IC60720: HATS <> STRINGS ON SCREEN ARE INTERPRETED AS HTML TAGS

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A HATS customer has a screen that contains the data <S> on it.
  HATS is interpreting this data as the HTML tag Strikeout.  Thus,
  the screen that is renders now has a strikeout through the <S>.
  

Local fix

• Using Char by Char alignment will alleviate this problem.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Any HATS users that have host fields that    *
  *                 are also valid HTML tags                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: HATS incorrectly renders host screen    *
  *                      fields that are valid HTML tags.        *
  *                      For example, if a green screen has      *
  *                      data on it such as "<S> Select", then   *
  *                      HATS interprets the <S> as an HTML      *
  *                      Strikeout tag and renders the text,     *
  *                      "Select" with a strikeout through       *
  *                      it.                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Host screens may have fields that contains valid HTML tags such
  as <S>. If HATS interprets a field on a screen with a valid
  HTML tag such as <S> then all of the data in that field will
  be rendered according to the HTML tag.  The output of the
  rendered screen does not appear as expected.
  

Problem conclusion

• A new parameter has been added to the runtime settings that will
  ignore HTML tags that are part of a field.  The new escapeHTML
  parameter is a runtime setting that is set to false by
  default.  The new option can be turned on in the *.hap file
  under the setting of:
  <class name="com.ibm.hats.common.RuntimeSettings"/>
  
  add the following statement to turn on this option:
  <setting name="escapeHTMLTags" value="true"/>
  

Temporary fix

• You can also avoid this problem by using character by
  character rendering in the field widget.
  

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 TOOLK

• Fixed component ID

  5724U6801

Applicable component levels

• R710 PSY

     UP

• R750 PSY

     UP