PM88551: GENERATING REPORT USING RPE FROM RSA DM RESULT IN GARBLED CHARACTER IF COMMENT CONTAINS JAPANESE SURROGATE CHARACTER

Rational Publishing Engine 1.2.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Attempts to generate report using Rational Publishing Engine
  from Rational Software Architect Design Management results in
  garbled character if comment contains Japanese surrogate
  character. It happens on  Microsoft Word and PDF version and the
  HTML version displays correctly. With Rational Publishing Engine
  1.2, the characters are garbled in HTML, Word and PDF version.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  Generating report using RPE from RSA DM result in garbled
  character if comment contains Japanese surrogate character
  

Problem conclusion

• The issue regarding the Japanese character reported through
  this APAR is fixed in RRDG 1.2.1 by the upgrading used
  library. To obtain the Unicode characters in the Word or PDF
  outputs a Unicode font needs to be used either by defining
  it in the template or through an external stylesheet (with
  the latter approach being more reusable).
  

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

  RSA DESIGN MANA

• Fixed component ID

  5725D7900

Applicable component levels

• R401 PSN

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