WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 4/23/2003                                           Requirement #:  WAVV200324

Product Name:    REXX/VSE            Product Release# (or state “current”): current

Vendor Name:     IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)increase message length in PAUSEMSG() to 256

Detailed Problem Description: (Description of what you want changed - 400 character entry limit)

 

The maximum length for text displayed via the PAUSEMSG() function is currently limited to 122. Increasing the limit to 256 would be very helpful.

                                                                                            

Priority: (Select one: Urgent - High - Medium - Low) Medium

Requested Completion Date: (When? Examples: 3 months, 1 year, Next Release) ASAP

Requirement Type: (Select one: Acceptability - Compatibility/Migration - Ease of Use - Feature/Function - Performance - Reliability/Availability/Serviceability - Packaging - Interoperability)

Feature/Function

Business Justification: (Why? Non-technical business case description. Do not reword Detailed Problem Description from above. What are the benefits to be gained by your company, and the vendor and others?  Quantify: run time, dollars, manpower, etc.   Why should the vendor do this for the customer?)

 

Sometimes it is just hard to condense the message to 122 characters. Increasing the limitation to 256 would be quite helpful.

Solution: (Optional)(Desired/undesired elements Note: Making a suggestion may limit a vendors ability to deliver a solution)

 

Increase the internal limit to 256.

Impact: (Optional) (How will your company’s business be affected if a solution is not delivered?)

 

Will greatly help communications with operators.

 

Company Name:        Computer Credit, Inc.                                                                       

Author Name:            Michael Rosinger                                  Author Title: Systems Programmer/DBA

Author Address:         640 West Fourth Street, Winston-Salem, NC  27101

Author E-mail:            mrosinger@cciws.com

Telephone:                 (336) 761-1524