JR40277: MORE 3-WAY MERGE IMPROVEMENTS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• We have come across a couple of issues with the TPF Toolkit
  Merge Tool
  that we wanted to make you aware of.    I don?t believe these
  issues
  exist with the desktop TPF Merge Tool.
  
  1) The ?active? difference in the output frame does not stay in
  sync
  with the ?active? difference in the input frame.  It seems like
  the only
  time the difference in the output frame becomes active
  (highlights) is
  when a selection is made within the active difference.  The
  active item
  in the output frame should highlight with the active item in the
  input
  frame.  When a selection has not been made in the output frame
  yet, if
  this item becomes active, the output frame should have a dark
  gray
  highlight and when it?s not active, it should be a light gray
  highlight.
  Once I?ve merged all of the differences I quickly go back
  through all of
  the differences to make sure I?ve merged correctly and haven?t
  skipped
  any items.  Having the output correctly highlighted to match the
  highlighted input, would greatly help in this process.
  
  2) The other thing that we?ve found is when the edit current
  difference
  window (that causes the green difference in the output frame) is
  brought
  up, a newline is added to the end.  So, when the edit is applied
  to the
  output file, a new, empty line is inserted at the end of the
  difference
  unless the user deletes the newline in the edit window.
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• A few improvements to the three-way merge tool
  

Problem conclusion

• Fixed and delivered in interim fix 3.6.2.
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TPF TOOLKIT

• Fixed component ID

  5724H7900

Applicable component levels

• R360 PSY

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