PL25620: :RDEF ROW DEFINITION .TD TABLE DEFINITION ARRANGE MSGDSMKTD447E

APAR status

• Closed as suggestion for future release.

Error description

• THE USER CREATES A TABLE USING THE TAG :RDEF (ROW DEFINITION) OR
  THE CONTROL WORD .TD (TABLE DEFINITION) AND INCLUDES THE ARRANGE
  PARAMETER.  THE ARRANGE PARAMETER IS DEFINING A LARGE NUMBER OF
  GRID ELEMENTS AND IS SPECIFIED SEVERAL TIMES.  WHEN THE TOTAL
  NUMBER OF CHARACTERS PLUS SPACES IN THE ARRANGE PARMAMETER ALONG
  WITH THE CHARACTERS IN THE CONTROL WORD OR GML TAG EXCEED 255,
  MSDSMKTD447E 'INVALID SPECIFICATION ON ARRANGE PARAMETER' IS
  ISSUED.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• CURRENTLY,  SCRIPT/VS HAS A LIMIT OF 256-BYTES ON ANY ONE INPUT
  LINE.  WHEN THE GML TAG :RDEF IS PROCESSED, GML  MACRO  DSMRDEF
  GENERATES  A TABLE DEFINITION CONTROL WORD (.TD) TO PROCESS THE
  ARRANGE  ATTRIBUTES  (IF  SPECIFIED).    ALTHOUGH  THE  ARRANGE
  DEFINITION  MAY BE DEFINED USING A SEPARATE INPUT LINE FOR EACH
  LINE OF THE CELL ARRANGEMENT, THE ENTIRE ARRANGE DEFINITION FOR
  A GIVEN ROW IS PROCESSED AS ONE INPUT LINE.  THE PARAMETER LIST
  IS THEN PLACED INTO A SYMBOL ARRAY  AND  USED  AS  THE  ARRANGE
  PARAMETER  LIST.   THE ENTIRE TABLE DEFINITION (.TD), INCLUDING
  CONTROL  WORD,  ATTRIBUTES,  AND   PARAMETERS   (AFTER   SYMBOL
  SUBSTITUTION) CANNOT EXCEED THE 256 CHARACTER INPUT LINE LIMIT.
  
  THIS  APAR WILL BE CLOSED AS A SUGGESTION WHICH DEVELOPMENT HAS
  REVIEWED AND CONCURS WITH.
  
  IN ADDITION TO THE SUG CLOSING,  THE  FOLLOWING  NOTE  WILL  BE
  ADDED  TO  THE  TEXT OF THE ARRANGE ATTRIBUTE ON PAGE 81 OF THE
  GML STARTER SET REFERENCE GUIDE (SH20918704) AND TO PAGE 44  OF
  THE GML STARTER SET USER'S GUIDE (SH20918604):
  
    WHEN  THE :RDEF TAG IS PROCESSED, GML MACRO DSMRDEF GENERATES
    A TABLE DEFINITION CONTROL WORD (.TD) TO PROCESS THE  ARRANGE
    ATTRIBUTES  (IF SPECIFIED).   ALTHOUGH THE ARRANGE DEFINITION
    MAY HAVE BEEN DEFINED USING A SEPARATE INPUT  LINE  FOR  EACH
    LINE  OF  THE CELL ARRANGEMENT, THE ENTIRE ARRANGE DEFINITION
    FOR A GIVEN  ROW  IS  PROCESSED  AS  ONE  INPUT  LINE.    THE
    PARAMETER LIST IS THEN PLACED INTO A SYMBOL ARRAY AND USED AS
    THE  ARRANGE  PARAMETER LIST.  IF THE ENTIRE TABLE DEFINITION
    (.TD), INCLUDING CONTROL  WORD,  ATTRIBUTES,  AND  PARAMETERS
    (AFTER   SYMBOL   SUBSTITUTION)   EXCEEDS   256   CHARACTERS,
    TRUNCATION OCCURS AND UNPREDICTABLE ERRORS WILL RESULT.
  

APAR Information

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Fix information

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