SE75096: RDI 9.6.0.6 ILE RPG PROGRAM VERIFY MESSAGES MAY APPEAR UNREADABLE WHEN AN UNEXPECTED JVM FILE.ENCODING VALUE IS USED

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• With the Remote Systems LPEX Editor in Rational Developer for i
  (RDI) 9.6.0.6, the user can perform a Program Verify on the ILE
  RPG source being edited, which lists RPG informational, warning,
  and error messages in the Error List view. The text of those
  messages in the view may be corrupted or unreadable if the JVM
  file.encoding setting used to run RDI does not match the
  encoding for the Program Verifier message file included with RDI
  for the National Language being used.
  
  This problem becomes more apparent for languages which extend
  beyond the Basic Latin set of characters.
  

Local fix

• Set the expected JVM file encoding for the National Language
  being used for RDI in the eclipse.ini file used as part of the
  RDI configuration. That setting line would take the form
  "-Dfile.encoding=" and your encoding setting.
  
  The setting used for RDI can be retrieved by looking in the
  "About IBM Rational Developer for i" dialog.  Click on the
  "Installation Details" button then select the Configuration tab
  and scroll down to find the line starting with
  "file.encoding=".
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * ILE RPG developers using RDi to edit RPGLE source and        *
  * perform RPG program verifies.                                *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * The text of messages in the Error List view from the RPG     *
  * program verify may be unreadable characters                  *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  The text of the program verifier messages is incorrectly loaded
  using the wrong character encoding when the JVM file encoding
  setting does not match the expected value.
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in the RDi 9.6.0.11 update.
  Product web page:
  https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/rational-developer-for-i
  Fix List and download link:
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27038481
  

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

• Verifier
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RDI RPG AND COB

• Fixed component ID

  5724Y99RC

Applicable component levels