IC76250: PCOM: ARABIC NUMBERS PASTED AS HINDI

Personal Communications 6.0.3

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• PCOMM session is setup as Arabic-420, and if the numbers are
  pasted from Microsoft-office they pasted as Hindi numbers.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: BiDi Arabic user of Copy/Paste function.     *
  *                                                              *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Numbers appear as Hindi when pasted     *
  *                      from Microsoft Office to Arabic-420     *
  *                      display session.                        *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  NumericSwapping support is missing in copy/paste function.
  

Problem conclusion

• PCSEDIT.DLL has been changed. The following is a description of
  the new behavior:
  
  If numbers appear at the beginning of the string -> Arabic
  numbers will be copied if screen orientation is LTR and Hindi
  if screen orientation is RTL. If numbers appear 'in the middle'
  of the string, the closest previous non-space character is
  examined. If the character is Latin, numbers will be Arabic,
  otherwise they will be Hindi.
  
  Fix is scheduled for PCOM 6.0.3 Refresh Pack
  

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:

  IP23320

Modules/Macros

• PCSEDIT
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels

• R601 PSY

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