PK81030: RATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPER V7.1.0: LITERALS SPECIFIED WITH THE AS NUM SPECIFICATION ARE NOT CONVERTED TO READABLE FORMAT

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Rational Business Developer V7.1.0.2:
  
  Literals specified with the AS NUM specification are not
  converted to readable format by COBOL generation.
  
  For example, the value moved to a character form field is not
  displayed correctly.  For the following statement:
  
    out3_c = 04;
  
  where out3_c is defined on the form as:
  
    OUT3_C char(10)  // Kontonummer
    { position = [6,9], fieldLen = 10, color = cyan, highlight =
      underline, intensity = normalIntensity, protect =
      noProtect, upperCase = yes, align = right, fillCharacter =
      nullFill};
  
  the value is displayed as:
  
    0D
  
  instead of:
  
    04
  
  and the generated COBOL contains:
  
    EGL *46* TEST05.MAP.out3_c = 04 as NUM(2,0);
  
  This problem only occurs when the following is specified in the
  eclipse.ini file:
  
    -DEGL_TREAT_INT_LITERAL_WITH_LEAD_ZEROS_AS_NUM=yes
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The temporary variable used by the AS NUM construct was not
  having a call to the sign fixup routine, which makes the
  last byte human readable.
  

Problem conclusion

• Software updated. Fixtest available
  

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

  RBD EGL FOR COB

• Fixed component ID

  5724S5001

Applicable component levels

• R710 PSN

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