PH13176: JCL EDITOR TOGGLE COMMENT DOES NOT HANDLE COLUMN 72 CORRECTLY

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In the JCL editor in IDz 14.1.3.1, using the context menu
  "Source" > "Toggle Comment" results in //* being added to the
  beginning of the line, or the first three characters (//*) being
  removed.  This causes shifting of data in columns 72 to 80
  resulting in JCL errors.  (Column 72 is the JCL continuation
  indicator, and should stay put.)  (Columns 73-80 is the
  line-number field, and should stay put as well.)
  On comment insert (adding //*) data in cols 73-80 are shifted
  off right-hand end of the record, so three digits of the line
  number are lost.
  Toggling a comment off (removing the //*) shifts cols 72-80 to
  the left (to occupy cols 69-77).  So a line-number digit ends up
  in the new col 72 turning the jcl statement into a continued
  statement, thus leading to jcl errors.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• When toggle comment in the JCL Editor is used, characters can be
   shifted over the column 72 boundary.  Further, characters on
  column 72 and beyond are shifted.
  

Problem conclusion

• The toggle comment action should fail and report an error when
  it would cause characters to spill over column 72 and those
  characters already at column 72 and beyond should not be shifted
   at all.
  

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

  EXP FOR Z/OS CL

• Fixed component ID

  5655EXP00

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