Zaps and Patches for PHOENIX and PREFERENCE
Release 7.6.0
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s760001
PHO/PREF
If VTAM
drops a group of LUs that are connected to PHOENIX/PREFERENCE,
then the CBETAM
task may abend
with an S0C1.
Another symptom of this timing problem is "GC102
WRONG LDA ROLLED IN" error
message(s) for a line number associated with a PHOENIX/PREFERENCE
dynamic session (Ring session or internal Reader Help session).
s760002
PHO/PREF
- GSPBROS
abends with an S0C4
when specifying PROG=ALL.
- Prevent authors and instructors from
being loaded into the roster files.
- GSPBROS
abends with an S0C4
or S0C1
when PROG=ALL
is specified and no programs exist on the program files.
- GSPBROS
abends with an S0C4
when processing user records that do not have a name specified.
s760003
PHO/PREF
To test PHOENIX and PREFERENCE release 7.6.0 for Year 2000 compliance,
a product code would be required for the Year 2000 or beyond.
With this PTF applied Pathlore can provide the client with a product
code that will allow the client to test PHOENIX/PREFERENCE on
a system where the TOD clock is set to a date within the following
date ranges:
Dec. 24/25 through Jan. 5 of the years 1999 through 2020
Feb. 25 through Mar. 5/6 of the years 2000 through 2020
If the system TOD clock is set to a date
outside the date ranges specified above, then the system will
behave as though the product code has expired. If the Year 2000
testing product code is installed without applying the following
PTF, the system will again behave as though the product code has
expired.
s760004
PHO/PREF
GSPBROS
abends with an S0C1
when attempting to allocate a new roster file and there is insufficient
program space to allocate the roster file.
s760005
PHO/PREF
GSPBROS
abends with an S0C4
when processing a course or volume which does not have any students
or readers registered; however, there are only authors or writers
registered to the course or volume.
s760006
PHO/PREF
The year field of the current date is stored as a binary integer.
This field was to include a century adjustment value. This PTF
makes this adjustment to the current year field. This change is
required so that a client using "flat file output" (such
as our "LOG FILE") to create his/her own reports can
convert these year fields to a 4-digit year field. This can be
accomplished by adding the value "1900" to the year
field.
s760007
PHO/PREF
A user may receive the following message: "GC509
GOALSYS - OLD VERSION OF CBHIMS BEING USED. SIGN-ON REJECTED".
IMS users may receive the GC509
message when they request PREFERENCE Help on some of the fields
on their application screen while other fields on the same screen
will be processed fine.
If the Pathlore-supplied module "CBRIDA" (Physical Terminal
Input Exit Routine) is being used to perform a message switch
from your Non-Conversational IMS application to CBHIMS, then the
following steps must be performed before applying this PTF:
- A copy of CBHIMS must be made to a
different name.
- This PTF must NOT be applied to the
new named CBHIMS.
- "CBRIDA" must be changed
to refer to the new name for CBHIMS.
- The "ZAPIMS" SAMPLIB member
must be used to change the transaction name for the new named
CBHIMS.
s760009
PHO/PREF
The GSPBATCH
utility abends with an S0C4 while parsing control cards. This
condition is caused by the presence of the AMODE=31
parameter. Application of this PTF or removing the AMODE=31
parameter will eliminate the error condition.
s760010
PHO/PREF
PHOENIX/PREFERENCE may abend with a U0101 due to a timing problem.
Another symptom of this timing problem is the "Shutdown Process"
may hang. It then requires an operator cancel to bring the system
down.
s760011
PHO/PREF
GSPBROS
does not update the course controls file when new classes are
created. This results in the Administer Course menu not indicating
a class exists for a class that was created by GSPBROS.
s760013
PHO/PREF
PHOENIX/PREFERENCE may abend with a User 0000 due to a timing
problem when PTF S760010 is applied and ring sessions are used.
s760014
PHO/PREF
If a PREFERENCE PSF Print request encounters an "OUTPUT
LIMIT EXCEEDED" error condition,
then a DIAGNOSTIC
Dump will be produced. This may be identified by a GC136
message for program CBESR184.
s760015
PHO/PREF
If the client attempts to bring the system up with a system date
after Dec 31, 1999, the product code is flagged as invalid even
though a special Year 2000 EXPID is being used.
s760016
PHO/PREF
If the GSPREPT1 utility is run with year 2000 GSPLOG input data
and DATE= does not specify an "end-date", then all data
with a date greater than 12/31/1999 will be skipped because it
is outside the default date range.
s760019
PHO/PREF
Due to a timing problem the CBETAM task may abend with an S0C1
during the "Shutdown Process". The error occurs while
attempting to signoff a "Ring session".
s760023
PHO/PREF
TCP/IP stalls when a VTAM connection to PHOENIX/PREFERENCE enters
a pending state. The VTAM session is attempting to connect to
the application (OPNDST) when VTAM sends a LOSTERM notification.
PHOENIX/PREFERENCE ignored the LOSTERM because the session is
in OPNDST process. It was expected that OPNDST would fail and
the session would be CLSDSTed ending the pending state. VTAM notified
the application that OPNDST was successful. This caused the application
to follow the wrong path leaving the terminal session in a pending
state.
Currently the communication between VTAM and TCP/IP is synchronous.
When the terminal session entered the pending state, TCP/IP stalled
because it was waiting for the terminal to complete the connect/disconnect
process.
With this change PHOENIX/PREFERENCE will
process the LOSTERM rather than relying on VTAM to present a failed
OPNDST.
s760025
PHO/PREF
When a user attempts to perform a screen capture or request PREFERENCE
help, they erroneously receive a "GC716
- GOALSYS - MULTIPLE CPU LICENSE REQUIRED." error
message.
s760026
PHO/PREF
If the user specifies the GSPITEM control card parameter "REPort=ALL",
then due to a problem with assigning work files GSPITEM may ABEND
with an S0C6.
S760027
PHO/PREF
Clients using the IDMS interface with IDMS release 14.
The user's terminal-id is being picked up from the wrong location
so it will appear to be a "garbage value".
S760028
PHO/PREF
Clients using the CICS Interface.
When the PRDC transaction is initiated to disable the PHOENIX/PREFERENCE
Global XZCIN Exit Routine, there may be pending help/screen captures
requests. When this is the case, the Global Exit remains Enabled
and the following information message is presented:
GC614 GOALSYS - nnn help transactions
in flight after...
If the user wishes to force the Global
XZCIN Exit to be Disabled, the "OPT=FORCE" option may
be used with this PRDC transaction. This PTF is required to allow
the PRDC transaction to recognize this option.
S760029
PHO/PREF
If the GSPRSEL or GSPPRINT utilities are run with year 2000 data
and DATE= does not specify an "end-date", then all data
with a date greater than 12/31/1999 will be skipped because it
is outside the default date range.
S760030
PHO/PREF
Clients using the CICS Interface.
The PRDP transaction may abend with an S0C4 if it receives a Common
Area that belongs to the PRDB transaction.
S760031
PHO/PREF
Clients using the CICS Interface.
The PRDP transaction may encounter "AEIV" errors when
the PREFERENCE Help interface is not available.
S760032
PREFERENCE
GOALSYS may abend with an S0C4 in CBEDEBUG while producing a DIAGNOSTIC
Dump due to this problem.
S760033
PREFERENCE
Clients using the DB2 External Data Access Feature
The Preference Operating Parameter "DBIISSID=" requires
the DB2 subsystem-id to be 4 positions. With this change the DB2
subsystem-id can be less than 4 positions.
S760035
PHO/PREF
Clients using the AMODE=31 Feature
If the client has their system configured to have more than 999
concurrent users, then the "LINE STATISTICS" report
produced when the system is shutdown will only display the three
low-order significant digits of the line number.
Z760001
PHOENIX
Form-simulation processing may judge F-key incorrectly by interpreting
F-key as Enter (except in debug mode where keystroke analysis
is correct). This PTF corrects simulation answer judging for F-keys.
Z760002
PHOENIX
Form-simulation author debug displays student input one space
to the left of group answer analysis. This misalignment makes
visual comparison difficult for debug purposes. This PTF results
in group answer analysis and student input formatted to begin
in the same column, as in previous releases.
Z760003
PHOENIX
Author administer course screen displays '0' beneath class numbers
in the CLASSES ALLOCATED
area. The correct format for CLASSES
ALLOCATED consists of either a vertical
bar or a space beneath class numbers. This PTF restores correct
formatting.
Z760004
PHOENIX
Classes which have been deleted from Administer Course screen
persist in being displayed as allocated. This PTF correctly updates
file used to store classes allocated information.
Z760005
PREFERENCE
This PTF allows concurrent help reader to pick from non-popup
screen.
Z760006
PREFERENCE
Cursor is not returned to its original position upon exit from
a successful help request. Instead the cursor is returned to the
start of the field regardless of where in the field it was located
when help was invoked. This PTF returns the cursor to its proper
placement.
Z760007
PHOENIX/PREFERENCE
Users entering 'find' at the main author and writer menu are not
presented with the find (text search) menu. This PTF restores
correct menu presentation for 'find' functionality.
Z760008
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE readers choosing the Tutorial option from the hypertext
PA2
menu do not access the writer defined tutorial. Instead the reader
is returned to the reference item display. This occurs when no
hypertext PA2
links are defined for the item. This PTF enables hypertext PA2
tutorial functionality when no other links are defined.
Z760009
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE prints blank pages or partially blank pages when the
revision date is chosen as left and/or right footer. This PTF
corrects footer processing by restoring the correct length of
the revision date display.
Z760010
PREFERENCE
When a group volume or 'ALL'
is defined for the FTOC=
parameter in GSPBATCH,
the group volume is mistakenly processed. An effect of this processing
is that the group volume index is deleted. This PTF excludes group
volumes from force TOC processing in GSPBATCH.
Z760011
PREFERENCE
When print footer REV=Y
and page number locations TOP=Y
in writer print, blocks of text with length of 8 characters are
deleted from the text body displayed in showme and in print output.
This PTF reinitializes location counter used to delete text area
for revision date display.
Z760012
PHOENIX
PHOENIX authors/instructors attempting to modify student to same
class get GD077
error at $gscmd shift:-1-4. This fix automatically extends roster
file to accommodate disk move needed to insert new name into file.
Z760013
PREFERENCE
This enhancement will display trace status of 'ON'
at the Screen Rules Administration
(SRA) table for volumes where trace status is on.
Z760014
PHOENIX/PREFERENCE
Users entering keyword 'resume' at the main author and writer
menu are presented with the find (text search) menu rather than
the last edited item. This PTF restores correct presentation for
the 'resume' functionality.
Z760015
PREFERENCE
For reader/writer print, if an item has
TOC=Y and the TOC
for that item is more than one page, items immediately following
the item with TOC=Y
may be skipped. Instead items from the file listed at the top
of the last page of the TOC are
printed. This PTF restores correct sequencing of printed items.
Z760016
PHOENIX
Instructors attempting to access a CMI course are not prompted
for a password even though an instructor password has been defined.
This PTF enables the password prompt to be displayed for CMI instructors.
Z760017
PHOENIX
Author administer course does not display classes allocated for
classes created by the GSPBROS
utility. This PTF reads the correct file for display of allocated
classes.
Z760020
PHOENIX
When authors enter the keyword 'text'
in option mode of a form item, test mode is initiated for the
item. This PTF restores the correct functionality of 'text'.
Z760022
PREFERENCE
Supervisors attempting to access the rules facility from the command
line are thrown out of PREFERENCE, or encounter an excessive processing
error. This PTF corrects a typographical error in prerequisite
PTF z760013
that caused this problem.
Z760023
PREFERENCE
Readers choosing the Tutorial option from the Hypertext PA2 menu
may encounter a GD006 INVALID BRANCH
error message. This PTF corrects a typographical error in prerequisite
PTF z760008
thatcaused this problem.
Z760027
PHOENIX
Unit B is not marked for import when author accesses the PHOENIX
upload screen (F19 Transportability - upload) and chooses to mark
with the 'F2 Everything' option. This PTF corrects the functionality
of 'F2 Everything' within the author upload facility.
Z760028
PHOENIX
Users attempting to use the fix command for a student registered
to the home course within a home/main setup get 'Instructor has
not established a class plan' message, when a class plan has been
established for the class to which the student is registered.
This PTF allows use of the fix command for students registered
to the home course of a home-main situation.
Z760029
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE readers see text blanked out at row 23 column 53 when
menu is off and F8 is pressed when there is no more text material.
This PTF corrects a problem with scan processing that causes the
deletion of text described above.
Z760030
PREFERENCE
PREFERENCE supervisors and rule writers are not presented with
"reader's field" display in trace facility when rule
match is on reader's field. This PTF corrects a faulty end-of-buffer
definition upon presentation of "reader's field" display
described above.
Z760033
PREFERENCE
Writers adding or modifying index terms via Write Index Terms
do not receive a warning message when space problems prevent index
terms from being saved. As a result, writers may lose productive
time by entering unsaved index terms. This PTF displays 'UNABLE
TO SAVE ALL INDICES. HAVE SUPERVISOR REASSEMBLE' at the item level
under the conditions described above.
Z760044
PHOENIX
Administer Course "LAST ALTERATION TO COURSE MATERIAL"
Date displays incorrect year when the last alteration was to edit
positional feedback in a simulation item.
Z760045
PREFERENCE
This zap is to correct a problem found in PREFERENCE rule writing
only.
When writers in option mode of a rule item attempt to insert a
group by specifying the group number after which the insertion
is to occur, the new group appears after the current group. For
example, if the current group is 4 and a writer specifies 'i2'
in the group field, the new group (which should be inserted after
group 2) is inserted after group 4. This PTF corrects the execution
of the group insertion command.
Zaps
and Patches for PHOENIX and PREFERENCE Release 7.7.0.
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