PM82196: Invalid UTF-8 characters in Dojo JavaScript comments

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software 9.0
Rational Software Architect 9.0
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software 9.0
Rational Software Architect 8.5.5
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software 8.5.5
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software 8.5.5
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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Abstract:
  
  Invalid UTF-8 characters in Dojo JavaScript comments
  
  Problem:
  
  1. Set up a Workspace with default encoding set to UTF-8
  (Preferences -? Workspace)
  2. Create a new Project, select Web -? Web Project, click Next.
  Select Dojo Toolkit and click Finish
  3. Create a new Web Page: Right-Click on the project, select
  New-?Web Page. In the dialogue, enter test as name and select
  Basic Templates HTML
  as Template.
  4. Click the button Options... In the Document Markup pane
  select UTF-8 as Encoding.
  5. Click Close.
  6. Click Finish.
  
  Result:
  The document contains invalid UTF-8 characters in line 11 and
  13.
  
  Local fix:
  
  Delete the extraneous characters after a new page is created
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• During page generation it is possible that the content of the
  page will be converted from one encoding to another.  At times,
  this conversion can result in characters that are invalid in
  the encoding to which the content was converted.
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix is to detect converted characters which are invalid in
  the page's intended encoding, and remove them during the page
  generation process.
  The fix for this APAR is included in Rational Application
  Developer v8.5.5.
  

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 APP DEV WI

• Fixed component ID

  5724J1901

Applicable component levels

• R855 PSY

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