PI41957: CHARACTERS COME AFTER MBCHAR ARE ALIGNED TO 2 BYTES LEFT AFTER MIGRATING TO EGL FROM VAG

Rational Business Developer 9.5.0.1
Rational Business Developer Fix Pack 1 (9.1.1.1) for 9.1.1
Rational Business Developer 9.5.1
Rational Business Developer Fix Pack 2 (9.0.1.2) for 9.0.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Characters come after mbchar are aligned to 2 bytes left after
  migrating to EGL  from VAG.
  
  The problem appear to be in generated MFS
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users that have print forms containing mbchar variable       *
  * fields that also have addSpaceForSOSI set to no.             *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * The alignment of the fields to the right of an mbchar field  *
  * that does contain a shift-in/out pair, will be positioned    *
  * too far to the left. The space length was not calculated     *
  * correctly when addSpaceForSOSI was set to no.                *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The software was updated.
  

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

  RATL BUS DEV

• Fixed component ID

  5724S5000

Applicable component levels

• R901 PSY

     UP

• R911 PSY

     UP

• R950 PSY

     UP