OA41363: MEMBER EDIT MACRO STATEMENT WITHIN EDIF AND VIIF RETURNS UNPREDICTABLE RESULTS.

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The Edit Interface Service (EDIF) and the View Interface Service
  (VIIF) use client written I/O.  Currently, the MEMBER edit macro
  statement can return invalid results, based on the contents of
  the data-name.
  
  The MEMBER edit macro command should return a blank value from
  EDIF and VIIF.
  

Local fix

• Since neither the DATASET nor the MEMBER edit macro command can
  return valid data, do not use these commands with EDIF or VIIF.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All ISPF users.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The EDIF and VIIF services use the      *
  *                      dsname parameter to calculate the       *
  *                      member name for the MEMBER edit macro   *
  *                      command.  This is can cause the MEMBER  *
  *                      macro command to return unpredictable   *
  *                      results.                                *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The member name returned from the MEMBER macro was being set to
  characters 48-54 of whatever was in the data-name parameter.
  

Problem conclusion

• The member name is set to blank for the MEMBER macro when
  issued from an interface service.
  

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:

  UA69309 UA69310 UA69311

Modules/Macros

• ISREPMB
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ISPF Z/OS PDF&S

• Fixed component ID

  565504202

Applicable component levels

• RJ02 PSY UA69309

     UP13/06/07 P F306

• RM02 PSY UA69310

     UP13/06/07 P F306

• RN02 PSY UA69311

     UP13/06/07 P F306

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