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PH07181: RATIONAL PROGRAMMING PATTERNS : MESSAGE "EDITOR COULD NOT BE INITIALIZED" WHEN TRYING TO SWITCH TO NEW GENERATION PROCESS.

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APAR status

  • Closed as user error.

Error description

  • Rational Programming Patterns - v9.6.2

After having switched to new generation process, an error
message "Editor could not be initialized." and a blank window
with a red cross opens instead of the PDP editor.

The log show a null ointer exception :
java.lang.NullPointerException  at com.ibm.pdp.engine.turbo.
 reconcile.SegmentReconciler.buildAreas (SegmentReconciler.
 java:1062)
at com.ibm.pdp.engine.turbo.reconcile.SegmentReconciler.
 reconcileSegmentTree(SegmentReconciler.java:556)
at com.ibm.pdp.engine.turbo.reconcile.SegmentReconciler.
 treatSegments(SegmentReconciler.java:474)
at com.ibm.pdp.engine.turbo.reconcile.SegmentReconciler.
 reconcileUserChanges(SegmentReconciler.java:400)
at com.ibm.pdp.engine.turbo.reconcile.SegmentReconciler.
 reconcile(SegmentReconciler.java:242)
at com.ibm.pdp.engine.turbo.impl.TextProcessor.silentReconcile
 (TextProcessor.java:1131)
at com.ibm.pdp.engine.turbo.impl.TextProcessor.setGenerated
 InfoNew5(TextProcessor.java:556)
at com.ibm.pdp.engine.turbo.impl.TextProcessor.setGenerated
 Info (TextProcessor.java:147)
at com.ibm.pdp.framework.GenerationManager.updateController
 AndSave (GenerationManager.java:1060)
at com.ibm.pdp.framework.GenerationManager._generate
 (GenerationManager.java:459)
at com.ibm.pdp.framework.GenerationManager.generate
 WithOption (GenerationManager.java:244)
at com.ibm.pdp.pdpeditor.editor.OpenEditorVirtualMacroProcess
 $RunnableWithProgress.run (OpenEditorVirtualMacroProcess.
 java:355)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContext
 Thread. run (ModalContext.java:119)

Local fix

  • Open program without asking to switch to new generation process
Delete the blank line at the top of the code

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Comments


    

  • The first line of a COBOL must not be an empty line

    



APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    PH07181
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  • Reported component name
    RATL PROG PATTE
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  • Reported component ID
    5725H0300
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  • Reported release
    962
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  • Status
    CLOSED  USE
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  • PE
    NoPE
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  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
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  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt / Xsystem
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  • Submitted date
    2019-01-11
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  • Closed date
    2020-10-15
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  • Last modified date
    2020-10-15
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            Modified date:
            

            16 October 2020
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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