TPX: No message shown on Logon panel when an incorrect password is entered

Products

• TPX - Session Management
• Vman Session Management for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

A user logs in on the main TPX panel, enters an incorrect PW, but does not see any message appear on the screen indicating what the  problem is, why?

Environment

Release : 5.4

 

Resolution

The panel attributes were changed, the vertical bar was changed to an '&', so the vertical bar could be used in the logo.

An "&" must not be used as attribute character, since it is a variable indicator. 

 

Once the vertical bar was put back as an attribute, a message is returned when an incorrect password is entered:

TSS7101E Password is Incorrect

 

Documentation:

Variable Names

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/traditional-management/ca-tpx-session-management/5-4/programming/acl-e-programming/defining-and-manipulating-variables/variable-names.html

 

Attributes:

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/traditional-management/ca-tpx-session-management/5-4/programming/tpx-programming/modifying-panels/attribute-section.html