PM16742: BACKSLASHES ENTERED IN THE EXTERNAL URL CAUSE RICH TEXT CONTENT TO DISAPPER

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• 1. Create a rich text component.
  2. Click on "insert link" button.
  3. In the url field enter \aaa\bbb
  4. Do not enter anything in the link text field.
  5. Click ok.
  6. Save and close the component
  7. Open it again.
  8. Nothing will be seen in the rich text field.
  
  The url entered is copied over to the "Link Text" field. The
  backslashes cause few characters to be interpreted as control
  sequences resulting in the XML parser to throw an exception.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Users Affected: All ILWCM users
  
  Problem Description:
  
  1. Create a rich text component.
  2. Click on "insert link" button.
  3. In the url field enter \aaa\bbb
  4. Do not enter anything in the link text field.
  5. Click ok.
  6. Save and close the component
  7. Open it again.
  8. Nothing will be seen in the rich text field.
  

Problem conclusion

• Code has been modified to  escape backslash characters if the
  user had not entered any link text and they had entered an
  external url. This will prevent any control characters from
  being populated in the rich text and hence causing exceptions
  later.
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  LOTUS WEB CONT

• Fixed component ID

  5724I2900

Applicable component levels

• R61C PSY

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