OW13974: ISPDTLC LOOP IF END TAG IS MISSING

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• ISPDTLC loops if END TAG (>) is missing, i.e. </MSGMBR
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: ALL                                          *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: PROGRAM LOOPS WHEN CLOSING TAG          *
  *                      DELIMITER ">"MISSING FROM LAST TAG IN   *
  *                      DTL SOURCE FILE.                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• - PROGRAM LOOPS WHEN CLOSING TAG DELIMITER ">"
    MISSING FROM LAST TAG IN DTL SOURCE FILE.
  
  - MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS FIXED BY DEVELOPMENT:
     1. RETURN CODE FOR COMMAND TABLE ERROR - TBOPEN
     2. CORRECT ENTITY PARSE - ALLOW 'SYSTEM' IN TEXT
     3. CORRECT ENTITY PARSE - ALLOW ';' IN DBCS TEXT
     4. CORRECT ENTITY PARSE - OPEN '('  AFTER DOCTYPE
     5. EXPOSE "PANEL." VARIABLES IN RP TAG PROCESSING
     6. RESET O/P FILE NAMES WHEN BLANKED ON INVOKE PANEL
     7. VARIABLE SUBSTITUTION SCAN IMPROVEMENTS
     8. MESSAGE SUBSTITUTION (LINE NO) IMPROVEMENTS
     9. ISPF/ISPDTLC RELEASE CHECK AND MESSAGE AT INVOKE
    10. IMPROVED USE OF AVAILABLE ATTRIBUTES
    11. HELP PANEL DEPTH FOR DEPTH=FIT
    12. SETTING OF '&MULTIPMT' TEXT VALUE WHEN CHKBOX=NO
    13. ADD WARNING MESSAGE WHEN PMTWIDTH < &MULTIPMT TEXT
    14. RP/PS FIELD COUNT RESET
    15. CORRECT REGION WIDTH SETTING
    16. CORRECT LSTGRP WIDTH
    17. ADD MERGESAREA/NOMERGESAREA INVOKE OPTION WITH
        SCROLLABLE AREA COMBINE CODE, INCLUDING ADDING
        MSGLINE=YES|NO TO THE HELP TAG.
    18. CORRECT DBCS FORMATTING OF XMP AND DL TAGS
    19. MAKE TEMP PREP DSN BASED ON ZSCREEN NUMBER
    20. FIX CURSOR POS AFTER DSN ERROR ON INVOKE PANEL
    21. "--" WITHIN ENTITY QUOTED STRING TAKEN AS COMMENT
    22. FIX SELCHAR TRUNCATION IN OPTION MENU ZSEL STMT
    23. FIX LEADER DOTS FOR DBCS PROMPTS
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  OW12066

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

  UW20596

Modules/Macros

• ISPDTLC
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ISPF (DM) V4

• Fixed component ID

  565504201

Applicable component levels

• R102 PSY UW20596

     UP95/08/30 P F508

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