IC65374: HATS WDSC/WEBFACING CURSOR IS NOT BEING POSITIONED CORRECTLY IN A WEBFACING APPLICATION - SEE APAR SE40083

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When running a COBOL application in the WebFacing environment
  the cursor will not be positioned correctly by the CSRPOS
  keyword if the COBOL program is compiled with the *CHGPOSSGN
  compile option.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All HATS Webfacing users that have coded a   *
  *                 DDS for a screen that uses CSRPOS for a      *
  *                 COBOL application that runs with the         *
  *                 *CHGPOSSGN option.                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When running a COBOL application in     *
  *                      the WebFacing environment the cursor    *
  *                      is not positioned correctly by the      *
  *                      CSRPOS keyword if the COBOL program     *
  *                      is compiled with the *CHGPOSSGN         *
  *                      compile option.                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  IBM WebFacing for the IBM i was written specifically to handle
  IBM i data formats. When COBOL applications are run with the
  *CHGPOSSGN option the application will format positive numbers
  in a IBM z (S/390) format.  This will cause the WebFacing
  runtime to misinterpret the numeric value.  When the numeric
  values are then processed for the CSRLOC DDS keyword the
  cursor will most likely not be positioned as expected.
  

Problem conclusion

• A change was made in WebFacing so that the cursor will be
  correctly positioned when using the CSRLOC keyword.  A check
  was added to ensure that even when numeric data is in the
  format presented by COBOL when *CHGPOSSGN is used the cursor
  position will still be correct.
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL HATS FOR 5

• Fixed component ID

  5724U6800

Applicable component levels

• R750 PSY

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