No response when attempt to open properties in JS

[ysweec]

Anyone experienced this before :-
where the Designer become no response when attempt to open properties for job activity in job sequence?

[ogmios]

Anyone experienced this before :-
where the Designer become no response when attempt to open properties for job activity in job sequence?

If it's consistent, try uninstalling your client and reinstalling it.

It may also be you have a "bad" version of DataStage. I remember that v6.0.1 had these kind of little bugs, later upgrades of v6 fixed this.

You seem to be able to upgrade client versions within the same major version of the server.

Ogmios

[poorna_76]

We faced this problem.

If you have Microsoft Service Pack 2 installed , you will not be able to open the jobactivity in Sequencer jobs.

Try uninstalling service pack 2 and check, it will definitely work.


Thanks

[chucksmith]

Ascential has a patch for this. Reference ecase 60128.

[chulett]

I believe that the patch is only good for a 7.x release.

[chucksmith]

That may be so, but the readme is very general.

Unable to open sequencer stages with XP SP2 (ecase 60128)
=========================================================
The following stage editors are non functional on the
job sequencer canvas after the installation of Windows XP SP2.

job activity
routine activity
user variable activity


Applicability of patch
======================
This patch will patch release 7.5 of DataStage and earlier
versions. However if the unsupported client switcher from
earlier 7.x releases is installed then the 7.5 version of
the client switcher should be installed prior to applying
this patch.


Instructions for installing the patch for ecase 60128
=====================================================

The patch for ecase 60128 comprises a number of files
contained within a zip file called: DataStage_XPSP2_Patch.zip.
The patch is a client only patch for Windows XP SP2 only.

Install the patch as follows:

1) Create a temporary directory
2) Unzip the patch into the temporary directory
3) Run the setup.bat file, it will prompt for the installation
directory of the client. This MUST be quoted when entered.

Uninstallation
==============
The patch can be uninstalled by running the setup.bat script
with the option '/uninstall'. As before the client install path
must be quoted when entered.

[chulett]

Hmmm... "release 7.5 and earlier"... I wonder how much earlier?

[ysweec]

emmmh..........where can i get the DataStage_XPSP2_Patch.zip?

[chulett]

From Ascential's eServices website. Under Software Updates / Downloads.