HD23732: CATIA V5 CRASHES WITH THE 'COMMAND INTERRUPTED' ERROR IF THE C ATSTARTUPPATH VARIABLE EXCEEDS 210 CHARACTERS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Catia V5 crashes with the 'command interrupted'
  error if the  CATStartupPath variable exceeds 210
  characters.
  .
  Scenario:
  Abstract -
  Catia V5 crashes with the command interrupted
  error if the CATStartupScript variable in
  the 'CATIA_P3.V5R11.B11.txt' file is set to more
  than 210 characters.
  This happens only if the "Load Extended Language
  Libraries" option in ON in the Tools => Options
  panel.
  .
  Scenario -
  1 - Open the CatiaV5 environment file
  CATIA_P3.V5R11.B11.txt
  2 - Set the CATStartupPath variable to a path that
  is more than 210 characters.
  3 - Launch Catia V5
  4 - Click on Tools => Options => Parameters &
  Measures
  5 - Check the 'Load Extended Language Libraries'
  option.
  6 - Exit Catia V5 and launch again.
  7 - Download the files TestItem.CATScript and
  Part11.CATPart files attached to this PMR into a
  local directory.
  8 - In Catia V5 open the Part11.CATPart attached
  to this PMR.
  9 - Click on Tools=>Macro=>Macros - The macros
  panel pops up.
  10- Locate the TestItem.CATScript file and Click
  Run.
  Catia crashes with the command interrupted error.
  .
  Notes -
  1 - If the CATStartupPath variable path is less than
  210 characters everything works fine.
  2 - Tests were done on Catia V5R11 SP02 and
  Catia V5R13 SP03 and the results are exactly the
  same.
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Catia V5 crashes with the 'command interrupted' error if the  C
  ATStartupPath variable exceeds 210 characters
  Catia V5 crashes with the 'command interrupted'
  error if the  CATStartupPath variable exceeds 210
  characters.
  .
  Scenario:
  Abstract -
  Catia V5 crashes with the command interrupted
  error if the CATStartupScript variable in
  the 'CATIA_P3.V5R11.B11.txt' file is set to more
  than 210 characters.
  This happens only if the "Load Extended Language
  Libraries" option in ON in the Tools => Options
  panel.
  .
  Scenario -
  1 - Open the CatiaV5 environment file
  CATIA_P3.V5R11.B11.txt
  2 - Set the CATStartupPath variable to a path that
  is more than 210 characters.
  3 - Launch Catia V5
  4 - Click on Tools => Options => Parameters &
  Measures
  5 - Check the 'Load Extended Language Libraries'
  option.
  6 - Exit Catia V5 and launch again.
  7 - Download the files TestItem.CATScript and
  Part11.CATPart files attached to this PMR into a
  local directory.
  8 - In Catia V5 open the Part11.CATPart attached
  to this PMR.
  9 - Click on Tools=>Macro=>Macros - The macros
  panel pops up.
  10- Locate the TestItem.CATScript file and Click
  Run.
  Catia crashes with the command interrupted error.
  .
  Notes -
  1 - If the CATStartupPath variable path is less than
  210 characters everything works fine.
  2 - Tests were done on Catia V5R11 SP02 and
  Catia V5R13 SP03 and the results are exactly the
  same.
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• THIS PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED ON CATIA VERSION
  5 RELEASE 14 GA level.
  NOTE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL ALSO BE FIXED
  ON V5R13SP5.
  .
  Incident Diagnosis
  the path length use in the setting file is bigger than
  the maximum size allowed. Therefore it leads to a
  crash on sun.
  .
  Correction Explanation
  We change the array of char to a
  CATUnicodeString that has no length restriction
  .
  Answer and By-Pass
  None.
  .
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CATIA V 5 SUN

• Fixed component ID

  569104000

Applicable component levels

• R513 PSN SP51305

     UP04/07/16 N 1000

• R514 PSN

     UP