IT22270: PCOM: 12.0.2 CHS DOLLAR SIGN $ BECOMES BACK SLASH \ AFTER PASTE

IBM Personal Communications 12.0.3
IBM Personal Communications 13.0.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM Personal Communications v12.0.2 CHS
  .
  When doing the Copy and Paste, the $ symbol will become \ after
  paste. This happens when the Host Code-Page in SC Personal
  Communications is selected to use 037 United States. When we
  change the Host Code-Page in SC PCOMM to 1388 China Extended,
  the problem does not occur.
  .
  Note: This new problem does not happen for Traditional Chinese
  PCOMM. In Traditional Chinese PCOMM, the Copy and Paste
  function for $ symbol works correctly for both 037 United
  States and 937 Taiwan Extended.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All IBM Personal Communications Simplified Chinese users     *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * While performing Copy and Paste operation, the '$' symbol    *
  * will become '\' after paste.                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Launch the Simplified Chinese IBM Personal Communications
  (PCOMM) emulator.
  2. Go to session parameter, and select the "037 United State"
  Host Code-page
  3. Connect to the host and login.
  4. Copy the string containing the '$' character
  5. Paste it on green screen and notice that '$' character will
  be pasted as '\'.
  In Simplified Chinese PCOMM, this issue occurs when the Host
  Code-Page is set to use Ô £037 United StatesÔ  .  Whereas
  if we
  change the Host Code-Page into Ô £1388 China ExtendedÔ  ,
  the
  problem does not occur.
  

Problem conclusion

• PCSEDIT.DLL code changes have been made in copy operation area
  so that EBCDIC value for '$' symbol is mapped to correct ASCII
  value.
  Fix scheduled for IBM Personal Communications 12.0.3.0 and
  13.0.1.0 Refresh Pack.
  

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

• pcsedit
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM COMBO-ENG

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels

• RC00 PSN

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