IC79483: PCOM: PROG ERRORS AND TRUNCATED DATA USING 3270 HOST APPLICATIONS

Personal Communications 6.0.4
Personal Communications 5.9.8

APAR status

• Closed as new function.

Error description

• How can we ignore PROG errors using 3270 host applications?
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All 3270 host application users              *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: PROGxxx errors occur in the OIA when    *
  *                      running some 3270 host applications     *
  *                      due to data stream errors.              *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  3270 host data stream causes PCOM to issue these PROG errors:
  
  PROG752 A SET BUFFER ADDRESS, REPEAT TO ADDRESS, or ERASE
  UNPROTECTED TO ADDRESS order that specified an invalid address
  was received.
  
  PROG753 One or more of the following conditions occurred:
  A READ MODIFIED, READ MODIFIED ALL, or READ BUFFER command
  that also contained data was received.
  A REPEAT TO ADDRESS or GRAPHIC ESCAPE order that specified an
  invalid character set was received.
  A START FIELD EXTENDED, MODIFY FIELD, or SET ATTRIBUTE order
  that specified an invalid attribute value or character set was
  received.
  
  PROG754 One of the following commands was received without
  required parameters:
  SET BUFFER ADDRESS
  REPEAT TO ADDRESS
  ERASE UNPROTECTED TO ADDRESS
  START FIELD
  START FIELD EXTENDED
  MODIFY FIELD
  SET ATTRIBUTE
  GRAPHIC ESCAPE
  
  PROG755 Invalid character code was received.
  
  PROG797 SO was received. But SO/SI are not paired correctly
  
  The user needs a way to ignore these errors and continue using
  the host 3270 application.
  

Problem conclusion

• PCSLT.DLL has been changed to ignore PROG752, PROG753, PROG754
  PROG755 and PROG797 when the IgnoreProgError keyword is used
  in the 3270 session profile with a value of Y.
  
  [LT]
  IgnoreProgError=Y
  
  The default value for this keyword is N. When the keyword is
  not used or is set to N, these PROG errors will be written to
  the PCOM Message Log PCWMSG.MLG file.
  
  Fix is scheduled for PCOM 5.9.8 Refresh Pack
  Fix is scheduled for PCOM 6.0.4 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:

Modules/Macros

• PCSLT
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels

• R590 PSY IP23349

     UP12/05/09 I 1000

• R601 PSY

     UP