IC62366: HATS AUTOMATICALLY INSERTS EXTRACT HANDLERS WITH BLANK NAME WHEN EDITED MACRO IS SAVED. THIS CAUSES IO CREATION TO FAIL.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Editing a macro in a HATS V7.5 project, when the macro is saved,
  code similar to the following is inserted automatically by HATS
  into the top section of the macro:
  <extract handler="default.jsp" index="0" indexed="false" name=""
  overwrite="true" save="false" separator="" showHandler="true"
  variableName=""/>
  which causes an error when trying to generate an Integration
  Object from the macro.  A popup message with 'HATS Toolkit' in
  the title bar and a message of "An error occured while creating
  the IO. The prompt has an invalid name. The prompt name must sta
  rt with a lowercase letter and be a valid Java identifier."is
  displayed.
  Removing the prompt handlers with blank names that were inserted
  automatically resolves the problem and lets the IO be built.
  

Local fix

• Remove prompt handlers with blank names that were automatically
  inserted.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: HATS Developers using the Visual Macro       *
  *                 Editor (VME).                                *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When trying to generate an Integration  *
  *                      Object from a macro, a popup message    *
  *                      with 'HATS Toolkit' in                  *
  *                      the title bar and a message of:         *
  *                      "An error occured while creating        *
  *                      the IO. The prompt has an invalid       *
  *                      name. The prompt name must start        *
  *                      with a lowercase letter and be a        *
  *                      valid Java identifier."                 *
  *                      is displayed.                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  HATS automatically inserts prompt/extract handlers with blank
  names when an edited macro is saved.  The name attribute of
  the macro prompt/extract handler tag is not set.
  This problem only occurs when there are prompt and extract
  actions in a macro that do not have corresponding HATS handler
  tags.  Because these actions did not have HATS handler tags,
  HATS automatically creates them.
  HATS used a method that builds a default handler tag.  This
  default handler tag does not include the name.
  

Problem conclusion

• To fix this problem, the VME now sets the handler
  name after creating the default handler tag.
  

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 MULTI

• Fixed component ID

  5724U6700

Applicable component levels

• R750 PSY

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