IT34659: PCOM: 14.0.1 64-BIT JAPANESE SCREEN ERASURE ERROR

IBM Personal Communications 14.0.3

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• PCOM 14.0.1 64-bit + IT32943
  
  In the ISPF EDIT or BROWSE, hover over the DBCS and use the
  PF7 or PF8 keys to scroll through the screen. As a result,
  an IKT00405I message is output.
  
  In EDIT, set the scroll to 'CSR'. Place the cursor hover over
  DBCS with the character string of DBCS SBCS and scroll with
  the PF8 key. As a result, an IKT00405I message is output.
  
  This happens in some Japanese panels of the host S/W, IWS
  (IBM z Workload Scheduler). Copy the DBCS displayed on that
  panel, do not paste it, and fall out the screen with the PF3
  key. As a result, an IKT00405I message is printed. This
  problem occurs when you select the copy source DBCS with
  Shift + arrow keys. If you select this DBCS by dragging it
  with the mouse, there is no problem.
  
  When the customer selected some option and pressed Enter in
  DBCS menu, he got the zOS error IKT00405I SCREEN ERASURE
  CAUSED BY ERROR RECOVERY PROCEDURE, next, Pcom Popup Window
  error PCS3001E. This pop-up window was garbage text.
  

Local fix

• Add the following to ws file.
  [LT]
  IgnoreProgError=Y
  
  In case the customer used the English SBCS meneu, this
  problem does not occur.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All IBM Personal Communications users                        *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Shift Out/Shift In pair mismatch detected resulting in error *
  * PCS3001E on some DBCS screens.                               *
  *                                                              *
  * This issue is observed only with the 64-bit version of       *
  * PCOMM.                                                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Character scanning logic was implemented with the help of
  assembly language in PCOMM 32-bit. The same has been implemented
  with the help of C++ function which was failing to scan the
  character from right to left in PCOMM 64-bit.
  

Problem conclusion

• Code changes have been made in PCSTQ.DLL module to make use of
  newly created function to scan the characters from right to left
  from the memory block.
  

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

• PCSTQ
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM COMBO-ENG

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels

• RE00 PSY

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