IC88382: PCOM: NEGATIVE RESPONSE ERROR FROM 5250 CLIENT TO HOST

Personal Communications 6.0.6 (V6.0, Manufacturing Refresh 6)
Personal Communications 6.0.7

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Personal Communications v6.0.5 5250 connection
  
  The customer receives a negative response error on i5.
  The negative response is x'10050141'.
  It means that "Too much data or too little data
   in a Write Data command".
  This issue occurs on pcom v6.0.5.
  Also this issue does not occur on pcom v5.9.
  Additional symptom:
  Server received the negative response x'10050121' from the
  client.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All 5250 display session users               *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Garbage characters display on the 5250  *
  *                      emulator screen.                        *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  When the 5250 session user presses PageUp or PageDown on a
  screen that needs to restore partial data, garbage characters
  display in the background.
  Restored display data is being blocked by a previous fix for
  a crash issue with non-displayable data.
  

Problem conclusion

• PCSLT52.DLL has been updated with a conditional statement to
  allow function keys to pass the restore data buffer.
  
  Fix scheduled for PCOM 6.0.6 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

• PCSLT52
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I7000

Applicable component levels

• R601 PSY

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