IC98611: PCOM: QUICK CONNECT BAR LU NAME REUSED ON RECONNECT

Personal Communications 6.0.10
Personal Communications 6.0.11
Personal Communications 6.0.12
Personal Communications 6.0.13
Personal Communications 6.0.15

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• While in a PCOMM session version 6.0.7,  a user selects the
  disconnect button on the menu bar then attempts to reconnect.
  The host name field has extra characters or symbols.  The LU
  name field also has a combination of letters and numbers.
  
  Found APAR IC82521 fixed in 6.0.5 level but this is still
  occurring at 6.0.7 level.
  
  The LU name in this case is from a POOL list provided by the
  Telnet Server.
  

Local fix

• Disable the Quick Connect Bar option.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users starting IBM Personal              *
  *                 Communications 3270 session with Quick       *
  *                 Connect Bar (QCB) enabled.                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Upon successful connection, Quick       *
  *                      Connect Bar (QCB) in a IBM Personal     *
  *                      Communications 3270 session stores      *
  *                      and displays the host generated LU      *
  *                      name. Following this, subsequent        *
  *                      connection to the host using QCB's      *
  *                      "Connect" button fails.                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Upon successful connection, Quick Connect Bar (QCB) in a IBM
  Personal Communications 3270 session stores and displays the
  host generated LU name from the LU pool. When the user
  disconnects the existing session by pressing QCB "Disconnect"
  button and connects again using the QCB "Connect" button, the
  connection to the host fails since the host generated LU name
  from the pool can not be used.
  

Problem conclusion

• PCSTLNET.DLL has been changed to store and display the
  "configured" LUNAME on Quick Connect bar for 3270 session.
  The configured LUNAME could be a pool name or left blank to
  use the default pool defined in the Telnet Server.
  
  Fix scheduled for PCOM 6.0.10 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

• PCSTLNET
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels

• R601 PSY

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