Troubles with using PDM options in TN5250j product.

[Matt Tyler]

I am attempting to use the PDM option feature that opens up a LPEX editor session from the PDM options.
The option i am using is "EB CALL PGM(ISPHERE/HANDLER) PARM('EDITOR' '&L' '&F' '&N' '*BROWSE') ".

I am at RDi 9.6.x and iSphere 3.2.4r

I am opening the 5250 from the iSphere 5250 Emulator, NOT the designer session.

My job log shows these commands after running command

3200 - RTVJOBA CURLIB(&CURLIB) USRLIBL(&LIBL)                           
3700 - SNDRCVF DEV(*FILE) RCDFMT(HEADER) WAIT(*YES) OPNID(*NONE)      /*
File name is  EDITOR. */                                                
     - RETURN        /* RETURN due to end of CL program */ 

Is there a debugging option i can set on to see why its not working. I tried this in the past but i never followed through with 5250 embedded in RDi as i perfer ACS sessions but its more difficult to use ACS 5250 copy/paste in open dialog to review source code and i dislike 5250 source editors.

Thanks, Matt

[Thomas Raddatz]

Matt,

Unfortunately error handling in the Java code is not much sophisticated and hence there is no debug option to get more information about the problem. I think it was not that difficult to debug the Java code in order to find the problem. If you think that was an option for you, I could assist you with that. However you should already know how to checkout a project from SourceForge and how to launch an Eclipse test application.

Beside that you could launch ISPHERE/HANDLER from a non RDi 5250 session and compare the result with the image attached.

The Java code first checks for the "TN5250J-EDITOR" string at row 1, column 2 on the screen.

Then it checks the following parameters before it launches the editor:

• Library <> ''
• Source File <> ''
• Source Member <> ''
• Mode <> ''

if (!library.equals("") && !sourceFile.equals("") && !member.equals("") && !mode.equals("")) {
    runnable = new OpenLpexAsync(getShell(), sessionsInfo, library, sourceFile, member, mode, currentLibrary, libraryList.toString());
    getShell().getDisplay().asyncExec(runnable);
}

Eventually it gets the source member to open it in RDi:

IQSYSMember iseriesMember = getConnection().getMember(library, sourceFile, member, null);
if (iseriesMember != null) {
   ...
}

Unfortunately there nothing added to the Eclipse debug log when something goes wrong.

So please check that "library", "source file", "source member" and "mode" are properly set on the "TN5250J-EDITOR" screen and that "TN5250J-EDITOR" is at position 2.

The last option is to aad some debug statements to the Java code and create a beta version that you have to install to get additional information.

[Matt Tyler]

Thanks Thomas, using ACS 5250 running the EB option, "CALL PGM(ISPHERE310/HANDLER)
PARM('EDITOR' 'XXXX' 'QRPGSRC' 'XXXXXX' '*BROWSE')", the string TN5250-EDITOR starts in position 3 (note my library for the product version I am using is ISPHERE310 and has been updated with the latest version and I have changed all references Icould find to use this library). Others in our group are not yet able to upgrade to the latest version.

Thanks, Matt

[Matt Tyler]

Okay never mind I decided to up load the library from the latest downloaded version and now it is working. Normally, I dont update the sever library when the tool does not ask for it.

Thanks, Matt

[Thomas Raddatz]

I am happy it works now. Sorry for the mess. That obviously was my fault, when I forgot to increase the version number of the required host library.