IT24139: PCOM: TRADITIONAL CHINESE CHARACTER DISPLAY ISSUES

IBM Personal Communications 13.0.1
IBM Personal Communications 12.0.4

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• 1. Can not input Chinese character from Pcomm, Taiwan users
  need to update Chinese characters on the mainframe through the
  terminal.
  2. Can not display Chinese characters which are located in
  UDA-4 code zone (user defined characters) from Pcomm.
  
  Code zone Big 5 EBCDIC
  UDA-1 FA40~FEFE C241~C661
  UDA-2 8E40~A0FE C662~D648
  UDA-3 8140~8DFE D649~E0EA
  UDA-4 C6A1~C8F1 E0EB~E2FD
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All IBM Personal Communications Traditional Chinese users    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Traditional Chinese UDC-4 range characters are not displayed *
  * correctly in IBM Personal Communications emulator session.   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The issue was due to the default mapping where the Big-5 UDC-4
  range 8181~8C82 is mapped to the EBCDIC UDC-4 range of
  E0EB~E2D4; whereas, the user was referring to C6A1~C8FE -
  E0EB~E2D4 range.
  

Problem conclusion

• The default Big-5 to EBCDIC UDC-4 range mapping in PCOMM has
  been changed. Now Big-5 (C6A1~C8FE) range maps to EBCDIC
  (E0EB~E2D4).
  
  Note: User can enable the old Big-5 to EBCDIC UDC-4 range code
  point mapping 8181~8C82 to E0EB~E2D4 by adding the below WS
  keyword.
  
  	[Translation]
  	NewUDCRangeCHT = N
  
  Fix scheduled for PCOM 12.0.4.0 and 13.0.1.0 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

• PCSPREF
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM COMBO-T

• Fixed component ID

  5639I700T

Applicable component levels

• RC00 PSY

     UP

• RD00 PSY

     UP