IT35551: PCOM: PCSKBD453 MACRO TOO LARGE ERROR AFTER 13.0.2

IBM Personal Communications 14.0.4
IBM Personal Communications 13.0.5

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• User is running large macro file (around 476 KB) in old macro
  format in PCOMM v13.0.2, and getting this error
  message:
  
  "PCSKDB453 - Macro/Script file: . . . is too
  large."
  
  In reference to APAR (IC68400), PCOMM macros greater
  than 32K will not run on 5.9.5 or later due to the macro file
  size check that was added. This gives the user a PCSKDB453
  error message.
  
  However, even with the keyword
  "MacroSizeCheck=N" in placed (in PCSWIN.INI under [Session]
  stanza) that will skip/ignore the macro file size check and
  allow larger macro runs, the issue still persists.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All IBM Personal Communications users                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Very large PCOMM macro file skips some lines after starting  *
  * execution.                                                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  PCOMM has capacity to load macro content on string table in 64
  KB size. When it crosses the limit, it starts overwriting the
  existing content. This 64KB limit is only in PCOMM plain macro,
  not in VB script macro. Due to memory overwrite issue on large
  file the issue happened.
  
  PCOMM has the setting to show pop up message when the file size
  goes more than 32KB in the PCSWIN.INI
  [Session]
  MacroSizeCheck=Y
  
  This setting MacroSizeCheck=N allows more than 32KB macro file.
  Overwrite issue occurred due to macro file exceeding 64 KB size.
  

Problem conclusion

• PCSKBD.DLL has been changed to:
  1. Deprecate existing file size check setting keyword
  MacroSizeCheck.
  2. Show the pop-up message when macro string table goes more
  than 64KB size design limit.
  

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

• PCSKBD
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM COMBO-ENG

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels

• RD00 PSY

     UP

• RE00 PSY

     UP