============================================================= IBM i Access for Windows patch for APAR SE53881 (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 1996, 2013. All rights reserved. ============================================================= This document is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. IBM disclaims all warranties, whether expressed or implied, including without limitation, the implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose and merchantability with respect to the information in this document. By furnishing this document, IBM grants no licenses to any patents or copyrights. ============================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.0 INFORMATION FOR APAR SE53881 1.1 Problem description 2.0 INSTALLATION NOTES 2.1 Applying the patch 2.2 Removing the patch 3.0 PERMANENT FIX DELIVERY 4.0 REPORTING PROBLEMS ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.0 INFORMATION FOR APAR SE53881 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1 Problem Description ------------------------------------------------------------------- COPY command over STRPCCMD doesn't create copied file with correct file extension if one or more spaces are located just before COPY command on PCCMD parameter. Unexpected one character is added to its extension. Example; STRPCCMD PCCMD("#COPY C:\FLD1\ABC.TXT EFG.TXT") * # means space. File name will be; EFG.TXTT This problem can occur if you use HCP 930/939/1399 and so on. If you use HCP 37, this problem will not exist. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.0 INSTALLATION NOTES ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1 Applying the patch ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Close all open emulator sessions. 2) Locate the "Emulator" folder inside the IBM i Access install path. By default, this is "C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\Emulator" 3) In that directory, rename the file pcspco.dll.exe to pcspco.dll.bak 4) Save the patch version of pcspco.dll into this directory. 2.2 Removing the patch --------------------------- 1) Close all open emulator sessions. 2) Locate the "Emulator" folder inside the IBM i Access install path. By default, this is "C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\Emulator" 3) Rename the file pcspco.dll.bak to pcspco.dll ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.0 PERMANENT FIX DELIVERY ------------------------------------------------------------------- The permanent fix will be delivered in a future release of V6R1. No special action (beyond installing the appropriate V6R1 updates) will be necessary for the user to acquire this fix. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.0 REPORTING PROBLEMS If you need to report a problem with the 5250 emulator any time after you have installed this patch, please let your IBM service representative know this patch has been applied. [END OF DOCUMENT]