PM19001: EZYXW12W (BADVALUE) MESSAGE WHEN COLOR SPECIFIED AS RGB VALUE

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• An application using the XWindows APIs can specify a color value
  to be used for some objects, and will retrieve some basic color
  configurations (such as background) from the server system
  (workstation).  The value can be specified as either a name or a
  hex RGB value.  If the RGB form is used and any part of the hex
  value is specified using upper case letters, the API will treat
  the value as a name instead of the intended RGB specification.
  This will result in a message similar to the following:
  
  EZYXW12W XtlibWarning:  badValue cvtStringToPixel XtToolkitError
        Color name "#AEAEB2B2C3C3" is not defined
  

Local fix

• Use lower case characters in any RGB specifications.  For the
  above example, this would be #aeaeb2b2c3c3.
  
  
  Related info:
  II13291
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of the IBM Communications Server   *
  *                 for z/OS Version 1 Release(s) 10, 11 and 12  *
  *                 IP: X Windows X11R66                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Running an X11 java application using   *
  *                      RGB hexadecimal values to specify       *
  *                      colors for objects, the application     *
  *                      can receive the following message:      *
  *                                                              *
  *                        EZYXW12W XtlibWarning: badValue       *
  *                          cvtStringToPixel XtToolkitError     *
  *                          Color name "#AEAEB2B2C3C3" is not   *
  *                          defined                             *
  *                                                              *
  *                      This occurs when the RGB value is       *
  *                      specified in upper case hexadecimal     *
  *                      EBCDIC.                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  An application using the X Windows APIs can specify a color
  value to be used for some objects, and will retrieve basic
  color configurations (such as background) from the server
  system (workstation).  The value can be specified as either a
  name or a hexadecimal RGB value.
  
  If the RGB form is used and any part of the hexadecimal value
  is specified using upper case EBCDIC letters, the API will
  treat the value as a name instead of the intended RGB
  specification.
  
  This occurs because X Windows does not consider that the RGB
  value can be EBCDIC. So the case conversion routine in cmsColNm
  converts the value as if it is ASCII, resulting in the following
  message:
  
  EZYXW12W XtlibWarning:  badValue cvtStringToPixel XtToolkitError
           Color name "#AEAEB2B2C3C3" is not defined
  
  KEYWORD: XWINDOWS
  +-------------------------------------------------------------+
  + Please check our Communications Server for OS/390 homepages +
  + for common networking tips and fixes.  The URL for these    +
  + homepages can be found in Informational APAR II11334.       +
  +-------------------------------------------------------------+
  

Problem conclusion

• To resolve these problems, the following changes have been
  made:
  
  1. The X Windows case conversion code (X11R66 level),cmsColNm,
     has been modified to correctly convert EBCDIC hexadecimal
     RGB values to lower case.
  
  2. The following have been recompiled to include the changes:
       EZYDX113 EZYDX116 EZYAX11
  
  * Cross Reference between External and Internal Names
  

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:

  UK61517 UK61518 UK61519

Modules/Macros

• EZYAX11  EZYDX113 EZYDX116
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TCP/IP V3 MVS

• Fixed component ID

  5655HAL00

Applicable component levels

• R1A0 PSY UK61517

     UP10/12/08 P F012

• R1B0 PSY UK61518

     UP10/12/08 P F012

• R1C0 PSY UK61519

     UP10/12/08 P F012

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