============================================================= Patch for IBM i Access for Windows APAR SE70364 (c) Copyright IBM Corporation 1996, 2019. 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 SE70364 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 SE70364 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1 Problem Description ------------------------------------------------ After installation of SI68573 service pack, a DBCS(Japanese) PC5250 session is crashed with 'PCSWS.EXE STOPS WORKING' error message. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.0 INSTALLATION NOTES ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1 Applying the patch ------------------------------------------------------------------- On the PC where service pack SI68573 has been applied, perform the following steps: 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 following files: pcsws.exe to pcsws.exe.bak PCSW32X.DLL to PCSW32X.DLL.BAK 4) Save the patch version of pcsws.exe and PCSW32X.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) In that directory, rename the following files: pcsws.exe.bak to pcsws.exe PCSW32X.DLL.BAK to PCSW32X.DLL ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.0 PERMANENT FIX DELIVERY ------------------------------------------------------------------- This patch is the permanent fix for APAR SE70364. No additional service packs are planned for 7.1 IBM i Access for Windows. Effective April 30, 2019, IBM will withdraw support for IBM i Access for Windows (5770-XE1). Replacement product is IBM i Access Client Solutions (5733-XJ1). For the official announcement see: https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/8/897/ENUS918-058/index.html&request_locale=en ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.0 REPORTING PROBLEMS If you need to report a problem with the emulator any time after you have installed this patch, please let your IBM service representative know this patch has been applied. [END OF DOCUMENT]