PI34910: APPLICATION CRASHES IN WINDOWS 8 IF WL.SIMPLEDIALOG IS CALLED 2 TIMES CONSECUTIVELY.

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Interim Fix README for 7.0
IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Interim Fix README for 6.3

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If a Windows 8 app calls WL.SimpleDialog 2 times consecutively,
  the app will crash.  If run in Visual Studio, a pop up may be
  displayed with output similar to the following:
  
  --------------
  Unhandled exception at line 2784, column 13 in
  ms-appx:0a37ad09--41af-483d-af2e-aa9f85efec69/www/default/workli
  ght/worklight.js
  
  0x80070005 - JavaScript runtime error: Access is denied.
  --------------
  

Local fix

• It is a limitation of Windows 8 that no more than 1 dialog may
  be opened at a time.  However, a crash should not occur.  To
  open 2 dialogs and avoid the crash, the second dialog can be
  called on the callback of the first dialog's button.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users of the WL.SimpleDialog.show() API on the Windows 8     *
  * environment                                                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * If a second WL.SimpleDialog.show() call is made when the     *
  * first SimpleDialog has not yet been dismissed, the Windows 8 *
  * application will crash.                                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * -                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Windows platform has a limitation that doesn't allow a second
  MessageDialogs to be displayed when the first one is active.
  This has been accounted for in the fix.
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WL/MFPF CONSUME

• Fixed component ID

  5725I4301

Applicable component levels

• R630 PSY

     UP

• R700 PSY

     UP