IC80142: PCOMM: IF PERFORM 3270 FILE TRANSFER IN HCP 1390/1399 AND BINARY MODE, THE RECEIVED FILE IS GARBAGED UNDER SPECIFIC CONDITIONS

Personal Communications 5.9.8
Personal Communications 6.0.5

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• SETTINGS: HCP 1390/1399 JAPANESE UNICODE SESSION
  PC CODE PAGE FOR 3270 FILE TRANSFER : 1041 (JAPANESE PC CODE
  Customer performs 3270 file transfer for multiple host datasets.
  if receive a file in binary mode just after receiving the other
  or the same file in text mode, the binary file is garbaged.
  The incorrect results that we have seen were a couple of cases
  below.
   - binary file just contains PATH information of PC.
   - binary file conatains host data however the top of file is
     garbaged and the some bytes at tail of the file is truncated.
  .
  This symptom does not occur in codepages other than 1390/1399
  .
  Keywords: 1390 1399 HCP1390 HCP1399 pcsxfer
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Problem scenario: During transfer multiple host files with
  HCP1390(Unicode), receiving a file in binary mode
  after receiving the other files in text mode; the binary file
  received result is incorrect.
  

Problem conclusion

• Problem cause: The error is caused by a flag for checking
  convert 1390/1399 unicode text is still in using
  even the current file is in binary mode. So the error(binary
  file) will occur right after 1390/1399 text files
  were transferred.
  Problem conclusion: Avoid the Unicode-text checking flag being
  used when current receiving file is in binary mode.
  

Temporary fix

• Yes
  PCSXFER
  

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

  IP23400

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I700J

Applicable component levels

• R590 PSY

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