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Status Delivered
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 10, 2009

Syntax check on BMS edit

customer has Rational Developer for System z 7.5.

He is creating a bms. He add a map to an existing mapset. To do this he
select in the pallete the map field and drag it into the mapset. He
saved it, then compile it and receive an error.
This was the source added into the mapset:
MAP DFHMDI SIZE=(15,30),COLOR=GREEN,HILIGHT=OFF, *
COLUMN=6, *
LINE=6

The error is:

** ASMA254I *** MNOTE *** 2526+ 8,DFHMDF MACRO MUST BE
SPECIFIED WITHIN 02-DFHMD
2527+*,THE PREVIOUS MAP DEFINITION
02-DFHMD
2528+*,WHEN DATA = FIELD IS
SPECIFIED OR IMPLIED BY DEFAULT 02-DFHMD
2529+*,IN THE DFHMSD OR THE DFHMDI
MACRO.

So when customer adds a map into a mapset and doesn't add any field into
it, he should receive a warning about this, like the annotations in the
LPEX editor for COBOL programs.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Developer for System z

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - Developer for System z

  • Guest
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    Oct 18, 2011

    Delivered in recent RDz release

  • Guest
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    Mar 30, 2011

    This is being evaluated for delivery in a future RDz release. Thanks.

  • Guest
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    May 26, 2009

    This request is in line with the RDz strategy and will be considered for a release within the next two years.