IC70695: PCOM: DBCS STRINGS ARE SOMETIMES BROKEN IF UPLOADING SJIS TEXT FILE ON THE SESSION WITH HCP1399/1390

Personal Communications 6.0.2
Personal Communications 5.9.8

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• System level: Pcom 5.9.6 6.0 6.0.1
  If uploading a text file in SJIS that contains DBCS string
  on 3270 session with HCP 1399 or 1390 (Japanese Unicode) and
  PC codepage 1041, some DBCS strings are broken.
  Trace shows that Pcom inserted unnecessary 0x0000 at the tail
  of file transfer packet if DBCS string is devided into
  two pieces between packets. And the following DBCS characters
  are garbeged or SI (shift-in) is inserted at invalid position.
  This symptom is not recreatable on HCP 939/930 session.
  keyword : xfer 3270 1399 ftp pcsxfer
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Customer using 5.9.6 with IC66141 to upload fil
  e to 3270 host; however, he got garbage code inserted after uplo
  ad.  It looks like an unnecessary 0x0000 was inserted at end of
  file transfer packet and break DBCS character order in next pack
  et.
  Problem cause : Incorrect file pointer position was referenced
  when reading to a DBCS character and reached
  packet size that
  will split the DBCS character and casue error.
  Problem conclusion: Adjust file pointer position and number of
  

Problem conclusion

• Adjust file pointer position and number of
  total bytes read to correct the error.
  

Temporary fix

• Yes
  

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

  IP23347

Modules/Macros

• PCSXFER
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I700J

Applicable component levels

• R590 PSN

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