PH19373: IDZ MENU MANAGER PREFERENCES SHOWS THE FIRST MENU AVAILABLE WHENDUPLICATE NAMES EXIST.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In IBM Developer for z/OS - IDz - v14.1.7, opening
  Menu manager preferences shows the first menu available instead
  of the previously selected one when duplicate names exist.
  
  
  Steps to reproduce the problem:
  
  - create a menu manager file for datasets in
  c:\tmp\menumanager.xml with a menu named MyMenu
  
  - copy it into c:\tmp2\menumanager.xml and import this copy into
  IDz menu manager preferences as Data set menus
  
  - On IDz preferences Menu Manager > Menu Selection, select
  context MVS Files in Remote Systems view and Default Dataset
  Menus is set to MyMenu c:\tmp2\menumanager.xml (first on the
  list is MyMenu c:\tmp\menumanager.xml)
  
  - click Apply and OK
  
  - reopen the Preferences dialog and "Default Dataset Menus" is
  now set to MyMenu c:\tmp\menumanager.xml (first one on the list)
  instead of MyMenu c:\tmp2\menumanager.xml (second choice on the
  list that was previously selected).
  

Local fix

• There is no known workaround at this time
  

Problem summary

• This problem occurs when there are multiple menus with the same
  ID in a workspace. In this specific case, the user created a new
   Menu Manager file that contains a custom menu. The user then
  copied the file into a different directory, and imported the
  copied file.
  When default and base menus were loaded, IDz only used the ID to
  find and load the menus that were specified by the user. Finding
  the menus using only the ID caused issues when multiple menus
  with the same ID existed, since IDz oftentimes found the
  incorrect menu.
  

Problem conclusion

• A menu's ID is not enough to uniquely identify the menu, since
  other menus with the same ID may exist. However, the combination
   of a menu's ID and file does uniquely identify it. So, both the
   ID and file must be used to find and load the correct
  default/base menu that the user selected.
  

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

  DEV FOR Z/OS

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0700

Applicable component levels