PI71806: IDZ 14 RDZ COBOL EDITOR "TOGGLE COMMENT" INCORRECTLY CHANGES LINE NUMBER OFFSETS [C]

Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 3 (9.5.1.1) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 4 (9.5.1.4) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 5 (9.5.1.5) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 5 (9.5.1.6) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 7 (9.5.1.7) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 8 (9.5.1.8) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 9 (9.5.1.9) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 10 (9.5.1.10) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 11 (9.5.1.11) for 9.5.1.
Rational Developer for z Systems Fix Pack 12 (9.5.1.12) for 9.5.1.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM Developer for z 14 the Rational Developer for z Systems
  COBOL editor "Toggle Comment" incorrectly changes line number
  offsets.
  
  When adding comments for non-blank lines. the toggle comment
  function is replacing one column 7 character with another column
  7 character. When adding comments for blank lines, the toggle
  comment is adding 7 characters (6 blanks and 1 '*') and not
  accounting for these.
  
  To reproduce
  - Open a source containing blank lines in the COBOL editor
  - Right click in the gutter and check "Show Line Numbers"
  - Select a block of lines containing about 20 blank lines
    (Note the start and ending line number)
  - Invoke Source > Toggle Comment twice.
  - Observe that the selected block now has less lines, the end
  line number has decreased.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• COBOL Editor's "Toggle Comment" incorrectly marks comments when
  blank lines are part of selection, due to miscalculation of
  offsets.
  

Problem conclusion

• Modified the "Toggle Comment" function to correctly calculate
  offsets in the case of a blank line being encountered.
  
  The problem listed in this APAR has been resolved with
  IBM Rational Developer for z Systems V9.5.1.3 Fix Pack which
  is available from the Recommended Fixes support download page:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2294&uid=swg27006335
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DEV FOR Z SYS

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0700

Applicable component levels

• R951 PSY

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