PM61266: Diagram displaying URL pointing to htm/html can take more than a minute to open

Rational Software Architect Standard Edition 7.5.5.5 Interim Fix 001
Rational Software Architect Interim Fix 1 for 8.0.4.2
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software Interim Fix 1 for 8.0.4.2

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Environment:
  - Microsoft Windows XP SP3 / Windows 7
      - IBM Rational Software Architect 7.5.5.5 or 8.0.4
  
  Reproducible Y/N: Y
  
  Description of problem:
  If you have a URL displayed in a diagram that points to a
  html/htm file, the time to load the diagram increases
  dramatically.
  
  Steps to reproduce
  
  1. Create a UML Project using all the default
  2. In the created model, open a diagram
  3. Add a URL (right click add UML-? URL
  4. Type or copy the URL :
  http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/rsahelp/v8/index.jsp?to
  pic=/com.ibm.xtools.gs_using_rsx.doc/topics/c_gs_essentials_of_r
  sa_mod19.html
  5. In the display name field type 'Test'.
  6. Close the diagram
  7. Save the model
  8. Open the diagram again it will take a much longer time to
  open... up to more than one minute
  
  Workaround
  None
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  Diagram displaying URL pointing to htm/html can take more
  than a minute to open
  

Problem conclusion

• The edit part for comments loads all the information in a
  URL, and tries to identify if it represents any known image
  format. Instead of this, it would now check the content type
  of the URL to do the same.
  

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

  SW ARCHITECT WI

• Fixed component ID

  5724I7001

Applicable component levels

• R755 PSN

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