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Status Delivered
Categories Other
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 4, 2016

Add new "Process Option" to suppress returncode 28 of empty compare and/or search-for

Why we would like to be able to specify a new "Process Option" like EMPTYOK, so that SuperC, SuperCE, Search-For and Search-ForE (ISRSUPC) ends with returncode 0 instead of 28 in case of zero compare or zero search-for (e.g. after filtering).

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Sep 16, 2020

    Typo correction: The APAR for z/OS 2.3 was OA53254 (not OA52354).

  • Guest
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    Sep 16, 2020

    This RFE is one of a small group which had apparently been set aside incorrectly years ago and subsequently overlooked. We are sorry for the delay.

    ISRSUPC was updated in 2017, a few weeks after ASMFSUPC. The APAR numbers were OA52321 for z/OS 2.1, OA52328 for z/OS 2.2 and OA52354 for z/OS 2.3.

    Regards, Jonathan Scott, HLASM and Toolkit

  • Guest
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    Jul 27, 2018

    ASMFSUPC was changed in January 2017 - why is the change of ISRSUPC and ISPF missing for so long?

  • Guest
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    Jan 18, 2017

    ASMFSUPC change being delivered in APAR PI74569. Later the ISPF (ISRSUPC) version will be updated. When I have an apar number I will update this RFE.

  • Guest
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    Dec 19, 2016

    I believe this to be a reasonable request. We will investigate further.

  • Guest
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    Nov 21, 2016

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - High Level Assembler (HLASM)
    Component - Other
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - ISPF
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None