============================================================= IBM i Access for Windows patch for APAR SE61656 (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 1996, 2015. 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 SE61656 1.1 Problem Description 1.2 Problem Resolution 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 SE61656 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1 Problem Description ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Start an emulator session. 2. Select "File" -> "Open" 3. In the "Open Workstation Profile" dialog, click "Cancel" button. The "Cancel" button does not dismiss the dialog. Similarly with any other File Open dialogs. For example, Edit -> Preferences -> Keyboard... -> Customize... : File -> Open... To recover from the problem, user will have to select a .WS file from the dialog. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1 Problem Resolution ------------------------------------------------------------------- A temporary patch has been provided for 7.1 workstations that have service pack SI56695 applied. Apply the patch as outlined below. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.0 INSTALLATION NOTES ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1 Applying the patch ------------------------------------------------------------------- This temporary patch is only compatible with 7.1 IBM i Access for Windows service pack SI56695. 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 pcswdlgc.dll to pcswdlgc.dll.bak 4) Save the patch version of pcswdlgc.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 (x86)\IBM\Client Access\Emulator" 3) Rename the file pcswdlgc.dll.bak to pcswdlgc.dll ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.0 PERMANENT FIX DELIVERY ------------------------------------------------------------------- The permanent fix will be delivered in a future service pack for 7.1. No special action (beyond installing the appropriate 7.1 updates) will be necessary for the user to acquire the permanent 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]