IC60353: TEXT REPLACEMENT USING LINK CAUSE JAVASCRIPT ERROR AND FAILS.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• There is a problem using the text replacement feature in
  HATS.  When you try to replace some text with a link in the
  text replacement tool the page displays correctly but when you
  click on the new link the browser throws a JavaScript error and
  the link does not work.
  
  After looking into the error and the code that the text
  replacement tool is generating I found the problem.
  
  Here is an example of the code generated by HATS:
  <a accesskey="HATSForm" href="javascript:ms('[pf12]',
  HatsForm);" class="HATSLINK" name="[pf12]">Cancel</a>
  
  The error is that the single quotes around the string HatsForm
  in the ms command are missing.  As a result the JavaScript is
  interpreting the HatsForm as a variable instead of a string.
  

Local fix

• Manually add the quotes around HatsForm in the ms command.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Developers using text replacement to         *
  *                 replace text with HTML links.                *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Replacing host screen text with an      *
  *                      HTML link does not work at runtime.     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The Toolkit generates incorrect HTML when text replacement is
  used to replace host screen text with an HTML link.
  

Problem conclusion

• Incorrect HTML is generated when using text replacement to
  replace text with an HTML link.  For example, this HTML code
  is generated when using text replacement:
  
  <a accesskey="HATSForm" href="javascript:ms('[pf12]',HatsForm);"
    class="HATSLINK" name="[pf12]">Cancel</a>
  
  The string HatsForm is a String, not a variable and,
  therefore, must be enclosed in single quotes.  Without the
  single quotes around HatsForm, the page throws a JavaScript
  error during runtime.
  
  The HATS Toolkit code was changed to generate the correct HTML
  code.
  

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

• HATSSTUD
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL HATS FOR 5

• Fixed component ID

  5724U6800

Applicable component levels

• R710 PSY

     UP

• R750 PSY

     UP