IC88996: PCOM: 3270 ATTRIBUTE BYTE HIGHLIGHTED USING CUSTOM COLOR

Personal Communications 6.0.7

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The attribute byte of a underline field is high lighted along
  with the displayable data when using custom color mapping in
  the session .WS profile.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All color remap users                        *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: PCOM shows Field Attribute (FA) color   *
  *                      with its own field color.               *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  A field in the presentation space (emulator screen) begins
  with a Field Attribute byte. When color mapping is used
  (Edit - Preferences - Appearance - Color Mapping...) to
  highlight fields, the Field Attribute (FA) is also highlighted.
  This causes confusion to the user about the starting position
  of the field.
  
  When color remap for the field attribute color is done, the
  FA postion shows the color of the field. The user does not
  want the Field Attribute position to have its own field color.
  

Problem conclusion

• PCSWS.EXE and PCSPREF.DLL have been changed to add a new WS
  profile keyword to control the Field Attribute color.
  
  When "RemapFA" keyword in the "Colors" section of the WS file
  is set to 1, then:
  1) FA postion of "protected field" will have the color of the
     previous FA color, if previous FA is protected.
  2) FA postion of "unprotected field" will have the color of
     the previous FA color.
  
  This makes the highlighted fields more readable. The default
  for this new keyword is set to disable.
  
  To enable this function, modify the WS profile using a ASCII
  editor and add this keyword:
  
  [Colors]
  RemapFA=1
  
  Fix is scheduled for PCOM 6.0.7 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

• PCSPREF  PCSWS
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels

• R601 PSY

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