IC55822: PCOM: THE NAME OF ACTIVE .NDC FILE SELECTED ON "ISERIES CONNECTION CONFIGURATION" UTILITY IS NOT SAVED ON WINDOWS VISTA.

Personal Communications 5.9.7
Personal Communications 5.9.6

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Env; Pcom 5.9.2 on Windows Vista
  Prob : Cust added the following parameter in PCSWIN.INI
         following the suggestion in APAR IC53206.
         ￭Session
         UseHKCU=Y
         Then start PCSNDC.EXE and click
         File -> "Select active NDC file"
         and select the default NDC file.
         However,if restarting PCSNDC.EXE, the selected
         NDC is not opened automatically.
         I checked the registry key under HKCU but
         the registry key is not created nor updated.
  .
  Additional Symptom;
         If pcswin.ini is saved in common directory under
         "program files" or "programdata" tree and
         Windows Vista's User Access Control (UAC) is active,
         a copy of pcswin.ini is created under
         c:/Users/%USERNAME%/AppDataﾾLocal/virtualstore/
  .
          If I edit either of pcswin.ini files by text editor
          and add UseHKCU=Y parameter,
          PCSNDC.EXE seems to read the original pcswin.ini
          under common directory,
          however,PCSFT5.EXE reads the copy under virtualstore
          so that it is possible that pcsndc.exe and pcsft5.exe
          run with different active .NDC settings.
  .
  Keywords; VISTA NDC PCSNDC PCSFT5 UAC XFER TRANSFER UseHKCU
  

Local fix

• Open the NDC file by "File"->"Open" on pcsndc.exe
  and then save it as it is by selecting "File"->"SAVE".
  .
  For additional symptom:
   Add the parameter in the original pcswin.ini by text editor
   in "run as admin" mode and delete the redirected (copied) one
   under virtualstore tree.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Windows Vista operating system users of      *
  *                 Data Transfer and the iSeries Connection     *
  *                 Configuration utilities                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Configuration utility and Data Transfer *
  *                                                              *
  *                      utility do not use the same INI file.   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Due to Vista's file virtualization, the Configuration utility
  reads the original file, but the Data Transfer utility reads
  the virtualized file.
  

Problem conclusion

• By design, both should read only the virtual file which would
  be transparent to the users. PCSNDC.exe has been changed to
  ensure both the configuration and data transfer tools read the
  same Virtualized file.
  

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:

  IC66656

Modules/Macros

• PCSNDC
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels