SE75819: RDI 9.6.0.10 COPY FROM I PROJECT, PASTE TO REMOTE MEMBER CORRUPTS EXTENDED CHARACTERS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In Rational Developer for i (RDI) 9.6.0.10, character values can
  become corrupted when a source member in an i Project is
  selected for Copy (to the clipboard), and then a remote source
  physical file object in an IBM i connection is selected for
  Paste (from the clipboard.).
  
  Characters within the source copied to the target member may be
  corrupted, with their correct values being lost in translation.
  This can happen with characters outside of the basic Latin set
  of characters, and when the RDI workspace encoding is not set as
  UTF-8.
  

Local fix

• Use an RDI workspace with the workspace encoding set to UTF-8.
  Preferences > General > Workspace > "Text file encoding"
  
  Or, Paste (the clipboard contents) into the target file
  represented in an i Project, then push the change from the i
  Project to the remote server.  To get the target file
  represented correctly in the i Project, first import an existing
  member from it from the server into an i Project.  This is
  instead of a Paste operation directly to the remote file.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Developers using i Projects in RDi.                          *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Copying a source member from an i Project to clipboard, and  *
  * then pasting to a remote source file can produce corrupted   *
  * characters in the resulting remote member.                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  Characters may not converted from the correct CCSID on the
  upload to the host from the pasting.
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in the RDi 9.6.0.12 update.
  

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

• iProject
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RDI RPG AND COB

• Fixed component ID

  5724Y99RC

Applicable component levels