IT37952: KEYBOARD SETUP OPTIONS FOR REPEATABLE PF AND ENTER KEYS CAUSES PCOMM V14 TO CRASH

IBM Personal Communications 14.0.5

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When the following 2 parameters are present in the
  Keyboard-Section of the Workstation File (WS), PCSWS.EXE
  crashes.
  [Keyboard]
  PFKeysRepeating=Y
  EnterKeyRepeating=Y
  
  Enabling only one or the other results to the same PComm crash.
  Upon checking the event log it points to the keyboard DLL error.
  
  Faulting application name: pcsws.exe, version:
  14040.0.21123.1387, time stamp: 0x60904a76
  Faulting module name: PCSKBD.dll, version: 14040.0.21123.1387,
  time stamp: 0x60905b80
  Exception code: 0xc0000005
  Fault offset: 0x0000000000002879
  Faulting process id: 0x1a82c
  Faulting application start time: 0x01d7848e8b3fd690
  Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\IBM\Personal
  Communications\pcsws.exe
  Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\IBM\Personal
  Communications\PCSKBD.dll
  Report Id: 4a786599-5117-4ee3-a304-77262813e22f
  Faulting package full name:
  
  Faulting package-relative application ID:
  
  
  The issue is present in PComm v14.0.1 and is recreatable also
  in PComm v14.0.4
  The permanent fix will be added to the next release of PComm.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All 64-bit IBM Personal Communications users                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Using certain keywords in the Keyboard section of the WS     *
  * file causes PCOMM v14 64-bit to crash.                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The below listed keywords have a default value of N (NO).
  If the keyword value is set to Y (YES) the emulator session
  crashes when starting.
  
   [Keyboard]
   PFKeysRepeating=Y
   EnterKeyRepeating=Y
  

Problem conclusion

• PCSKBD.DLL code changes are made to accept the updated keyword
  value in the session file.
  

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

• RE00 PSY

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