PI18951: COGNOS DOESN'T HANDLE 8-BYTE IDEOGRAPHIC VARIATION SELECTORS(IVS) CORRECTLY ON PDF/EXCEL FORMAT

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• Cognos 10 doesn't handle 8-byte Ideographic Variation
  selectors(IVS) on PDF/Excel format.??8-byte Ideographic
  Variation selectors(IVS)?     Base Character: U+3402 - U+2A6B2?
     Variation Selector(VS):?U+E0100 - U+E011D??(Sample character
  code)?http://www.unicode.org/ivd/data/2010-11-14/IVD_Sequences.t
  xt
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

• RA22 PSN

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