And I missed it if someone mentioned this already, but whenever someone
came to me with an ISPF issue that seemed to be "only them", the first
thing I'd do is ask them to get to READY, rename their ISPPROF dataset
to something else, and allocate a new empty one. 9 out of 10 times this
fixed the problem. And 9 out of 10 were never concerned with what
variable/setting actually caused the problem - they simply tossed out
their old ISPPROF and started fresh with the working defaults.
On 6/10/2021 6:51 AM, Tom Conley wrote:
On 6/9/2021 12:24 PM, Billy Ashton wrote:
Well, Kolusu has hit on the edge of the bullseye!
I searched the ISPPROF file, and found the split and swap command
string in the ISPPROF member. It took a little magic from an old Rexx
I had from who knows when (called ProfRead) that showed there is a
ZSTART variable in ISPPROF. Closer look at the 7.3 function shows that
only deals with ISRPROF, which is why I could not find it earlier.
We were able to delete this variable from the table, and now we get
the expected results.
Thank you to all who had some great input - I now know lots of ways
to get this result if I need them!
Billy
All,
This is why you should ALWAYS start ISPF with APPLID(ISR). ISPF and PDF
do that, but ISPSTART uses APPLID(ISP) by default. Starting ISPF with
APPLID(ISP) leads to issues like this.
As far as deleting the ZSTART variable with 7.3 in a different APPLID,
you can use the following procedure.
- Enter Dialog Test
- Enter a breakpoint in option 8 for SELECT and DISPLAY
- Enter TSO ISPVVLI (this will allow dialog test to honor breakpoints
for ISPF native code)
- In dialog test option 1, enter ISR@PRIM (or your primary option menu
if different) int he PANEL field, and enter ISP (or the APPLID for the
profile you want to nuke) int he APPLID field.
- If the breakpoint doesn't appear, enter 2, 3.4, something in ISPF to
show the breakpoint
- Select 3 for variables, L <variable>, then D to delete it.
Also, if you haven't done so, you should run ISPCCONF to set the default
primary option menu to ISR@PRIM and the default ISPF APPLID to ISR.
Search for my Configuring ISPF for Fun and Profit for detailed
instructions on how to do that.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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