IC59082: HATS DATA ON MBCS FIELD BROKEN UP WHEN SOME DATA IS ENTERED THEN IME IS USED AND SUBMITTED BY EITHER ENTER,CTRL, OR ALT KEY

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• There is a 3270 mixed or SBCS field followed by a SBCS field.
  1. On the field, customer types single-byte characters
           that length is one byte less than field length.
  
           <AAAA >
       2. Turn on IME,
          then insert some SBCS data on IME just after
          the previous string and the total length exceeds
          the field length.
           <AAAAb>bbb
       3. Before confirmation by Enter key, press Ctrl, Shift or
  Alt
          Then the string was confirmed then the data is broken
          strangely like ....
           <bbbb > <bbb  >
  
       Note: The key is "customer types single-byte characters
          one byte less than field length".
          Otherwise Ctrl, Shift or Alt do not work.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: DBCS users who input data with an IME and    *
  *                 enter non-data keys such as Shift, CTRL,     *
  *                 or Alt.                                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When IME is on and user inputs some     *
  *                      data, presses a non-data key such       *
  *                      as shift,ctrl,or alt, and confirms the  *
  *                                                              *
  *                      data.  Then, the confirmed data is      *
  *                      broken up.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  KBS.js has flag, isIMEstate, to keep track of the IME state.
  The original design is checks for a code of 229.
  But some of the non-data key codes are not 229, so
  isIMEstate flag state was set incorrectly.
  

Problem conclusion

• Code was changed in KBS.jS so that now the isIMEstate is set
  to true if the code = 229, and it is no longer being set to
  false when the code is not equal to 229.
  
  Only mouse click and enter key can change flag to false.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL HATS MULTI

• Fixed component ID

  5724U6700

Applicable component levels

• R710 PSY

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