PH25367: ASMA092E ERROR MESSAGE USING DFHEIENT MACRO ASSEMBLING PROGRAMS WITH CICS TS VER.5.X

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer is reporting message:
  
  ASMA092E Substring expression 1 points past string end;
  default=null - CEEEN
  
  when assembling a LE conforming assembler program and using
  DFHEIENT macro
  
  The problem is in DFHEIENT macro, related to CODEREG, with CICS
  TS Ver5.x. For CICS version V4.1 (R660) and V4.2 (R670) the
  problem is not visible.  Even though same LE and same Assembler
  (HLASM R6.0).
  

Local fix

• No Local Fix.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS users.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Assembler errors when compiling         *
  *                      a CICS LEASM program.                   *
  ****************************************************************
  An attempt to assemble a CICS program with translator options
  PROLOG, EPILOG, LEASM fails with various assembler errors, such
  as:
  ASMA092E Substring expression 1 points past string end.
  ASMA435I Record 101 in SYS1.SCEEMAC(CEEENTRY)
  ASMA074E Illegal syntax in expression
  ASMA074E Illegal syntax in expression -
  ASMA041E Term expected; text is unclassifiable
  ASMA307E No active USING for operand
  ASMA435I Record 213 in CICS.TS53.SDFHMAC(DFHECALL)
  Additional Keywords: RC08
  

Problem conclusion

• DFHEIENT has been changed to specify a correct register
  specification on the CEEENTRY BASE operand.
  

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:

  UI70334 UI70335 UI70336

Modules/Macros

• DFHEIENT
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V5

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0400

Applicable component levels

• R100 PSY UI70334

     UP20/07/03 P F007

• R200 PSY UI70335

     UP20/07/03 P F007

• R300 PSY UI70336

     UP20/07/09 P F007

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