

• R600 PSN

     UP

• R700 PSY

     UP