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JR54747: YOU CANNOT ATTACH DOCUMENTS IN CHROME THAT START WITH "X" AND DO NOT HAVE TITLES

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APAR status

  • Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

  • You receive an error in the Document Attachment control when you
    create a document that has a file name that starts with an "x"
    and no title.
    
    PRODUCTS AFFECTED
    IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) Advanced
    IBM BPM Standard
    IBM BPM Express
    

Local fix

  • Add a title or rename the file without starting with "x", "u",
    or any character that becomes a special character by adding a
    backslash.
    

Problem summary

  • When the title for a document is not provided, the document
    attachment control uses the path of the file as the title. When
    the file path contains a document starting with "x", the
    document name then contains the path, which includes "\x" (for
    example C:\fakepath\x1.txt). Because "\x" is a special
    character, when the server returns a JSON string with this
    character the JSON becomes invalid, which causes an error when
    the documents are being retrieved. Any character that becomes a
    special character by adding a backslash (\) causes this issue.
    

Problem conclusion

  • A fix will be incorporated into a later release that extracts
    the file name from the path when a document is added. The fix
    also escapes the characters returned in the JSON by the server
    to avoid other similar problems.
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    JR54747

  • Reported component name

    BPM ADVANCED

  • Reported component ID

    5725C9400

  • Reported release

    801

  • Status

    CLOSED FIN

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2015-11-17

  • Closed date

    2016-01-22

  • Last modified date

    2016-02-11

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

  • R856 PSN

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
13 October 2021