PH33067: IDZ ZUNIT TEST DATA EDITOR FAILS WITH ERROR IGYGR1056-E LITERAL EXCEEDED THE LENGTH SPECIFIED IN THE "PICTURE" DEFINITION

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM Developer for z/OS - IDz - v15, attempt to open the zUnit
  test data editor fails with error:
  
  2. parm_HELLO2.cbl is expected to be a complete COBOL program,
  based on its file extension.
  You can change the file extension support by going into the
  "More COBOL options" tab of
  the COBOL importer preferences page (Window -> Preferences ->
  Importer -> COBOL).
  parm_HELLO2.cbl(10)
  IGYGR1056-E "VALUE" literal "'OLI00000701
  VIER     !'"
  exceeded the length specified in the "PICTURE" definition.
  The literal was truncated to the "PICTURE" definition length.
      at
  com.ibm.etools.zunit.batch.importer.CobolLanguageImportHelper.
  
  processParameterLanugageElements(CobolLanguageImportHelper.java:
  92)
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  
  The error can be reproduced with the following program:
  
  For example with:
  
         IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
  00000100
         PROGRAM-ID. HELLO2.
  00000200
       *******************************
  *********************************  00000300
        /
  00000400
         DATA DIVISION.
  00000500
         WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
  00000600
         01  NAME1 PIC X(20).
  00000700
             88 OLIVIER VALUE
  'OLI00000701
        -       'VIER     !'.
  00000702
  
  00000800
         LINKAGE SECTION.
  00000801
         01 MY-ARG PIC X(01).
  00000802
  
  00000805
         PROCEDURE DIVISION USING MY-ARG.
  00000806
            MAIN.
  00001100
             DISPLAY "Hello " NAME1
  00001200
             DISPLAY "WELCOME TO COBOL " MY-ARG
  00001300
             GOBACK.
  00001400
  
  00001500
         END PROGRAM HELLO2.
  00001600
  

Local fix

• There is no known workaround at this time.
  

Problem summary

• Error occurs when trying to open the zUnit test case editor, If
  the VALUE clause definition of a data item spans multiple lines
  and there is a comment after column 72 in the middle.
  

Problem conclusion

• Change so that characters after column 72 are not acquired when
  acquiring literal values.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DEV FOR Z/OS

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0700

Applicable component levels