IT09478: TRANSLATOR CHANGES NON-ENGLISH CHARCTERS TO QUESTION MARKS WHEN THE INPUT FILE IS LARGE

5.2.6.0

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The translator shows non-English characters properly in the
  first lines of translation, but these become question marks
  after a certain point an remain so for the rest of the file.
  

Local fix

• No workaround
  

Problem summary

• Users Affected:
  All customers who use standards enveloping, translation and
  mapping
  
  Problem Description:
  After reading 7000 records, an app to app  map places question
  marks in place of Greek letters
  
  Platforms Affected:
  All supported SI platforms
  

Problem conclusion

• Resolution Summary:
  New fix for large file used the default system encoding to
  convert strings to bytes, then used the same encoding to
  convert the bytes back to strings, unfortunately, some
  encodings like UTF8 cannot represent all characters that might
  be contained in a given file, the better  behavior is to use
  the actual encoding set by the translator.
  
  Delivered In:
  5020600
  

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

• TRANSLAT
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  STR B2B INTEGRA

• Fixed component ID

  5725D0600

Applicable component levels

• R526 PSY

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