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IV47745: FOUR BYTE GB18030 CHINESE CHARACTERS ARE DISPLAYED AS '????' IN SIMPLIFIED CHINESE ENVIRONMENT ON WINDOWS

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Error Message: N/A
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Stack Trace: N/A
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Four Byte GB18030 chinese characters are not processed properly
by Java in the Simplified Chinese Environment on Windows and
those characters are displayed as '????'instead of proper
chinese characters  in the output text file. Java is unable to
get GB18030 characters even if the user changes the code page to
54936 by chcp command on console (command prompt).

Local fix

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Problem summary


    

  • On the Simplified Chinese Environment,only native encoding data
is processed and hence the GB18030 chinese characters are not
displayed properly.

    



Problem conclusion


    

  • This defect will be fixed in:
7.0.0 SR6
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The JVM has been updated to make Java to read GB18030 data
properly on the Simplified Chinese Environment.

    



Temporary fix


    

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Comments


    

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APAR Information




    

  • APAR number
    IV47745
    • 

  • Reported component name
    JAVA CLASS LIBS
    • 

  • Reported component ID
    620700130
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  • Reported release
    700
    • 

  • Status
    CLOSED  PER
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  • PE
    NoPE
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  • HIPER
    NoHIPER
    • 

  • Special Attention
    NoSpecatt
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  • Submitted date
    2013-08-30
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  • Closed date
    2013-09-16
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  • Last modified date
    2013-09-16
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  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
    

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  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
    

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Fix information


    

  • Fixed component name
    JAVA CLASS LIBS
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  • Fixed component ID
    620700130
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Applicable component levels


    

  • R700  PSY
       UP
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            Modified date:
            

            22 February 2022
            

            
                      

        


        

        


      

    

  



    

  

  
    
            

          
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