PI82243: OBJECT COMPARISON TOOL HELP PANEL ISSUES

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• This APAR resolves several issues with the Object Comparison
  Tool Help Panels:
  
  1.  If you bring up the online help panels (PF1 or help from
  the Object Compare main menu), and select 'W', Walk through
  steps 1 - 5 in sequence, you are taken to panel GOCWH, HELP:
  Walk through steps 1 - 5 in a sequence.  If you hit enter, you
  are taken to ADBHUPA HELP: DB2 Batch Job Utility
  Parameters,  and you cannot exit this help panel.
  
  2.   Similarly, if you try to sequentially step through the
  online help panels (by continuously pressing the <Enter> key),
  after going through panel GOC5H, HELP: Generate Compare Job,
  and GOCWH, HELP: Walk through steps 1 - 5 in a sequence, you
  are taken to ADBHUPA HELP: DB2 Batch Job Utility
  Parameters,  and you cannot exit this help panel.
  
  3.  When selecting help for 'M', Manage/Restore dialog,  or
  'V',  Generate job to extract version file from source only,
  the panel content is correct (panels ADBHSDM and GOCVH
  respectively), but the panel headers are not.
  

Local fix

• Select each help option individually, and do not hit enter to
  go to the next option.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of DB2 Object Comparison Tool          *
  *                 for z/OS who use help panels in              *
  *                 Object Compare.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Some of the online help panels          *
  *                      from Object Compare main menu           *
  *                      take user to incorrect panels or        *
  *                      have incorrect titles.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  This APAR resolves several issues with the Object
  Comparison Tool Help Panels:
  
  1. If you bring up the online help panels (PF1 or help
  from the Object Compare main menu), and select 'W',
  Walk through steps 1 - 5 in sequence, you are taken to
  panel GOCWH, HELP: Walk through steps 1 - 5 in a
  sequence. If you hit enter, you are taken to ADBHUPA
  HELP: DB2 Batch Job Utility Parameters, and you
  cannot exit this help panel.
  
  2. Similarly, if you try to sequentially step through the
  online help panels (by continuously pressing the
  <Enter> key), after going through panel GOC5H,
  HELP: Generate Compare Job, and GOCWH,
  HELP: Walk through steps 1 - 5 in a sequence, you
  are taken to ADBHUPA HELP: DB2 Batch Job Utility
  Parameters, and you cannot exit this help panel.
  
  3.  When selecting help for 'M', Manage/Restore
  dialog,  or  'V',  Generate job to extract version file
  from source only,  the panel content is correct
  (panels ADBHSDM and GOCVH  respectively),
  but the panel headers are not.
  

Problem conclusion

• Help panels have been fixed.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• ×**** PE18/02/01 PTF IN ERROR. SEE APAR PI93173  FOR DESCRIPTION
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UI50549 UI50550 UI50551

Modules/Macros

•    GOCCCM   GOCCIF   GOCVH    GOCWH    H25GB10J
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DB2 OBJECT COMP

• Fixed component ID

  5697G6400

Applicable component levels

• RB10 PSY UI50549

     UP17/09/27 P F709

• RB20 PSY UI50550

     UP17/09/26 P F709

• RC10 PSY UI50551

     UP17/09/26 P F709

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