IT27035: PCOM: DATA TRANSFER PC CODE PAGE CHANGED IN JAPANESE LOCALE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Personal Communications v12.0.2/13.0.1 with 5250 connection.
  Japanese locale
  
  The customer uses data transfer for download on PCOM.
  The download ttx has 1200 as PC Codepage for convert table.
  However if tto file is opened on data transfer, the PC Codepage
  gets changed to 367. It seems unable to use 1200 as PC Codepage
  for convert table.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Personal Communications users of iSeries-PC Data         *
  * Transfer application using host code pages 1027 and 290 with *
  * 1200 PC Code Page                                            *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * With iSeries-PC Data Transfer application (PCSFT5.EXE),      *
  * Select host code 1027 Japan (Latin) Extendedc                *
  * (JIS2004/UNICODE) with PC Code Page 1200 and save into TTO   *
  * file. Relaunch pcsft5.exe and Open the same TTO file and it  *
  * does not load PC Code page that was saved.                   *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  Steps to recreate the problem:
  1) Open PCSWS 5250 display session
  2) From Action Menu, click Receive File From Host
  iSeries-PC Data Transfer (PCSFT5.EXE) is started
  3) Click on Setup -> Translation Table Menu, It opens the
  Translation Table Setup window.
  4) Select User defined radio button, host code page 1027 & 1200
  PC Code page.
  5) Save the same into TTO file. Close the pcsft5.exe
  6) Relaunch the pcsft5.exe and open the saved TTO file.
  The selected pc code page 1200 was not listed.
  PC File type issue (Japanese Environment only):
  1) Repeat the above steps from 1 to 4.
  2) Close the Translation Table Setup dialogue by pressing close
  icon/cancel button.
  3) Go to Disk: Advanced" option -> PC file type
  4) PC file type should be Unicode text type
  

Problem conclusion

• This issue occurred due to PComm host code page array not
  storing the PC Code page 1200, mapped with 1027 & 290 host code
  page case. PCSFT5.EXE has been changed to correct this problem.
  Fix is scheduled for PCOMM 13.0.2.1 and 12.0.4.2 Fix Packs and
  14.0.1 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

• PCSFT5
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM COMBO-ENG

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels