IC59957: HATS LOCKED SCREEN WHEN SUBMITTING TO HOST IN IE, AND MSG DOCUMENT.SELECTION HAS NO PROPERTIES IN FF USING AUTOADVANCE

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer has HATS 7.0.0.4 using Microsoft Internet Explorer and
  Mozilla Firefox.
  After input of 3 digits in a field limited to 3 digits, the
  input data are not sent to the host and the HATS screen is
  locked.  This symptom only occurs with IE, but not with Firefox.
  However, in Firefox, the user is occasionally seeing an error
  that says "document.selection has no properties."  AutoAdvance
  is turned on in both cases in HATS, and there is a read-only
  input field on the page in at least the first symptom.
  

Local fix

• Client did some javascript coding around the first symptom
  for IE to avoid the problem.  For the second symptom, the client
  claims it doesn't impede their ability to work, but is more of
  a nuisance to the end user.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users using autoAdvance with readonly        *
  *                 fields on the rendered screen in the         *
  *                 browser.                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When using autoAdvance and the next     *
  *                      field is readonly the cursor may be     *
  *                      moved to the readOnly input field.      *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  autoAdvance incorrectly tries to advance to read-only input
  fields, which are inoperable for the user.
  

Problem conclusion

• Code was changed in autoAdvance logic to not move to a readonly
  input field.
  

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:

Modules/Macros

• LXGWFUNC
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  HATS MULTI

• Fixed component ID

  5724L0200

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY

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