Small Letters can't be seen during batch Xped

PrabakarV · New User Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 88 Location: My Desk

Hi, I was wxpediting thru a batch cobol module. I have noticed that i am not able to see the small letters against the variables. It is showing like (ex. if the first letter is caps and rest is small, it shows like this 'S....'.
even if my variable value is 'Small' i am seeing like this 'S....'.

I am using XPED version 7.6. Can anyone please let me know if there is any command to make it seen. Thanks in advance experts!

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:55 am

"small letters" are referred to as lowercase.

are these lowercase containing fields within an input file? qsam or vsam.
if so, try browsing the files (in ISPF) and see if the lowercase is properly displayed.
if not, you may have a code page problem, that someone else can address (Robert Sample, Marso, SUPERK, and others on the board).

displayable data does not require a command to 'display'.
(uppercase, lowercase & numerics in alphanumeric defined variables
and numerics in display defined variables)

how are these variables defined?

PrabakarV · New User Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 88 Location: My Desk

The variable is normal PIC X(05) one. I can able to see the first upper case letter while xped. other ones are displaying when i keep the variable during xped. I am not facing any abends or impact on result.

My question why xped is not showing the lower case value of variables which in keep.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:56 pm

1. are you ever able to see the lowercase during xped? outside of KEEP.
how about as the instruction executes, the variables are displayed. Are the lowercase displayed then?

2. have you tried to browse the file outside of xped, like ISPF Browse?
Can you see the lowercase there?

reason I ask number 2:

you have not given an adequate answer to 1
the answer to 2 will/could indicate a code page problem.

I have never had any problem with lowercase display.
lowercase is a 'displayable character' of the code page in play.

what happens when you go to working storage in xped, and do a hex display?

PrabakarV · New User Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 88 Location: My Desk

Thanks for ur support on this.

ans for 1st one - I have never seen lower case letters when the vars are in Keep.

ans for 2nd one - I can ableto see the lower case letters by opening the file.

Below is the XPED screen of mine. Thank u very much for answering me patiently.

------------------------- XPEDITER/TSO - SOURCE ------------------------------
COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> CSR
PROGRAM: AAAAAAAA MODULE: AAAAAAAA COMP DATE: 06/18/2009 COMP TIME:02:41:47
----+
004283 05 LSRQ-SEVERITY > I...
** END **
------ --------------------------------------------------------------
004468 *test
004469 DISPLAY '******INPUT DATA PASSED******'.
004470 DISPLAY 'Application - ' LSRQ-APPLICATION.
=====> DISPLAY 'Severty - ' LSRQ-SEVERITY.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:18 pm

what do you expect to have in LSRQ-SEVERITY?
have you gone to working-storage to see what is in LSRQ-SEVERITY?
have you done the display hex line command for the KEEP item?

PrabakarV · New User Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 88 Location: My Desk

the value in that is - 'Info'. File is showing properly. But during xped i keep the that variable. When the control comes to that I am seeing the value as 'I...'

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:39 pm

PrabakarV · New User Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 88 Location: My Desk

yes i have kept the hex command and got the values for 'n' and 'f' and 'o' equevalent nos...

But Why it is not showing it direclty the value 'Info'. Is there any command there to make it viewable... or i am not having any advanced versions....

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:51 pm

PrabakarV,
at this point I would scroll thru the PF1 (help) for xped.

have you looked at the working-storage definition of LSRQ-SEVERITY
(Find first LSRQ-SEVERITY).

if the display in working-storage is 'non-displayable' char,
we have exhausted the limit of my help.

PrabakarV · New User Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 88 Location: My Desk

Thanks Dick. I appreciate your help.

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:39 pm

Contact your site support group for help. I suspect the Xpediter terminals, which are defined separately in VTAMLST, are probably not set up for lower case characters. If so, only your site support group can make the necessary changes.

abhilashe · New User Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 7 Location: India

Did you try the command 'SET LOWCASE ASIS' on the command line/input script file? This allows the lower case alphabets to be displayed in XPEDITER.