IC70363: HATS TEMPLATE IMAGE CAUSING SWTERROR: NO MORE HANDLES ERROR.

Rational Host Access Transformation Services, Version 7.5.1.1
Rational Host Access Transformation Services, Version 7.5.1.2
Rational Host Access Transformation Services, version 7.5.1.3
Rational Host Access Transformation Services Fix Pack 4 (7.5.1.4) for 7.5.1
Rational Host Access Transformation Services Fix Pack 5 (7.5.1.5) for 7.5.1
Rational Host Access Transformation Services Fix Pack 6 (7.5.1.6) for 7.5.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Client is paging down/up and getting
  Caused by: org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: No more handles
   at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:3803)
   at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:3695)
   at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:3666)
   at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.error(Widget.java:463)
   at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu.createHandle(Menu.java:443)
   at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu.createWidget(Menu.java:531)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: HATS RCP users                               *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: While using a HATS RCP application, a   *
  *                      user may receive and SWT Error and      *
  *                      NullpointerException                    *
  *                      stating that there are no more          *
  *                      handles.                                *
  *                                                              *
  *                      Failed to execute runnable              *
  *                      (org.eclipse.swt.SWTError:No more       *
  *                      handles)                                *
  *                      and                                     *
  *                      java.lang.NullPointerException          *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  HATS creates many instances of the RCP template internally
  while rendering a transformation.  Each widget that is created
  uses the style information from the template to correctly
  display the look that is appropriate for these controls.
  There were a couple of places where the template objects were
  created but never disposed of while rendering the
  transformation.  As a result, the image and color objects were
  not cleaned up and were left in memory.  After running with
  the RCP application for a while, a user could receive an error
  message stating that there were no more handles.
  

Problem conclusion

• The HATS RCP code was changed to dispose of any instance of
  the template that gets created during the rendering of a tr
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL HATS FOR 5

• Fixed component ID

  5724U6800

Applicable component levels

• R750 PSY

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