PH01275: ACIF IS NOT HONORING CPGID FOR 0 LENGTH RECORD, INCORRECTLY USESSYSTEM DEFAULT CHARSET FOR SPACES REGARDLESS OF CPGID SETTING

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer reports a problem with stream input files that are
  EBCDIC (mainframe data transferred to a workstation platform)
  when they have records of length 0 and have CCTYPE=A. The
  problem is that ACIF pads with an ASCII space which is not
  correct when customer is loading data with CPGID=500.  The
  indexer does not currently look at the CPGID to determine how
  pad the stream data during processing.
  Errors received from ACIF include APK346W mentioning nonexistent
   channel '20'x.
  

Local fix

• Suggest the customer generate their EBCDIC files with a x'25'
  on the FILEFORMAT parm, NEWLINE setting, instead of x'15'.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  *  All ACIF 4.5.0 for z/OS and ACIF 4.6.0 for                  *
  *                 z/OS users.                                  *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  *  Incorporate changes from CMOD and                           *
  *                      provide maintenance.                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  *  Apply the applicable PTF.                                   *
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  1. Content Manager OnDemand for Multiplatforms APAR PI86622 -
     Page IELs in the index file are incomplete.
  2. Content Manager OnDemand for Multiplatforms APAR PI91658 -
     ACIF does not process empty lines correctly, and on
     workstations, inserts blank characters that can be
     incompatible with the codepage used by the input dataset.
  3. Content Manager OnDemand for Multiplatforms APAR PI93170 -
     Triple line space carriage control processing incorrect
     across page boundaries.
  4. Content Manager OnDemand for Multiplatforms APAR PH02376 -
     Remove CMOD-specific code from the code base to resolve an
     abnormal termination when using an object container resource
     (IOB).
  5. Incorporate additional CMOD-specific conditional compilation
     code into the codebase.
  

Problem conclusion

• 1. Page IELs generated.
  2. Empty lines are processed as empty lines.  Empty lines
     that require carriage control are treated as containing
     'print-and-skip' carriage control.  Empty lines that require
     table reference characters are treated as having 'select
     -font-0' TRC.  A warning message is emitted if empty
     lines are encountered and either the parameter value CC=YES
     or the parameter value TRC=YES is selected.
  3. Triple line spacing is corrected.
  4. There is no customer-visible change.  The codebase is
     updated to be consistent with Content Manager OnDemand.
  5. There is no customer-visible change.  The codebase is
     updated to be consistent with Content Manager OnDemand.
  
  --------------------------------------------------------
  
  See APKGUSR5 in APK.SAPKSAM1 for the doc changes for the ACIF
  AFP Conversion and Indexing Facility User's Guide Version 4
  Release 5.0 (S550-0436-04).
  
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  
  See APKGUSR6 in APK.SAPKSAM1 for the doc changes for the ACIF
  AFP Conversion and Indexing Facility User's Guide Version 4
  Release 6.0 (S550-0436-05).
  
  --------------------------------------------------
  
  New messages:
  
  APK511W
  ACIF PARAMETER SETTINGS REQUIRE CARRIAGE CONTROL CHARACTERS
  AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH INPUT LINE. A 'SKIP' CARRIAGE
  CONTROL CHARACTER WAS AUTOMATICALLY INSERTED. THE FIRST
  INSTANCE OCCURRED AT LINEDATA INPUT LINE linenumber.
  
  APK512W
  ACIF PARAMETER SETTINGS REQUIRE TABLE REFERENCE CHARACTERS
  AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH INPUT LINE. A 'SELECT FONT 0'
  TABLE REFERENCE CHARACTER WAS AUTOMATICALLY INSERTED.
  THE FIRST INSTANCE OCCURRED AT LINEDATA INPUT LINE
  linenumber.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

• ×**** PE19/04/04 FIX IN ERROR. SEE APAR PH10629  FOR DESCRIPTION
  ×**** PE19/04/04 FIX IN ERROR. SEE APAR PH10629  FOR DESCRIPTION
  

APAR Information

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

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

  UI59285 UI59287 UI59294

Modules/Macros

• APKSMSEX APKRFFNT APKACIF  APKXLNAX APKRFCMR APKRINIT APKGUSR5
  APKGUSR6 APKRTERM APKRFDOR APKRGTTC APKPRINI APKMSTXT APKOUTAX
  APKMMSAX APKIXSAX APKOUTX2 APKRPATH APKICONV APKSUSAX
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  ACIF

• Fixed component ID

  564806201

Applicable component levels

• R450 PSY UI59287

     UP18/10/25 P F810

• R460 PSY UI59285

     UP18/10/25 P F810

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