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PM36480: getSelection seems to be limited to siblings

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APAR status

  • Closed as documentation error.

Error description

  • Problem
    getSelection() perm doesn't work across non-sibling selections
    
    I suspect that this is actually just a case of a partial
    description in the manual. When using the related setSelection
    in the same circumstances, a sensible error is given.
    
    To Reproduce
     - create some objects in a hierarchy
     - using ?Shift? select mutliple objects across a range of the
    hierarchy
     - run code such as the following :
    
    '
    Module CurMod = current
    Object ONLYONE = current
    Object START = null
    Object FINISH = null
    
    getSelection(CurMod, START, FINISH)
    
    if((! null START) ?? (! null FINISH)) {
            print START.'Absolute Number' '\n'
            print FINISH.'Absolute Number' ''
    }
    '
    
    Possible Workarounds
    None
    

Local fix

Problem summary

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    DXL documentation needs updated to reflect that getSelection
    perm only works across siblings
    

Problem conclusion

  • DXL documentation needs updated to reflect that getSelection
    perm only works across siblings
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PM36480

  • Reported component name

    TLOGIC DOORS

  • Reported component ID

    5724V61DR

  • Reported release

    920

  • Status

    CLOSED DOC

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2011-04-07

  • Closed date

    2011-06-20

  • Last modified date

    2011-06-20

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Product":{"code":"SSYQBZ","label":"Rational DOORS"},"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"9.2","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB59","label":"Sustainability Software"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
27 October 2021