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Readme File for AS/400 Client Access for Windows 95 Service Packs
5763-XD1 V3R1M1 Cumulative Service Pack Level
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SF43839
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(c) Copyright IBM Corporation 1996. All rights reserved.
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IMPORTANT: Be sure to check Informational APAR II09921 for the
latest list of OS/400 PTFs that must be installed on the AS/400
prior to attempting any Client Access functions. Some of the
fixes contained in this service pack PTF may not work if these
OS/400 PTFs are not installed on the AS/400. If you have
internet access, the text of Informational APAR II09921 is
available at "http://www.as400.ibm.com/clientaccess/" under the
"Information APARs" link.
Summary of new fixes:
The "Transfer" pull down menu items and the "Send" and "Receive"
buttons in PC5250 have been changed to invoke CA/400 data transfer
instead of PC5250 file transfer. This only applies when CA/400
data transfer is installed.
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Table of Contents
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1.0 OS/400 PROGRAM TEMPORARY FIXES (PTFs) REQUIRED
2.0 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
2.1 INSTALLING FROM A MANAGING AS/400 SYSTEM
2.2 INSTALLING FROM A LOCAL OR NETWORK DRIVE
2.3 INSTALLING FROM DISKETTE
2.4 INSTALL/UNINSTALL CONSIDERATIONS
2.4.1 SILENT INSTALL CHANGES TO ENABLE UNINSTALL
2.4.2 REMOVING THE SERVICE PACK
2.5 NETSOFT ROUTER CONSIDERATIONS
2.5.1 INSTALLING SERVICE PACKS ON SDLC-ATTACHED PC's
2.5.2 INSTALLING SERVICE PACKS ON ASYNC-ATTACHED PC's
2.5.3 CHANGING WORKSTATION ADDRESS FOR ASYNC-ATTACHED PC'S
2.5.4 ANYNET CONNECTION PROBLEM
2.5.5 SDLC PERFORMANCE
2.5.6 DISCONNECTING AND RECONNECTING TO SYSTEMS
2.5.7 INSTALLING SERVICE PACKS OVER SLOWER CONNECTIONS
2.5.8 INSTALLING WINDOWS 95 32-BIT TWINAX SUPPORT
2.5.9 INSTALLING SERVICE PACKS ON TWINAX-ATTACHED PC's
2.6 DATA TRANSFER CONSIDERATIONS
2.6.1 TRANSFERRING DATA WHEN THE FILE CCSID IS 65535
2.7 PC5250 CONSIDERATIONS
2.7.1 STATUS POP-UP WINDOW
2.7.2 HOW TO SWITCH THE CTRL AND ENTER KEYS
2.7.3 HOW TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT FILE TRANSFER TYPE
2.8 IBM PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS CONSIDERATIONS
2.8.1 ROUTER STATE
2.9 ANYNET CONSIDERATIONS
2.9.1 ANYNET OVER ETHERNET
2.9.2 SNA INCOMING REMOTE COMMAND OVER ANYNET
2.10 UPGRADING TO THE V3R1M2 RELEASE OF CLIENT ACCESS
3.0 AUTHORIZED PROGRAM ANALYSIS REPORT (APAR) ABSTRACTS
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF43839 (NOVEMBER 1997)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF42350 (AUGUST 1997)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF41491 (JUNE 1997)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF41118 (MAY 1997)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF40081 (APRIL 1997)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF39584 (MARCH 1997)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF39059 (MARCH 1997)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF38281 (FEBRUARY 1997)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF36801 (DECEMBER 1996)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF36096 (NOVEMBER 1996)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF35935 (OCTOBER 1996)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF35403 (OCTOBER 1996)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF34290 (SEPTEMBER 1996)
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SF33775 (AUGUST 1996)
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1.0 OS/400 PROGRAM TEMPORARY FIXES (PTFs) REQUIRED
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For a list of OS/400 PTFs that must be installed on the AS/400 prior to
attempting any Client Access functions, please reference Informational
APAR II09921.
2.0 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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2.1 INSTALLING FROM A MANAGING AS/400 SYSTEM
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Note:
The following method would be used if you have received the Client Access
service pack through the AS/400 PTF ordering process either as an
individual PTF order or as part of an OS/400 PTF cumulative package.
Once this service pack has been applied to the managing AS/400 system with
the LODPTF and APYPTF AS/400 commands, it can be installed on individual
PC's with the "Install Service Pack" program icon in the Client Access
Accessories folder.
The "Client Access Login Service Check" program icon created in the Windows
95 Startup folder will also detect that the managing AS/400 system has been
updated, and will present the user with the option to install the service
pack at startup time as well.
2.2 INSTALLING FROM A LOCAL OR NETWORK DRIVE
---------------------------------------------
Note:
The following method would be used if you have received the Client Access
service pack as a set of install image files.
Install the service pack by the running the "SETUP.EXE" program from your
PC. This program is part of the install image files shipped with a service
pack.
Before running this program, copy the service pack install image files to a
local drive on your PC or to any accessible network drive. Once the install
setup program has completed, you can then remove the install image files
from that drive.
2.3 INSTALLING FROM DISKETTE
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Note:
The following method would be used if you have received the Client Access
service pack as a set of install diskettes.
Install the service pack by inserting diskette 1 into your diskette drive
and running the "SETUP.EXE" program. Follow the setup program instructions,
inserting additional diskettes as required.
Note to administrators:
To create service pack install diskettes, the service pack must be applied
to a managing AS/400 system. Since there are changes to the Create
Install Diskettes program in the service pack, the service pack must be
installed on the PC that will be used to create the service pack install
diskettes. The service pack can be installed by running the "Install
Service Pack" program icon in the Client Access Accessories folder on your
PC. Once the service pack is applied on the AS/400 and on the PC being
used to create service pack install diskettes, you can run the "Create
Install Diskettes" program icon in the Client Access Accessories folder on
your PC. Service pack install diskettes cannot be created from the set of
service pack install images.
If users get a message saying Client Access cannot load CWBINUTL.DLL it may
be because your service pack diskettes were built from a PC that didn't
have this service pack installed on it prior to building the service pack
diskettes.
2.4 INSTALL/UNINSTALL CONSIDERATIONS
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The following sections describe additional support and known problems that
you may notice while using the Install/Uninstall function.
2.4.1 SILENT INSTALL CHANGES TO ENABLE UNINSTALL
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The current .iss sample file for silently installing a service pack,
setsp.iss, located in your Client Access directory, does not enable the
service pack uninstall function. To enable uninstalling the service pack
make the following changes to your copy of setsp.iss:
< start of setsp.iss >
[InstallSHIELD Silent]
Version=v3.00.095
File=Response File
[Application]
Name=ClientAccess
Version=CurrentVersion
Company=IBM
[DlgOrder]
Dlg0=SdAskOptions-0
Count=2
Dlg1=SdStartCopy-0
[SdAskOptions-0]
Component-type=string
Component-count=0
[SdAskOptions-0]
Component-type=string
Component-count=1 <=== see Note 1 below
Component-0=Enable service pack uninstall <=== see Note 2 below
Result=1
[SdStartCopy-0]
Result=1
< end of setsp.iss >
Note 1: This line was "Component-count=0".
Note 2: This line is new. The string has to be exactly what is displayed
for the uninstall option checkbox if a non-silent install is
done -- the English string is shown in this example. To determine
what this string should be in your language, run setup.exe from
the service pack install image. The "Welcome" panel shows two
check boxes. Copy the second check box's function description
string to the setsp.iss file. You can then cancel the install by
selecting the Cancel button on this panel.
2.4.2 REMOVING THE SERVICE PACK
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To remove this service pack from your PC:
1. Click the Windows 95 Start button, click on Settings, and then click on
Control Panel.
2. Double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon.
3. Click on the Install/Uninstall tab, click on IBM Client Access for
Windows 95 Service Pack SFxxxxx item, and then click on the Add/Remove
button.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
2.5 NETSOFT ROUTER CONSIDERATIONS
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The following sections describe additional support and known problems that
you may notice while using the NetSoft router to install service packs with
some connectivities.
2.5.1 INSTALLING SERVICE PACKS ON SDLC-ATTACHED PC's
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If your PC is at a service pack level prior to SF38281 and you have an
SDLC-attached PC, and the only connectivity that you have to the AS/400
for that PC is SDLC, then you will be unable to install the service pack
to your PC using conventional means (by clicking on the "Install Service
Pack" program icon in Client Access Accessories folder). If all of the
above is true except that your PC is at service pack level SF38281 or
later see section 2.5.7 on how to get service packs installed.
The suggested way of installing the service pack in this case is to take
one of the options below.
1) Find another Windows 95 PC connected to the AS/400 that uses a different
connectivity (such as token ring), and create a set of service pack
install diskettes. To do this choose "Accessories" from the Client
Access folder, then choose "Create Install Diskettes", and then choose
"Service Pack (SP)". When this is completed, use these diskettes to
install the service pack onto your SDLC-attached PC (by running
SETUP.EXE from diskette 1).
2) Find another non-Windows 95 PC connected to the AS/400 and copy the
files from QCA400\WIN32\SERVICE\CDROM directory to a set of diskettes,
and then create a temporary directory on your SDLC-attached PC's hard
drive, and copy the files from the diskettes to that directory. Run
SETUP.EXE from that directory.
2.5.2 INSTALLING SERVICE PACKS ON ASYNC-ATTACHED PC's
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If your PC is at a service pack level prior to SF38281 and you have an
Async-attached PC, and the only connectivity that you have to the AS/400
for that PC is Async, then you will be unable to install the service pack
to your PC using conventional means (by clicking on the "Install Service
Pack" program icon in Client Access Accessories folder). If all of the
above is true except that your PC is at service pack level SF38281 or
later see section 2.5.7 on how to get service packs installed.
The suggested way of installing the service pack in this case is to take
one of the options below.
1) Find another Windows 95 PC connected to the AS/400 that uses a different
connectivity (such as token ring), and create a set of service pack
install diskettes. To do this choose "Accessories" from the Client
Access folder, then choose "Create Install Diskettes", and then choose
"Service Pack (SP)". When this is completed, use these diskettes to
install the service pack onto your Async-attached PC (by running
SETUP.EXE from diskette 1).
2) If you don't have access to another PC with an AS/400 connection, then
the service pack can still be installed. To do this, follow these
steps:
a) Make a connection to the AS/400 (from your Async-attached PC).
b) Assign a Network drive to the AS/400, using Explorer.
c) Create a temporary directory on your local hard drive, and copy all
of the files in the QCA400\WIN32\SERVICE\CDROM directory to that
directory.
d) Run SETUP.EXE from that temporary drive.
2.5.3 CHANGING WORKSTATION ADDRESS FOR ASYNC-ATTACHED PC'S
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A tool is now available for changing the workstation address for a
NetSoft Async connection. This will be a new icon in the NS/Router
program group called "Async Workstation Address". Double-clicking on this
icon will cause a dialog box to be displayed that will allow the user to
change the DEFAULT value for the workstation address. The user will need
to use this to change the value BEFORE creating an NS/Router object to
make an Async connection. If the NS/Router object was created before
changing the default value with the "Async Workstation Address" tool, it
must be be deleted, and a new one created.
This is only needed by customers dialing in through a large network
requiring a value other than '20'. If the user is dialing directly into
the AS/400, this tool does not need to be run.
2.5.4 ANYNET CONNECTION PROBLEM
--------------------------------
If you are unable to connect via AnyNet, and receive an Anynet-04 message
in the NetSoft event log, the problem could be a shortage of space on
your PC's hard drive. Try freeing some additional space on your hard
drive, and/or empty your recycle bin if it has anything in it. This may
resolve the problem.
2.5.5 SDLC PERFORMANCE
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Use the following Line mode settings to obtain the best SDLC performance:
- For a switched line, "Constant Request-to-Send" should be set only if the
modem support full duplex.
- For a non-switched line, (leased line or point-to-point), "Constant
Request-to-Send" should be set if you are using full-duplex and a
non-multi-dropped line. Otherwise, this setting should be "Line
Turnaround Required".
Line Turnaround Required is the default setting and should be used for
half-duplex or dialup connections. Constant Request-to-Send improves
throughput, but requires a full-duplex point-to-point circuit.
2.5.6 DISCONNECTING AND RECONNECTING TO SYSTEMS
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After disconnecting Client Access from an AS/400, you should wait a few
seconds before trying to reconnect to it. For slower link types (like
async and SDLC), the amount of time to wait will be longer than for the
faster link types (802.2).
2.5.7 INSTALLING SERVICE PACKS OVER SLOWER CONNECTIONS
-------------------------------------------------------
If your PC is at a service pack level SF38281 or later and you have an
Async-attached PC or SDLC-attached PC, and the only connectivity that you
have to the AS/400 for that PC is Async or SDLC, then you can use the
following method to install service packs to your PC.
InstallShield is the tool used to provide the install support for Client
Access for Windows 95. The same tool is used for installing service packs.
Setup.exe has a 2 minute timeout which occurs when installing service packs
over any slow communications line.
A parameter has been added to Login Service Check (a.k.a. Check Version),
cwbckver.exe, that will copy the service pack image to the PC's temporary
directory, and install the service pack. To use this new support you will
need to install ServicePack SF38281 on your PC and change the parameters of
the 'Client Access Login Service Check' icon in the 'StartUp' folder.
Set-up steps:
1. Make sure you have SF38281 installed on the PC before using the new
parameter. If it is not installed the parameter will be ignored.
2. Right mouse click on the 'Start' button in the task bar.
3. Select the 'Explore' menu choice.
4. Double-click on the 'Programs' folder.
5. Double-click on the 'StartUp' folder.
6. Right mouse click on the 'Client Access Login Service Check' icon.
7. Select the 'Properties' menu choice.
8. Click on the 'Shortcut' tab.
9. In the 'Target:' entry field will be something similar to:
C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\cwbckver.exe LOGIN
After the 'LOGIN' parameter add ' 0 LOCAL'. The parameters are
case sensitive, so be sure to type them in upper case. The
'Target:' entry field should now look like:
...\cwbckver.exe LOGIN 0 LOCAL
Parameter description:
LOGIN parameter tells Login Service Check to do the login service check.
0 is the number of seconds to wait after Login Service Check starts
before checking the service level on the managing system.
LOCAL parameter tells Login Service Check to copy the service pack install
image files from the managing system to a temporary directory on the
PC. The files will be copied to the 'CA400' directory in the Windows
95 Temp directory (for example, C:\Windows\Temp\CA400). If the CA400
directory does not exist Login Service Check creates it.
Possible errors:
- A message is issued if there is not enough disk space to copy all the
files. If you get this message you will need to free disk space on the
hard drive specified in the message.
- A message is issued if one of the files could not be successfully copied.
If you select OK, Login Service Check will attempt to copy the remaining
files and install the service pack. If you select Cancel, check version
will stop copying files and delete any of the files it has already copied.
Status:
No status information is displayed while the files are copied. To
determine if Login Service Check is progressing look in the 'CA400'
temporary directory (for example, C:\Windows\Temp\CA400). You should see
new files appear periodically.
Notes:
1. The LOCAL parameter also works for upgrades to a new release. To use
Login Service Check to automatically upgrade you will need to use the
LOCAL parameter to avoid the time out.
2. The files in the CA400 temporary directory will be deleted if the user
does not let Setup automatically perform the reboot. If the user does
let Setup perform the reboot, the files in the CA400 temporary directory
are not deleted, and the user should delete the files in CA400 manually
after the reboot.
2.5.8 INSTALLING THE WINDOWS 95 32-BIT TWINAX SUPPORT
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After you have installed Client Access Service Pack SF39059, a new
subdirectory with the update software will be created on your computer.
This TWINAX directory will be created under the directory in which Client
Access was installed. The path is normally
"C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access\twinax", where C: is the drive where
Client Access is installed. Print off the README.TXT in the TWINAX
directory. Follow the README.TXT instructions to go through the
installation process (INSTALL.EXE).
Refer to informational APAR II10307 for additional information.
2.5.9 INSTALLING SERVICE PACKS ON TWINAX-ATTACHED PCs
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If you have a twinax-attached PC and you are not currently able to connect,
then you will be unable to obtain the service pack using conventional means
(by clicking on the "Install Service Pack" program icon in Client Access
Accessories folder). The suggested way of obtaining the service pack in
this case is to take one of the options below.
1) Find another Windows 95 PC connected to the AS/400 that uses a different
connectivity (such as token ring), and create a set of service pack
install diskettes. To do this choose "Accessories" from the Client
Access folder, then choose "Create Install Diskettes", and then choose
"Service Pack (SP)". When this is completed, use these diskettes to
install the service pack onto your twinax-attached PC (by running
SETUP.EXE from diskette 1).
2) Find another non-Windows 95 PC connected to the AS/400 and copy the
files from QCA400\WIN32\SERVICE\CDROM directory to a set of diskettes,
and then create a temporary directory on your twinax-attached PC's hard
drive, and copy the files from the diskettes to that directory. Run
SETUP.EXE from that directory.
3) Additional means of obtaining service packs are described in
informational APAR II09523.
2.6 DATA TRANSFER CONSIDERATIONS
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The following sections describe additional support or known problems that
you may notice while using the Data Transfer function.
2.6.1 TRANSFERRING DATA WHEN THE FILE CCSID IS 65535
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The Data Transfer function will not translate data between ASCII and
EBCDIC, if the CCSID of the file on the AS/400 is 65535. Uploads to the
AS/400 file will generate message "CWBTF0005 - Data in this field is
incorrect or does not match PC data type." Downloads to the PC will
complete successfully, but the data will not be converted, appearing as
hexidecimal data instead of the correct character data.
Data Transfer will now allow conversion from CCSID 65535 to the PC CCSID
on transfers to the PC. The AS/400 job CCSID will be used for the
conversion. Data Transfer will also convert from the PC CCSID to the
AS/400 job CCSID for transfers to the AS/400 when fields are tagged with
the 65535 CCSID.
This conversion is controlled by creating an INI file named CWBTFR.INI in
your Windows install directory (which is usually C:\WINDOWS). For your
convenience, we have shipped a sample CWBTFR.INI file in the Client Access
install directory (which by default is C:\Program Files\IBM\Client Access).
We also included a CWBTFR.TXT file, which explains the different fields. To
use CWBTFR.INI, copy it to your Windows install directory and change it to
reflect the options you wish to use.
The CWBTFR.INI file must contain ONE of following lines:
ForceTranslation=0; for no translation of 65535 data
OR
ForceTranslation=1; for translation of 65535 data
If the CWBTFR.INI file is not found, or the correct section and value
names are not present in the CWBTFR.INI file, Data Transfer will default
to not translate 65535 data.
WARNING: Enable this fix only if you are confident the data contained
within columns tagged with the 65535 CCSID are in a defined CCSID
that matches the user profile CCSID of the jobs that will access
it. Accessing 65535 CCSID data from a job CCSID that does not
match the data may corrupt data within the database file. If you
don't enable this fix by providing a CWBTFR.INI file, transfers
will continue to behave as they did before.
Columns tagged with the 65535 CCSID are designed to not be
converted when transferring to/from the PC. Using this fix,
which forces a conversion to take place, is to be done only when
it is not possible to change the column or file CCSID from 65535.
Every attempt should be made to appropriately tag the data with
the correct CCSID.
For more information on the 65535 CCSID, see topic 2.2.3.2 in the
AS/400 National Language Support book, SC41-1301-00.
Conversions from CCSID 65535 fields are prone to errors under
multi-language situations where AS/400 user job CCSIDs do not match.
2.7 PC5250 CONSIDERATIONS
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The following sections describe additional support or known problems that
you may notice while using the PC5250 function.
2.7.1 STATUS POP-UP WINDOW
---------------------------
In order to activate the fix for APAR SA58516, the following lines must be
added to you PC5250 workstation profile(s) (*.ws files). These files are
normally found in the Emulator\Private subdirectory of the Client Access
install path.
[PRINTERS]
PrtStatusDlgInPS=Y
This will result in the status popup box for PC5250 printer emulation to
not be movable outside of the PC5250 emulation screen. Not adding these
lines will result in the status screen being movable outside of the
PC5250 emulation screen.
2.7.2 HOW TO SWITCH THE CTRL AND ENTER KEYS
--------------------------------------------
Before Service Pack SF42350, the default action for the Enter key was
"Field Exit", and the default action for the Ctrl key was "Enter". These
actions were swapped in SF42350. If you are using a keyboard mapping file
(.kmp file) you are not affected. If you would like to switch the keys back,
perform the following steps to create a keyboard mapping file with the
original keyboard layout.
1) Start a PC5250 session
2) From the "Assist" pulldown, select "Keyboard Setup...".
3) Click the "User-Defined" radio button for "Current Keyboard" and then
click the "Customize" button (if you have an existing keyboard layout
select it with the "Browse" button).
Steps 4-10 change the Ctrl key to be Enter in your PC5250 session.
4) Click on the "Ctrl" key on the keyboard layout.
5) In the "Function" dropdown list, select "Enter/Control".
6) With the function highlighted, click on the "->" next to the
"Base" state.
7) Press the "Change Key" button at the bottom.
8) In the "Function" dropdown list, select "Enter/Control".
9) With the function highlighted, click on the "->" next to
the "Shift" state.
10) Press the "Change Key" button at the bottom.
Steps 11-20 change the Enter key to be Field Exit, New Line,
and Carrier Return in your PC5250 session.
11) Click on the " <-' " key on the keyboard layout (this
is the Enter key).
12) In the "Function" dropdown list, select "Field Exit".
13) With the function highlighted, click on the "->" next to
the "Base" state.
14) Press the "Change Key" button at the bottom.
15) In the "Function" dropdown list, select "New Line".
16) With the function highlighted, click on the "->" next to
the "Shift" state.
17) Press the "Change Key" button at the bottom.
18) In the "Function" dropdown list, select "Carrier Return".
19) With the function highlighted, click on the "->" next to
the "Ctrl" state.
20) Press the "Change Key" button at the bottom.
21) Exit and save the keyboard mapping.
22) From the "Keyboard Setup" dialog box, click on the "OK" button.
The keys should now be re-mapped to the way they were originally shipped
in V3R1M1.
2.7.3 HOW TO CHANGE THE DEFAULT FILE TRANSFER TYPE
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With service pack SF43839, the default action for the "Transfer" pull
down menu items and the "Send" and "Receive" buttons in PC5250 has been
changed to invoke CA/400 data transfer rather than PC5250 file transfer.
If CA/400 data transfer is not installed on the PC, the default is
set to PC5250 file transfer.
When these menu options are selected, a control file is created that
specifies the host system that the current session is connected to on the
"SYSTEM" line of the control file. The control file name contains the
session letter and has a type of ".TFR" for transfers from the PC and
".TTO" for transfers to the PC, and it is created in the private
directory (Emulator/private). For example, the file name is PC5250$A.TTO
for a download from session A. If this file already exists and contains a
line that starts with the string "SYSTEM ", then this line is simply
updated with the current host system. Otherwise the file is created (or
recreated) from scratch. The CA/400 data transfer function is then invoked
(CWBTF.EXE from the directory above where the PC5250 executables live)
with this control file as the only argument.
In order to change the appearance and functioning of the "Transfer" menu
option to its original state (i.e. invoking PC5250 file transfer), a user
must edit the workstation profile (.WS file) and add the line:
ForceDataTransfer=N
to the [Transfer] section of this file. If no [Transfer] section exists,
then add the lines:
[Transfer]
ForceDataTransfer=N
to the bottom of this file.
When CA/400 data transfer is not installed on the PC, no changes
are noticed.
2.8 IBM PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS CONSIDERATIONS
-----------------------------------------------
The following sections describe additional support or known problems that
you may notice while using an IBM Personal Communications connection.
2.8.1 ROUTER STATE
-------------------
If you use the IBM Personal Communications connection type, the connection
must first be made through IBM Personal Communications. Client Access will
start this connection for you when IBM Personal Communications has not been
started, only if the following are true:
- The directory that IBM Personal Communications is installed to is in the
PATH environment variable.
- The connection to the desired AS/400 is defined correctly in the IBM
Personal Communications default configuration file.
If either of the above is not true, the IBM Personal Communications
connection must be started manually before using Client Access functions.
2.9 ANYNET CONSIDERATIONS
-------------------------
The following sections describe additional support or known problems that
you may notice while using an AnyNet connection.
2.9.1 ANYNET OVER ETHERNET
---------------------------
When using AnyNet over an Ethernet connection, check the SSAP AA value for
the Ethernet line description on the AS/400. This value should be set to
1480. If it is set to 1496 (the default), you will have problems getting
a communications connection to the AS/400 using Client Access.
2.9.2 SNA INCOMING REMOTE COMMAND OVER ANYNET
----------------------------------------------
If you want to run incoming remote commands on your PC over an AnyNet
connection, you must configure the AS/400 as described below. For this
example, the LU name of the PC is 'MYPC', and the name of the AS/400 system
from which to send remote commands is 'MYAS400'.
1) Create an APPC controller on the AS/400 for your PC, using the
CRTCTLAPPC command with the appropriate parameter values as follows:
CRTCTLAPPC CTLD(MYNEWCTLR) LINKTYPE(*ANYNW) RMTCPNAME(MYPC)
2) Add an entry for your PC to the AS/400 APPN configuration list, which
must have the same Remote Control Point as the APPC controller created
in step 1. For example:
ADDCFGLE TYPE(*APPNRMT) APPNRMTE((MYPC *NETATR MYAS400 MY PC))
3) Add an entry in the AS/400 TCP/IP host entries table for the AnyNet host
name for your PC. This host name is formed by combining the LU name of
your PC, the network identifier of your PC, and the string
'SNA.IBM.COM'. For example:
ADDTCPHTE INTNETADR('9.5.13.77') HOSTNAME((MYPC.APPN.SNA.IBM.COM))
4) Vary on the controller created in step 1. For example:
VRYCFG CFGOBJ(MYNEWCTLR) CFGTYPE(*CTL) STATUS(*ON)
If the steps above completed successfully, you should be able to run remote
commands on MYPC sent from MYAS400, provided that MYPC is connected to
MYAS400 using AnyNet and that security checks pass. The sender of the
remote command must specify the remote control point name, MYPC, as the
value of the RMTLOCNAME parameter of RUNRMTCMD.
2.10 UPGRADING TO THE V3R1M2 RELEASE OF CLIENT ACCESS
------------------------------------------------------
If you plan to upgrade to V3R1M2 Client Access for Windows 95/NT through
either the "Client Access Login Service Check" in the Startup Menu or from
the "Check Service Pack Level" in the Client Access/Accessories folder,
you will need to perform the following steps in the order listed:
1. Apply Service Pack PTF SF38281 on your AS/400 that has V3R1M1 for
Client Access for Windows 95 installed.
2. Install Service Pack PTF SF38281 on all of the V3R1M1 Client Access for
Windows 95 PCs.
3. Change your managing system to an AS/400 that has the V3R1M2 version
of Client Access for Windows 95/NT installed.
You will now be able to run the "Login Service Check" or "Check Service
Pack Level" functions to upgrade the client on your PCs.
If you did not apply Service Pack PTF SF38281 before upgrading Client
Access on the AS/400 to V3R1M2, you can still upgrade your PCs from the
AS/400 by running setup.exe from one of the following:
1. Map a network drive using the Windows Explorer to the following
location on the AS/400: QCA400\Win32\Install\Image. Run setup.exe
from this drive and path.
2. The Client Access IBM-supplied V3R1M2 CD-ROM.
3. The Client Access IBM-supplied V3R1M2 diskettes.
3.0 AUTHORIZED PROGRAM ANALYSIS REPORT (APAR) ABSTRACTS
--------------------------------------------------------
The following lists the APARs fixed at each of the service pack levels.
Each service pack PTF is cumulative, that is, the most recent service
pack PTF released contains all the fixes from prior service pack levels
in addition to the APARs listed for a particular service pack. The fix
abstracts are listed by installable component within a service pack
level.
---------------------------------
Service Pack Level = SF43839
Build date = November 1997
---------------------------------
Base Support
------------
APAR = SA66250
RUNRMTCMD fails intermittently when run on an AS/400 connected
to a personal computer using an SNA connection and Client Access. The
command is not run on the personal computer, and the resulting spool
file on the AS/400 contains only message CWBAR1006.
APAR = SA66441
For users of AS/400 System Objects, when a job, printer, or printer
output is waiting on a message reply, or when an inquiry message in
the message list is waiting on a reply, and the user attempts to reply
with the "Reply to message" action, an error is issued: "CPF3CF1, Error
code parameter not valid." The message cannot be replied to.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
APAR = SA60711
When you use file transfer from PC5250, CA/400 data transfer is
not invoked.
The default action for the "Transfer" pull down menu items and
the "Send" and "Receive" buttons in PC5250 has been changed to
invoke CA/400 data transfer rather than PC5250 file transfer.
If CA/400 data transfer is not installed on the PC, the default
is set to PC5250 file transfer. Refer to section 2.7.3 for more
information on how to change the default back to PC5250 file transfer.
AltGr states of keys can be mapped within PC5250 keyboard
mapping, but the AltGr state of the specific key executes the
Alt state of the key when used (instead of the AltGr state of
the key as mapped).
APAR = SA64155
It is not possible to enter German Umlauts in alphabetical
fields in Display screens, which are discribed by a 'X', in a
PC5250 session for the optimized Client for Windows 95/NT.
In a 5250 under OS/2 Warp and on a terminal the same works fine.
This is an example for a failing SDA screen:
0001.00 A R RCD1
0002.00 A 5 20'INPUT: '
0003.00 A INP 10X I 5 35
0004.00 A 10 20'OUTPUT: '
0005.00 A OUT 10X O 10 35
0006.00 A 15 20'BOTH: '
0007.00 A BOTH 10X B 15 35
APAR = SA64963
When using the "best-fit" setting with the feature 9454
enhancement with COR, 8 LPI documents result in a large font
height that nearly touches the adjacent lines. This occurs
with PCL5 printer drivers using PC5250 Print Emulation.
APAR = SA65153
We are using the DDS keyword HIGHLITE to produce bolding.
CA400WINOPT does not print the specific words in bold. This worked
under CAWIN R311 with Rumba/400. Examining the communications trace
shows that the AS/400 does an absolute horizontal print(34c0), prints
the word and then does another absolute horizontal print to the same
location. So, it appears to double strike the word being highlited.
This fails printing to various types of ASCII printers with various
different printer drivers and PDTs.
APAR = SA65147
Running an RPG/400 pgm managing a DSPF having defined GETRETAIN and
ERASEINP DDS keywords, an I/O field is incorrectly cleared under PC5250.
APAR = SA65204
In PC5250, when the user is in an application that displays
processing messages and they are lengthy, (such as a SQL
or a PDM search) and the user tries to use the System Request
function (Shift-Escape), the System Request line may display
briefly and then be overlaid with these processing messages.
APAR = SA65730
The user maps a key to End Field and when they press that key the
cursor goes to the end of the line instead of the end of the field.
APAR = SA66171
Spool files containing many fields are incorrectly printed on HP
deskjet series when using HPDSKJT.PDT printer definition tables.
Spool files are incorrectly broken at 2/3 of first page. The
remaining text is printed on next page at same position where it
should be printed on previous page.
APAR = SA66406
Customer understands that you can search for any combination of words
on the screen using EHLLAPI. For example, when they searched for
'Field1 Field2' as one field it was found successfully. When they searched
for 'Field3 Field4', which were not as one field the search was
unsuccessful. It gave them RC = 24. If the string is not contained
in one field in the DDS, the search will be unsuccessful.
APAR = SA66407
Using CopyPStoString to gather input/output attributes for all fields on
the AS/400 screen, the EHLLAPI is picked up as an unprotected field when
it is actually a protected field on the screen.
APAR = SA66411
After using TAB and BACKSPACE sequence keys on a PC5250 display
session, the keyboard will no longer accept ENTER and other PF
function keys. The error has been reproduced by doing the following:
1) Activate a PC5250 display session
2) Start PDM, then press PF6 to create a new RPGLE member type named TEST
3) On the Edit screen type IPF in order to have Edit prompt
4) Type a file name (i.e. FILE1) then press the TAB key and SHIFT+TAB
to go back.
5) After pressing BACKSPACE key many times (five or six times), the
keyboard will no longer accept ENTER or any other PF keys. All other
keys will work fine.
APAR = SA66480
Customer has windows 95 keyboard language set to US International.
In PC5250 his keyboard setup is defined as "System Language". With
this setup he is trying to generate diacritic characters but cannot.
APAR = SA66570
Using HPLJIII.PDF with FFF (form feed) in the END_JOB CONTROL
CODES SECTION and converted to HPLJIII.PDT, the FFF is being
ignored. The PDF Control Codes Section looks like:
END_JOB=CUL CBP CSI FFF
where the FFF means to add a form feed.
Using PC5250 print screen it takes 3 print screens to fill the
page before the page is printed and we get 2 1/2 print screens
printed on one page.
APAR = SA66826
A problem occurs with 0xC9 and 0x5B characters on code page
1152/1026 Latin 5 Turkish.
In Turkish code page dotless i and i are coded as follows
lower case dotted 'i' = 0x89
upper case dotted 'i' = 0x5B
lower case dotless 'i' = 0x79
upper case dotless 'i' = 0xC9
When the user works in CAPS LOCK mode and hits 0xC9,
0x79 is typed in instead and if he/she hits 0x5B,
0xC9 is typed in instead.
Typing the characters with the shift key works correctly.
APAR = SA67044
Trying to use DW/36 via CA/400 PC5250 results in error message SYS7213.
Data Transfer
-------------
APAR = SA63029
Data Transfer to AS/400 hangs when transferring a CSV format
PC file which has an empty or "" field as the last field of the
last record of the file.
APAR = SA65513
Transferring a NO CONVERSION file from the PC to a source
physical file on the AS/400 results in message CWBTF0005.
Graphical Access
----------------
None.
Printer Drivers
---------------
APAR = SA66606
Attempting to print to a network printer session after the
session has been inactive may result in the print not spooling
to the AS/400 output queue.
Symptoms of the problem include:
- The printer icon showing Work Offline and cannot get it to
come back online
- The printer icon looking like it is active, but when print
is sent to it, the data spools only on the PC. The data
is never sent to the AS/400
- Printer icons disappearing when attempting to reconnect.
All of the above can be recovered from by rebooting the PC.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
APAR = SA68458
Configure an 802.2 connection with NS Router as the connection
provider, it connects and everything is working fine. However,
after installing MS Internet Explorer 4.0, the NS Router fails
to initialize and will return a MSGCE000C. No connections can
be made with the NS Router as the connection provider.
APAR = SA61458
Various errors with CPIC api's using Client Access Optimized
for Windows 95 Netsoft Router.
APAR = SA64903
When using RUNRMTCMD, the first time a new router connection is
established it works fine. The second time it is used, it fails
with MSGCPD3B53 RC080F6051.
APAR = SA65062
When user selects the SHUTDOWN option and then the "Restart
the computer in MS-DOS mode?" option, the icons disappear and
CAWIN95 hangs. This error occurs only when WIN95 is ended while
CAWIN95 network drives are still connected.
Toolkit
-------
None.
---------------------------------
Service Pack Level = SF42350
Build date = August 1997
---------------------------------
Base Support
------------
APAR = SA65503
Customer has written an emulator for use with 16-Bit windows. This
emulator will run for a while but end up hanging the PC if left idle.
APAR = SA66112
A Client Access user is forced to sign on multiple times if the first
AS400 connection is made through ODBC. The ODBC application does not
specify a userid or password on the connect string and no default user
is associated with the system. This causes the standard Client Access
sign-on dialog to appear. The customer types in a user profile and
password and starts the ODBC application. The user profile entered is
not logged as the connection's current user. Because there is no
current user (and no default user with a password in the cache), the
next Client Access function started will again prompt for user profile
and password.
Background:
Terms:
Current User - The AS400 user profile that is currently signed-on
(owns the CA400 license) for the AS400 connection. By
default, all successive AS400 server connections made
will use this profile and password unless overridden
by the application.
Default User - The AS400 user profile that is associated with an
AS400 connection configuration. If no user profile is
specified on a connection attempt, this profile (and
its cached pwd if available) is used.
A change was made in R311 and R312 that alters how a user profile sent in
from an ODBC application is treated if an AS400 connection does not
already exist. With the code change, a user profile/pwd passed from within
an application on an ODBC connect string does not become the "current
user". Also, the user profile and password are not stored in the password
cache (Windows 95 only). This prevents applications started after the ODBC
application from signing on with the first ODBC application's user
profile. Instead, they must sign-on as the default user or enter a valid
user profile in the AS400 connection dialog. The problem reported above
seems to be caused by Client Access not distinguishing between a user
profile passed in on an ODBC connect string and a user profile passed in
from the AS400 sign on dialog box. A user profile entered in the AS400
sign on box SHOULD become current user.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
APAR = SA64767
The default actions for the Enter and Ctrl keys for PC5250 have been
swapped in this service pack. If you are already using a keyboard mapping
file (.kmp file) you are not affected. If you would like to switch the
keys back, read section 2.7.2 above.
Also, customer has found when using the scroll bar option within a DDS
subfile from a PC5250 display session from CA400WINOPT R311 or R312 the
down arrow scrolls 1 whole page at a time and the up arrow does nothing.
APAR = SA63760
Create a PC5250 printer session, turn on HPT for IBM4019 Hp printer,
select Drawer 1 and envelope of number10, then save and close the printer
session. Upon reopening the printer session the envelope selection will
be back to the default of none.
APAR = SA63715
When running PC5250 emulation, sending a SFLMSG in a DDS window causes
the program to fail with following messages in the joblog:
MSGCPF5192 F/QWSGET T/user-pgm RC10050112
MSGRPG1251 F/QRGXMSG T/QRGXMSG
MSGRPG1251 F/QRGXMSG T/*EXT
APAR = SA63867
In PC5250 in CA/400 for Windows 95 there is a bug in translation
table from lowercase to uppercase for Latin2 (CP 870 for EBCDIC;
CP 852 for ASCII). When we trying to type national characters to
uppercase in input field, all characters are uppercase except:
Char 0xDF should be transformed to 0xDA, but is 0xDF
Char 0xEA should be transformed to 0xFA, but is 0xEA
The hex codes for characters are in EBCDIC CP 870.
APAR = SA64991
Using PC5250 the border lines of pushbuttons will disappear on
the display when using the HELP key and going back with the
ENTER key. Pressing ENTER again the border lines reappear.
Using PC5250 at CA400WIN R311 this problem became fixed with
SF38490. See APAR SA60165.
APAR = SA63514
In 5763XD1 V3R1M0, V3R1M1, or V3R1M2 PC5250 session does not
correctly display a field defined in a DSPF. The definitions
are as follows:
Field1: ENTFLDATR((*DSPATR HI RI) *NOCURSOR)
DSPATR(HI)
Field2: ENTFLDATR(*NO CURSOR (*DSPATR HI RI))
DSPATR(HI)
DSPATR(ND)
DSPATR(PR)
Field1 will display correctly. Field2 is supposed to display
as hidden and protected but does not. Field 2 displays field
contents as soon as cursor is moved to the field.
Current Service levels are SF39582, SF39584, and SF39220
respectively.
APAR = SA64529
There is a problem with the following keys for Czech:
Key scan Character on Character Assigned char
code the Czech keyb. on PC5250 screen on customize
keyboard
screen
4E equal (X'3D') minus (X'2D') equal (X'3D')
Shift 4E percent (X'25') underscore (X'5F') percent (X'25')
55 acute accent equal (X'3D') acute accent
Shift 55 caron accent percent (X'25') caron accent
4A minus (X'2D') acute accent minus (X'2D')
Shift 4A underscore (X'5F') caron accent underscore
(X'5F')
APAR = SA64120
Users are getting incorrect output when printing certain
AS/400 spooled files through a PC5250 printer session
that is configured using a Windows 95 printer driver.
If the AS/400 spooled file is setup to print 132 columns
wide using Computer Output Reduction (COR) so that it
prints in landscape with a 17.1 CPI font, PC5250 will
(depending on the printer driver) print in a font slightly larger
than 17.1 CPI causing approximately the last 4 characters to be
chopped off (ie, they do not print out).
Most Windows 95 printer drivers work fine. The only
printer drivers known to fail at this time are for the
HP DeskJet 500, 600 and 800 Series printers.
Configuring the PC5250 printer session profile to use
Host Print Transform (HPT) or a Printer Definition Table
(PDT) file works fine.
Data Transfer
-------------
APAR = SA63022
When we try to use Data Transfer to download from a file
specifying a file(member) but no library, messages msgCWBDB0046
and msgPWS0006 are issued even if the file and member exist in
a library in the library list.
However, specifying just the file name without the member or
library name works.
Specifying QCUSTCDT(CUSTCDT) will not work.
Specifying QCUSTCDT will work.
Specifying QIWS/QCUSTCDT(CUSTCDT) will work.
Data Transfer has been changed to search the library list for a
file(member) once the CWBDB0046 error is detected. This will permit
this enhancement to work as well as not impact performance for others.
Graphical Access
----------------
None.
Printer Drivers
---------------
None.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
APAR = SA63894
When connecting a PC via SDLC through a large SNA network to an AS/400
(such as the IBM Global Network), the connection attempt may fail.
Toolkit
-------
None.
---------------------------------
Service Pack Level = SF41491
Build date = June 1997
---------------------------------
Base Support
------------
APAR = SA61787
When the Client Access Login Service Check (Check Version)
connects to an AS/400 via either NetSoft or TCP/IP,
the conversations are not deallocated when
CheckVersion completes.
The Check Version task starts a communications link
with the AS/400 by mapping a UNC drive. UNC drives
can only be disconnected by the operating system.
The drive should eventually be disconnected, and
the conversations should then end.
However, the operating system does not seem to have
a predictable algorithm for disconnecting a UNC drive.
We have seen times ranging from 15 minutes to well over
an hour.
Rather than mapping a UNC drive to the AS/400,
Check Version will map a drive by explicitly assigning
it a drive letter. This type of drive assignment can
be disconnected by Check Version when it is done with
the drive. When the drive is disconnected, any
conversations started by Check Version will end.
APAR = SA63394
Using VB with DAO to return multiple result sets from a stored
procedure. Instead of doing a SQLFreeStmt with the SQL_UNBIND
option the application is unbinding each of the columns
individually and rebinding them between result sets. If one
of the result sets has fewer columns than the previous result
set the ODBC driver will incorrectly indicate an error to the
application. VB returns a 3146 error code to the application.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
APAR = SA58860
Pressing the backspace key in PC5250 session when the cursor is
in a protected field, like on an OS/400 menu, may cause the
session to hang or disconnect.
APAR = SA59479
PC5250 printer sessions under CA/Win95 (CA400WINOPT) are
printing a blank page before every AS/400 generated
spooled file when configured to use Host Print Transform.
Virtual Print or Network Print generated spooled files
(ie, *USERASCII spooled files) are not preceded by a
blank page.
This is similar to APAR SA56374 (which has been fixed in
PTF SF33616), but that APAR addresses blank pages
printing when using PC5250 with only the Windows printer
driver. In other words, the printer session profile is
not setup for Host Print Transform or a Printer
Definition Table.
APAR = SA60551
OV/400 documents printed through a PC5250 printer
session (in CA/400 for Windows 95) are printing the
first page only. This occurs with multiple page
documents and multiple letter documents (ie, documents
that use OV/400's Data/Text Merge function to print a
letter for each record in the database).
NOTE: This only seems to occur if the OV/400 document is
setup in one of the following ways:
1) The document uses a different paper source for the
first page than it does for the following pages
(for example, the first page comes from drawer 1
for letterhead and the following pages come from
drawer 2 for regular paper).
2) There is a page format on a following page that
specifies different page formatting settings (eg,
paper source or page rotation) than are specified
for the first page.
APAR = SA63095
Customer selects a specific value for the host CPI and font
from the Printer Control (Text) panel of a printer emulation
session. These settings do not seem to have any effect.
The values for CPI, LPI, Font, MPL, and MPP are overridden
by the OS/400 print file. These fields will be grayed out
on the panel so as not to give the user the feeling that
the values are actually being used.
APAR = SA63192
When running an application from the AS/400 that requires an
FTP connection to another system, the following error occurs.
PCSCM caused an Invalid Page Fault in
module PCSTLNET.DLL at 0137:00d03a64
APAR = SA62973
The PC5250 emulator packaged with CA/400 for Win95/NT will
not run over Netsoft's standalone router or Portfolio
Enterprise products.
This fix is only applicable to customers with the
PC5250 (5250 Display and Printer Emulator) component of
Client Access Optimized for Windows 95/NT, and the
NetSoft NS/Router from NetSoft Corporation.
If NetSoft's product is already installed on the PC,
this servicepack will add the following registry items
to the NetSoft registry tree in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE root:
Software\NetSoft\NS/Elite\CurrentVersion
The service pack will add subtree Sessions\5250\Modules and
define key value NSCPIC under the Modules key.
The NSCPIC key value data will be the path location
of nscpic.dll within NetSoft's NS/Router product.
PC5250 will reference the NSCPIC key value to perform
the proper linkage with NetSoft's product.
If the NetSoft product is installed initially or
uninstalled/reinstalled after this servicepack is installed,
the servicepack (or a later servicepack) needs to be
reinstalled to make the proper registry changes.
Data Transfer
-------------
APAR = SA58487
Data Transfer from AS/400 under Client Access for Windows 95.
When selecting to "Return records with missing fields" on a
Join, resulting data does not contain records with missing
fields. It contains only those joined records that meet the
Join condition (as if user never selected "Return records
with missing fields").
The problem has been fixed for joins of two files when the
Return records with missing fields option is selected.
This type of join is referred to as an outer join. The
problem of outer joins of three or more files is not
addressed by this PTF.
All inner joins (joins without Return records with missing
fields checked) continue to work.
APAR = SA62124
Old *.TTO Files, which are created with the DOS Clients,
don't work with rfrompcb and cwbtf. The datatransfer ends
with errormessages, e.g.: MSGCWBDB0099.
There are two problems here. One is a missing blank in the
WHERE clause and the other is the >< operator.
The missing blank looks like a typo. Other 'and'
operators in the same WHERE clause are OK.
The >< inequality operator is not supported by SQL.
This can be surmounted in the client code, by changing
the parsing code. However, due to the complexity of the
parsing code, this needs to be fixed at a release boundary
in order to get the benefit of the additional testing.
APAR = SA62437
When trying to transfer a file from the AS/400 to the PC using
Client Access Optimized for Windows 95, the transfer fails
with a CWBTF0040 the AS/400 Library/file does not exist.
This can reproduced by simply trying to access a Library
that has a period in it. For example APPLE3.0/QCUSTCDT will
fail while APPLE30/QCUSTCDT will work fine. APAR SA56552
fixed a similar problem but was for the FILENAME not
Library name.
Library names with '.' in them are valid and will now
be properly handled.
APAR = SA63168
Client access data transfer hangs when attempting to transfer
null (empty) file.
Graphical Access
----------------
APAR = SA64577
Provides the following fixes and improvements to Graphical
Access as follows:
- Adjust positioning of Help text for a command in the command
line so the section headings are not cut off on the left.
- Improved performance over SNA APPC connections.
Printer Drivers
---------------
None.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
APAR = SA63494
When attempting to connect with the Win95 VXD twinax - you will
intermittently get Open Twinax station failed, rc=000000FD.
Repeated attempts may connect. This is happening with pcmcia,
pci and isa twinax cards.
A timer in the MAC driver (PDLWATWV.VXD) was found to be
incorrectly set. This has been corrected. The new version of
the MAC driver is (01.064).
APAR = SA59667
Windows 95 hangs on shutdown after running a PC5250 emulation
session over Netsoft.
APAR = SA64560
Incoming Remote Command over Anynet fails.
Toolkit
-------
None.
---------------------------------
Service Pack Level = SF41118
Build date = May 1997
---------------------------------
Base Support
------------
None.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
None.
Data Transfer
-------------
APAR = SA64635
Data transfer function in CA/400 for Windows 95/NT does not upload DBCS
data correctly to the AS/400. If you have uploaded a database file
containing DBCS fields with SF40081 applied to your PC, the AS/400
database file will be corrupted. After applying this fix to your PC,
uploading a PC file containing correct data will work.
Graphical Access
----------------
None.
Printer Drivers
---------------
None.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
None.
Toolkit
-------
None.
---------------------------------
Service Pack Level = SF40081
Build date = April 1997
---------------------------------
Base Support
------------
APAR = SA62241
The Client Access for Windows 95 Create Install Diskettes
program does not create installation diskettes for a secondary
language correctly. When Setup is executed from the
diskettes that are created for a secondary language, the
text displayed on the screen is actually the text for the
primary language.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
APAR = SA60494
Customer wrote an RPG application program which writes some
records on a display file. Using PC5250 emulator the program issues
the first screen, then the session freezes and the job must be
closed using ENDJOB. The problem can be circumvented by DFRWRT(*NO)
in the display file, but the program becomes too slow. No error
messages are logged by the AS/400 or the pc.
APAR = SA61796
Application written using DDS windows fails using PC5250
Emulator with MSGCPF5192 RC10050135 when restoring a previous
screen. Application works fine on Graphical Access or CM/2.
APAR = SA62205
When in a subfile screen using a dds keyword and the arrow key
is pressed to send cursor to input field, an invalid page fault occurs
in module pcsktk52.dll. If he disables the dds keyword csrinponly, he
is able to work around the problem since the cursor is no longer
jumping to the input fields when pressing an arrow key.
APAR = SA62202
Host print causes incorrect output on a TELNET session. There
are some characters missing from the resulting spoolfile. We
received the following messages.
MSGCPD4008 f/QWPOERRS x/00bd T/QWSPRINT x/0385
MSGMCH0601 f/00214F000000 x/4698 t/QWSPRINT
Space offset X'FFFFE5E6' is outside current limit for
object WS FM RB - 0000000C.
APAR = SA61980
When customer closes his last PC/5250 session, system will
return message: PCSWS caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 0137:bff9a28c.
This PC/5250 icon was created from the "Start or Configure
Session" icon in Accessories.
APAR = SA62957
When designing drop down screens with SDA, the first menu
options should be barfly 1, the second group of menu options
should be barfly 2, etc. But with PC5250, the barfly is not
correct if the space bar is used, versus the enter key.
Therefore, the option is not executed. This happens on both
Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
APAR = SA62972
5250 print, SCS mode, is improved as follows: 1) the host
CPI(FGID) will be used as the CORing base instead of the
default of 10 CPI, 2) if the page fits by changing to Landscape
without changing the CPI, the host supplied CPI is used.
The above is done when the autoPageOrientation mode is on, and
the host does not explicitly set the orientation. No data is lost
or truncated, and the data is made to better fit the paper.
This PTF adds enhancements to 5250 printer emulation.
Data Transfer
-------------
APAR = SA62545
Data transfer function in Client Access for Windows 95 does not
handle conversion of DBCS Graphic field when the CCSID is
4396. This affects PCs running Japanese Windows 95.
APAR = SA62508
After making changes to a Rumba Transfer Request (.RTO), Data
Transfer does not correctly save the use FDF option to the RTO
file. This only occurs when modifying the use FDF option for
transfers from the PC to the AS/400.
The RTO file is saved correctly now.
APAR = SA58432
Data Transfer in the Client Access for Windows 95 product is
much slower than the File Transfer program in the Client
Access for Windows 3.x product.
Code changes have been made to Data Transfer to improve
performance. Users performing transfers from the PC to the
AS/400 can expect to see very significant improvements in
performance. Users performing transfers from the AS/400 to the
PC will also see performance gains.
Users transferring small files will not see a significant
improvement in performance. A possible mechanism to improve
performance for these users is to "tune" the performance of
the AS/400. Performance tuning techniques of memory pool
management, pre-started job management, and communications
frame sizes may help. A redbook, titled "AS/400 Performance
Management" (GG24-3723-0x), may help with performance tuning.
When using the Netsoft router, it may also help to change
the frame size values to the optimal size for your network.
To avoid unnecessary communications overhead caused by
multiple connections to the AS/400, users should also perform
the connection to the system from the AS/400 Connections
program before running Data Transfer. It is also helpful
to leave the Data Transfer from AS/400 session active
between requests if possible. This will further reduce the
processing time for subsequent transfer requests.
Graphical Access
----------------
None.
Printer Drivers
---------------
None.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
APAR = SA61649
Client installed r311 base code SP SF36801, tried to connect
and failed with the error code MSG8022-60 RC60 DLC status
= X'07' rc07 frame status = X'00' rc00 and XID state = 2 rc2.
NOTE: Clients who migrated from r310 to r311 do not see
this failure.
APAR = SA63308
Client Access for Windows 95 32-bit Twinax support is English only.
Client Access for Windows 95 32-bit Twinax installation program and
readme documentation will be provided in the following
languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Toolkit
-------
None.
---------------------------------
Service Pack Level = SF39584
Build date = March 1997
---------------------------------
Base Support
------------
APAR = SA62048
Silent Install BootOption=3 statement in the response file doesn't cause
the PC to be rebooted. This is only the response file for the service
pack silent install.
APAR = SA62521
ODBC application program issues an ODBC Connect call, supplying an AS/400
userID/password on the connect. This userID becomes the current user for
the connection to the AS/400, and in the case of Windows 95, the password
is cached into the Windows 95 password cache (if caching of AS/400
passwords is currently enabled).
APAR = SA62522
Passing a value of NULL for the pcbValue parameter on the SQLBindParameter
API can cause an incorrect conversion of DBCS character data. The
resulting string sent to the AS/400 can contain mismatched SO/SI
characters.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
APAR = SA58210
Using PC5250, pasting text from the clipboard into a blank OfficeVision
document will only paste the first line from the clipboard. For example,
if copying 4 lines of text with 70 characters on each line, only the first
line of text will be pasted into the OfficeVision document. The paste
function does not insert new lines to make room for the additional text.
It stops at the end of document character.
APAR = SA59466
With EAB and NOXLATE session parameters set, the PC5250 EHLLAPI Copy Field
to String (34) API will return incorrect field attributes. It appears to
always return zero, even for underlined and reverse image fields.
APAR = SA59637
MSGERR100 with error description 'Error allocating <several hundred
megabyte up to several gigabyte number here> of memory from the Windows
global memory heap.' A Retry or Cancel will result in output printing.
The problem happens with dotmatrix printers setup with PC5250. The
message breaks just prior to output printing.
APAR = SA60667
If a setup of a Panasonic 2624 is done using a PC5250 session and gets a
PCSWS error, this indicates this program has performed an illegal
operation and will be shut down. The details state PCSWS caused a stack
fault in module KERNEL32.DLL at 0137:BFF783DF. This happened when
selecting File, then Print Control, then Text then pressing Enter.
APAR = SA60676
When performing local screen prints from a PC5250 display emulation
screen, the PC will run out of system resources and eventually lock up the
PC.
APAR = SA61263
DDS Keyword WDWTITLE *BOTTOM doesn't run using PC5250.
Data Transfer
-------------
APAR = SA61708
When sending PC data from a DBCS PC to a physical file with all of its
fields of O-type (DBCS), there is no problem. But if sending data to the
physical file that one of its fields is A-type (SBCS), an error occurs,
for example:
CWBDB0036 - Server Returned SQL error
SQL0332 - Character conversion between CCSID 949 and CCSID 883
not valid.
949 is the ASCII mixed CCSID for Korean. 833 is the EBCDIC SBCS CCSID for
Korean. Error SQL0332 is displayed in the joblog of on the AS/400.
APAR = SA61870
When the WHERE or JOIN BY clauses have T1/T2 types of file name
delimiters, and the file name contains a T with numeric values, Data
Transfer will hang.
APAR = SA62518
Unique national language characters are not being displayed correctly in
error messages displayed by Data Transfer.
Graphical Access
----------------
APAR = SA62523
Provides the following fixes and improvements to Graphical Access as
follows:
- Display Spooled File improved so it maintains the horizontal scroll
position during forward and backward scrolling.
- Support system names of longer than 8 characters for SNA connection.
- Remove partial instruction line from list box for Display Open Files.
- On resizing graphical window from the bottom, move up bottom push
buttons so they remain operational.
- Correct instruction line in InfoSeeker screen that displays content of
a book.
- Correct character presented for CCSID 1112 (Latvia, Lithuania) for
special character code points 4A, 70, 80, DF, and EA.
- Corrects character presented for CCSID 1122 (Estonia) for special
character code points 70, 80, B0, and EA.
Printer Drivers
---------------
None.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
APAR = SA60355
When a user starts the 5250 emulator that starts the NetSoft router, if
the AS/400 returns a message (for example the passwords expired) it
remains hidden behind the emulator screen and the users must use a
ALT-TAB to see it.
APAR = SA60927
If a NetSoft router is configured for Anynet with a primary system and
remote system that is connected to the primary system, trying to connect
to both systems from the NS/Router dialog box works OK. However, when
attempting to use the AS/400 Connections dialog box to start the
connections, the second system does not connect and it does not error or
time out. This occurs when the connection defined in the AS/400
connections dialog box has PC5250 defined as the default view. If they
are defined as 'Connect only' the problem does not occur.
APAR = SA61298
RUNRMTCMD fails with error MSGCPD3B54 with sense code of 082D. If the
user varies off the CTL and back on it will work, but if the user
disconnects they will have to vary the CTL back off and on to get it to
work again.
APAR = SA61371
If a user enters a userid with an underscore in it using the NetSoft
router MSGCPI96C6 will be generated on the AS/400. The PC will not see
an error message and will function normally.
Toolkit
-------
None.
---------------------------------
Service Pack Level = SF39059
Build date = March 1997
---------------------------------
Base Support
------------
None.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
None.
Data Transfer
-------------
None.
Graphical Access
----------------
None.
Printer Drivers
---------------
None.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
APAR = SA60677
Added Window 95 32-bit twinax support.
This support can be used with the following Twinax adapters:
- The Enhanced 5250 Display Station Emulation Adapter
(Feature Code 2911 Part/Number 30F5383)
- The 5250 Emulation Adapter/A
(Feature Code 3494 Part/Number 64G3494)
- The IBM System 36/38 Workstation Emulation Adapter/A
(Feature Code 6279 Part/Number 69X6279)
- The 5250 Emulation PCMCIA Adapter
(Feature Code 2808 Part/Number 92G5360)
- The IBM 5250 Emulation PCI Adapter
(Feature Code 0207 Part/Number 88H0207)
Toolkit
-------
None.
---------------------------------
Service Pack Level = SF38281
Build date = February 1997
---------------------------------
Base Support
------------
APAR = SA56254
Check Version fails to complete. When a service pack is detected, user is
prompted to apply. If yes, setup is run. Install Shield is initiated
and the progress slide bar to show 0%. Check Version freezes at this
point. Sometimes, it will get to 2%. The slidebar times out after two
minutes and disappears, but Check Version is still running on taskbar, no
way to end. This failure only occurs under NetSoft NWSAA.
APAR = SA59340
Multithreaded applications running under Windows 95 may hang or fail when
run with a Client Access network drive assigned. Only applications that
use SuspendThread() and ResumeThread() are effected. Applications that
use other Windows 95 synchronization objects (events, for example) will
work when a network drive is assigned. Powersoft Optima++ is an example
of an application that fails.
APAR = SA59974
The ODBC driver incorrectly reports a RC22003 (numeric value out of range
error) on a SQL_FETCH call. The problem can occur on single precision
floating point fields (SQL_REAL or the AS/400 FLOAT(24) data type). The
ODBC specification states that a SQL_REAL display size should be 13 bytes.
If the column is bound to a storage space of this size, the error will
occur.
APAR = SA59977
An access violation was caused by the ODBC driver when an application
attempted to set a parameter marker to SQL_NULL_DATA. The problem only
occurs when using the SQL_LEN_DATA_AT_EXEC macro. When SQL_NULL_DATA is
specified on the SQLPutData, an access violation is raised when the
statement is executed (the last SQLParamData).
APAR = SA60452
When using RMTCMD.EXE some national language characters such as the '„'
(a + diaeresis) are not getting converted properly.
APAR = SA60455
The ODBC driver has a memory leak when an application executes a stored
procedure that returns a result set. This happens using either the
SQLExecDirect API or the SQLPrepare and SQLExecute APIs. A block of
memory will be lost each time the procedure is executed. After many
iterations of this sequence the program can get a memory or resource
allocation error.
APAR = SA60612
The ODBC driver is ignoring the 'DBQ' parameter in the SQLDriverConnect
connection string. The DBQ parameter specifies the default library
name(s) for the current connection. This value should override the
'DefaultLibraries' value as specified in ODBC administration. The value
is not being overridden and the value specified in ODBC administration
is being used instead.
APAR = SA60752
ODBC driver returns 'Driver Not Capable' error for call to
SQLExtendedFetch for SQL_FETCH_FIRST under certain conditions.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
APAR = SA58245
Problem 1
Function key ignored the first time it is pressed after switching to
the session from another PC5250 session.
Problem 2
When on a Greek version of Windows 95, a PC5250 connection over 802.2 can
not be obtained. A blank screen with no indicators in the operator
indicator area is the result.
APAR = SA58656
EHLLAPI returns visibility equal to 0 (non-display) for the Query Field
Attribute EHLLAPI API call for all fields. It should return 1 for
displayable fields.
APAR = SA61174
Accented Greek characters can not be entered from keyboard. When
pressing the dead key followed by a Greek letter, the keyboard goes into
a lock condition. Also when the keyboard is in an English state the dead
key types Greek 'o' instead of the accent character. In the Assist menu
the Keyboard setup had been changed to "System Language" without success.
Windows code page is 1253 and OEM code page can be 869 or 737.
Data Transfer
-------------
APAR = SA60170
Using Data Transfer to transfer more than 32 Kb of data will cause the
transfer program stop communicating with the AS/400. The external
symptoms may include following error:
The Data Transfer window with the "Received record" count
will continue to display the final record number.
The errors that will always occur include:
Data Transfer will appear to transfer the file normally but will "hang"
if any subsequent actions are taken other than to exit the program.
The one common problem will be that the QZDAINIT program on the AS/400
will not end.
APAR = SA60648
The BIFF files transferred by Data Transfer do not contain the correct
font information. When DBCS data exists in the file, it is not
displayable because the font specified is Arial. The Arial font does not
contain DBCS characters.
APAR = SA60791
When performing a data transfer from the PC to the AS400, hex value 09
will not be correctly translated to hex 05. Rather, the 09 will be
translated to a hex 40.
APAR = SA60892
The Data Transfer function preserves trailing blanks when downloading
data to an ASCII text file. This is inconsistent with the behavior of
previous Client Access file transfer functions.
APAR = SA61002
When using Data Transfer from AS400, Data Options -> Details... gets you
to Receive Request Details. On the Select page, you double-click the
fields you want to select and they are dynamically added to the Select
Clause. Once that clause is a certain length (approximately 260
characters), any further selections in this manner truncate that string
in order to fit the new selection. Manually typing in the field names
does not pose this problem (in neither the Select Clause nor the Select:
on the previous panel). This problem also occurs for the Order By clause
on the same Receive Request Details panel.
Graphical Access
----------------
APAR = SA61394
Provides the following fixes and improvements to Graphical
Access as follows:
General
-------
- WRKQRY is correctly presented graphically. One screen was presented
nongraphically and one had text in the position to field.
- On the Programmer Menu, extra text characters to the right of menu
options have been removed.
- The View Topics choice under the Functions pull-down of Help screens,
now properly supports deselecting and reselecting topics.
- Operation of DUP and Field Exit keys corrected.
- In Japanese, Display Spooled File now has a correct data ruler.
- In Japanese, Work with Spooled Files, a partial row of characters at
the bottom of the scrollable area has been removed.
- DBCS code points for hexadecimal "68nn" were changed to match IBM
standards.
- In DBCS language help, the words representing hypertext links were
changed to green to distinguish them from headings.
- Menu options beginning with a numeric are now correctly formatted with
a push button (e.g., GO CFGPCS).
OfficeVision
-------------
- Removed the generation of additional blank lines in the editor during
typing of continuous wrapping text.
- Corrected handling of numeric field editing.
Printer Drivers
---------------
None.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
APAR = SA57948
When using an async connection a PC5250 emulation session may drop after
issuing the commands "CALL QUSCMDLN" or "STRSST".
APAR = SA60183
When the Windows 95 Shutdown function is invoked with the "Restart the
computer in MS-DOS mode?" option, the icons disappear and the PC hangs.
This only occurs after using the NetSoft router.
Toolkit
-------
APAR = SA61392
The following APIs were created incorrectly in CWBAPI.LIB:
cwbNL_GetANSICodePage
cwbNL_GetHostCCSID
Invocation of these APIs may result in invalid page fault exception.
---------------------------------
Service Pack Level = SF36801
Build date = December 1996
---------------------------------
Base Support
------------
APAR = SA58376
If Netsoft router is being used and ODBC application passes user ID and
password to ODBC driver, it will not use passed userid if physical
connection has already been established. User ID and password that were
supplied to Netsoft router upon the initial connection will be passed to
AS/400 instead of user ID supplied by ODBC application. Connection will
be established but it will be with original user ID and password.
APAR = SA59025
16-bit applications cannot see files on CA/400 network drives. Failure
happens when application makes FindFirst Matching File API call with
volume label bit and one other attribute bit set. Network drives returns
volume label of drive instead of files that match search criteria.
APAR = SA59113
When using EHNAPPC_Allocate API, if leaving lpszLocationName parameter
blank (pointing to null string) user may receive return code 99.
EHNAPPC32 Router trace will show lpszLocationName = <<GARBAGE DATA>> and
Retval=99.
APAR = SA60303
Problem 1
ODBC driver is returning parameter information from SQLProcedureColumns
API in incorrect order. Rows are ordered by parameter type (INPUT,
OUTPUT, INPUT/OUTPUT) instead of order in which they appear on procedure
call. ODBC driver was adhering to ODBC 2.0 Specification which was
incorrect and corrected in ODBC 2.1 Specification.
Problem 2
ODBC driver is not returning error message with SQLSTATE of 01S05 when
SQLCancel is treated as closed cursor. ODBC driver was adhering to ODBC
2.0 Specification which was incorrect and corrected in ODBC 2.1
Specification.
APAR = SA60304
Trap in CWBRC.DLL sometimes occurs when using cwbRC_StopSys() API with
long system names.
APAR = SA60305
ODBC driver will not currently allow the ExtendedFetch API to be used to
fetch rows from result sets returned by stored procedures. Problems can
also occur using SQLExtendedFetch API where application will receive
return code of SQL_NO_DATA_FOUND. There should be data in result set.
This is caused by applications using SQLSetStmtOption API to set
SQL_ROWSET_SIZE after statement has been executed. Borland's Delphi is
one application that regularly uses this sequence of API calls which can
cause problems.
APAR = SA60307
User-defined File System GUI support for Windows 95 does not correctly
convert ANSI characters above hex 80.
APAR = SA60308
AS/400 uses Unicode code page 61952 (Unicode version 1.1). Microsoft
Windows 95/NT uses Unicode code page 13488 (version 2.0). These code
pages are compatible except for Korean characters. Client Access
network drives receives file names from Windows 95/NT in 13488 and passes
them to AS/400 without converting them to 61952. The AS/400 thinks the
characters are in 61952. Since characters are not converted, most Korean
characters are incorrect when viewed from AS/400.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
APAR = SA60364
AFP Viewer font and map files needed by DBCS users are not getting
installed.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
APAR = SA56872
Printing spooled file containing USERASCII data to a PC5250 printer
session causes data to disappear. ASCII printer is attached to PC using
PC5250 to define printer session on AS/400. When using Network Print with
appropriate Windows printer driver and either Auto-Select or printer data
type 4 (ASCII) is directed to this PC5250 defined printer session, output
appears to be printing from AS/400 (the spool file goes to WTR status and
disappears as if it printed) but it never prints on printer -- data
disappears. Problem only occurs when PC5250 printer session is configured
using Windows printer driver. If Host Print Transform (HPT) or printer
definition table (PDT) file is used instead, it will work.
APAR = SA57160
If you have DDS source code on AS/400 with DDS defined to use MOUBTN
(mouse button event) keyword, then when you call program you
should be able to click with mouse and cursor should then position itself
on field mouse is pointing to. However, with PC5250, user clicks mouse
and cursor moves to either a number of lines above or below mouse pointer.
APAR = SA57413
Problem 1
If user enters OV/400 and revises document with margins wider than screen,
when editing existing document and inserting words in line, last character
on line is lost. Characters aren't shifted or wrapped to next line but
are missing.
Problem 2
EHLLAPI program written for Windows 3.1 causes an access violation in
pcswlib.dll when it calls the file transfer function.
APAR = SA58516
'Status Popup' Window on printer emulation session which contains the
'Ready', 'Job in Process', and 'On-Line' lights as well as the STOP,
START, and CANCEL buttons, is movable anywhere on Windows 95 desktop
independent of the PC5250 session window. Instead of having two windows
it would be less confusing for user just to have one window where
'Status Popup' is fixed on PC5250 emulation session window. See
section 2.7.1, STATUS POP-UP WINDOW, above for details on how to enable
this change.
APAR = SA59021
Over Microsoft SNA Server 2.11 connection, trying to start PC5250
emulation session through Accessories, then 'Start or Configure a session'
comes up with blank screen. If started through the AS/400 Connection
panel, it will start OK.
Data Transfer
-------------
APAR = SA58397
If a CSV file containing multiple blank fields in a row
(e.g. ..." "," "," ",...) is transferred to the AS/400, not all of the
fields' data is transferred. If text field contains no data, it will
truncate any trailing fields. This does not happen on all files.
APAR = SA59034
When you try to transfer data from AS/400 to PC and are using aliases
with your field names, data transfer uses aliases instead of field names.
When data transfer creates file with field headers, like a BIFF format,
the alias is used as field Header. This is not a problem when using
"select where" if you use field name.
APAR = SA59303
Trying to transfer an ASCII text file from PC to AS/400 SourcePhysical
File in library QS36F using a Group File name of FILE.NAM fails with
MSGCWBDB0036 MSGSQL0104.
Graphical Access
----------------
APAR = SA58975
Provides the following fixes and improvements to Graphical
Access as follows:
General
-------
- Fix finding of IBMUIM.AWR after backup.
- Fix for GA/400 Error Message box not having meaningful text
after connection failure.
- Support configuring Local LU Name for SNA using /G:DevN=name
and /G:DevNS=nn parameters (nn is sequence number suffix).
- In Japanese DBCS environment, fixes for:
- Entering English lowercase characters
- Display Spooled File not being graphical or it is
truncated.
- Programmers menu not being graphical.
- MCH0601 in QUISTSCN after Help, How to Use this Display,
or Select Assistance Level request.
- Message line is overlaid by the Command Entry line after
an invalid command is entered.
OfficeVision
------------
- Fix problem of getting wrong panel after ESC key is
pressed on Calendar or Work With Mail.
- Fix problem of not being able to get back into spell
check once you have used Locate and Mark.
- Add icon for F9 to unmark misspelled words.
- Fix problem to Select Document Formats and Alternate Formats
for options 6,7,8,9.
- Fix problem of Line Spacing and Justification.
Printer Drivers
---------------
APAR = SA60310
Unable to configure 4028 printer to print envelopes using Microsoft Word
and Client Access AFP print driver.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
APAR = SA60365
In NS/Router status window and in Netsoft Event Log, double-byte
characters are displayed incorrectly. Also, some single-byte characters
in non-English languages do not display properly. Characters may be
displayed as symbols or as blanks.
APAR = SA60366
The generally available version of V3R1M1 of Client Access has AnyNet
support. However, performance is not at acceptable levels, and needs to
be improved to make AnyNet run faster.
Toolkit
-------
None.
---------------------------------
Service Pack Level = SF36096
Build date = November 1996
---------------------------------
Base Support
------------
APAR = SA58673
Problem 1
ODBC driver needs to be modified to circumvent communication link
failure problem (RC=2) when retrieving large blocks of information.
Problem 2
Derived columns and columns returned by stored procedures that are not
from an open cursor do not have associated column names.
APAR = SA59137
Adds the capability to remove the last Service Pack that was installed.
APAR = SA59138
When file with .doc extension (from Microsoft word processor) is sent to
another user as MIME attachment, it is unreadable by recipient.
APAR = SA59139
Windows 95 PCs can be configured so that if more than one user is defined
on PC, each user can customize their preferences and desktop settings.
In this case, list of configured AS/400s for each user is not properly
maintained in Windows 95 Control Panel Passwords applet.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
APAR = SA59094
With service pack SF35514 loaded, executing DUP key in PC5250 session will
cause following error: This program has performed an illegal operation
and will be shut down. Details show PCSWS caused an invalid page fault in
module PCSWS.EXE at 0137:0041c5dc.
APAR = SA59102
Pop-up Keypad Setup does not handle long macro files names correctly.
Data Transfer
-------------
APAR = SA58978
Problem 1
No translation between ASCII and EBCDIC when CCSID of file on AS/400
is 65535.
Problem 2
When trying to transfer file from AS/400 to PC, data transfer fails with
CWBDB0099, followed by SQL0104. This only happens on files containing
'.' in file name.
Problem 3
In PC file name Browse dialog, if a PC file is present in PC file name
field, garbage data is displayed for file type.
Problem 4
When using Data Transfer to upload to and create AS/400 source file,
after record # 9999, receive message MSGCWBTF0008 "Numeric data has too
many digits for the AS/400 field. Maximum value will be used."
Problem 5
When transferring to/from a source physical file that was not created
with default columns of SRCSEQ, SRCDAT, and SRCDTA, the transfer may not
work correctly.
Problem 6
Correct message is not displayed when downloading data to PC and PC file
already exists.
Graphical Access
----------------
None.
Printer Drivers
---------------
APAR = SA58999
When attempting to print from Borland Delphi applications, an error
message is displayed indicating that default printer is not defined for
system and Borland Delphi applications cannot print.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
APAR = SA57020
PC is configured to connect to AS/400 using NetSoft through Netware for
SAA server. One PC5250 session over NetSoft connection can be started,
but subsequent sessions sit input inhibited after entering user ID and
password.
APAR = SA59140
Workstation address for NetSoft Async connection cannot be changed from
default of '20'. This is problem for large networks which use value
different than this. Users in these situations cannot make connections
to AS/400.
Toolkit
-------
None.
---------------------------------
Service Pack Level = SF35935
Build date = October 1996
---------------------------------
Base Support
------------
None.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
None.
Data Transfer
-------------
None.
Graphical Access
----------------
None.
Printer Drivers
---------------
APAR = SA58757
The fax support is not functioning correctly.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
None.
Toolkit
-------
None.
---------------------------------
Service Pack Level = SF35403
Build date = October 1996
---------------------------------
Base Support
------------
APAR = SA58559
Browsing the AS/400 address book from cc:Mail yields several
problems.
APAR = SA58323
The desktop New menu items for Client Access are hardcoded in
English. These items are, "AS400 System", "Data Transfer to
AS400" and "Data Transfer From AS400". These need to be shown
in the appropriate language.
APAR = SA57441
When the ODBC driver connects to a system it does not always
set the library list properly.
APAR = SA57514
The Microsoft Query application for Windows 95 does not quote
identifiers properly in SQL statements. This causes problems
when this application is used with the Client Access ODBC
driver.
APAR = SA55562
An application that uses ODBC to call a stored procedure on the
AS/400 that returns output parameters may fail with an Exception
error.
APAR = SA56959
This APAR is for 16-bit applications using the EHNDT_EBCDICtoASCII
data translate API in the Windows 95 client. Using the NetSoft
router and running a custom 16-bit application, the EHNDT API will
work if the buffer size is smaller than 512 bytes. If greater than
512 bytes, it will hang the 16-bit PC application.
APAR = SA58299
The unicode codepoint backslash "005C" hexidecimal is incorrectly
converted "82" hexidecimal for the Korean 949 ASCII code page.
APAR = SA58300
Network printer profiles with names containing certain characters
can cause the list of printer profiles to be displayed
incorrectly and some of the profiles to be incorrectly formed.
APAR = SA58301
When attempting to display the History log from a non-English
version of Client Access, system error "SRVVIEW produced an
invalid page fault in KERNEL32.DLL at 0137:bff78040" may occur.
APAR = SA58303
Problem 1
Lotus Notes generates the following error after Client Access for Windows
95 is installed: "This application uses CTL3D32.DLL which is not the
correct version. This version of CTL3D32.DLL is designed for Windows NT
systems". Pressing "OK" from this popup brings up Lotus Notes normally.
Problem 2
Lotus Notes generates the following error after Client Access for Windows
95 is uninstalled: "Error loading Program Library: NNOTESWS1157". Lotus
Notes cannot be started after this error occurs.
APAR = SA58304
National language characters are corrupted in the AS/400 data
in the System Object Access displays. For example, when you
look at messages in the Messages list, national language
characters in the message text are corrupted.
APAR = SA58305
In the System Object Access, on the misc tabs (all of them)
the translated text displayed to the left on the tab (like:
Front side overlay offset, Date created, Time created,
Output queue) are not shown correctly. All national characters
are shown as an underscore.
APAR = SA58306
The dialogs named "Include" and "Printer Output Properties" are
too wide on DBCS versions of Windows 95 when the resolution is
640x480 (VGA).
APAR = SA58307
All the dialogs that come after the Properties dialogs contain
underscores instead of national characters.
APAR = SA58308
A trap occurs in System Object Access when:
- Open SOA on DBCS system
- Open Printer Output
- View Details
- Find output with "User-specified Data"
- Double-click on the user-specified data field
- TRAP in CWBSOFUI.DLL
APAR = SA57338
Windows 95 does not shut down properly when a network drive
or network print connection is made to an AS/400 when the
communications provider is the NetSoft router. The PC hangs
when the desktop is cleared of icons or at the clouds screen.
APAR = SA58310
Windows 95 does not shut down properly when a connection is
made to the AS/400 through 16-bit Client Access APIs via
the NetSoft router. The PC hangs when the desktop is cleared
of icons or at the clouds screen.
APAR = SA57796
The programs cwbping, cwbrxd, cwbrxdsd, cwbback, and cwbrest
display messages in which national language characters are
incorrect for some languages.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
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None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
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None.
Data Transfer
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None.
Graphical Access
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APAR = SA58309
A number of fixes have been made to Graphical Access with
this APAR. The items fixed are listed below.
General items
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- Fixes the passing of Local LU Name when connecting via
Microsoft SNA Server.
- Remove the confirmation window when closing Graphical Access
to be consistent with other Windows 95 applications.
- Supports switching between English and the native language
character sets for national languages which support both
character sets (e.g., Russian, Greek).
- Fixes scroll bar formatting problem after Find function
in Display Spooled File.
- Fixes fault after selecting prompt pushbutton for Work With
Queries on the Programmer Menu.
- Fixes graphical formatting of Display Messages in German.
- Miscellaneous DBCS fixes for not providing prompt pushbuttons
for some parameters in command prompting, not showing
pushbuttons above list area in some Work With panels,
and truncating text in some DBCS name fields.
OfficeVision related items
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- Editor - Viewing mail - View pulldown places check marks by
options selected.
- View Composite: No longer get a "not authorized for user"
message.
- Define Footnote Format (2 of 2) displays window correctly.
- View Mail > View > Hidden Instructions > View Hidden
Instructions Editor - View Hidden Instructions via the View
pulldown now shows the instructions and the previously
selected instructions with check marks by them.
- When selecting Nontext Document Data, the cancel button
appears in the pulldown.
- Editor - Copy & Paste text after using scissors no longer
hangs.
- Editor - CTRL-C will now clear the hang when working
with CTRL-A(insert symbols), selecting Text Instructions,
and working with Tables/Columns(F15).
- Weekly View: File > System requests > No longer get "Object
handling error 101" popup message.
- Copy/Paste/Append Copy to Notepad using the key
combinations now works properly.
- Editor: F17 > Select Function: Query, Notepad, and Sort now
have the correct F5 Goto characters next to them.
- The performance problem when cutting and pasting with a split
screen has been corrected.
- Merge data options panel no longer initializes with
"Incorrect choice; Select from choices shown" message.
- Inserting data field using F-keys, panel flow has been
corrected to display panel properly.
- Insert Symbols panels have been aligned
correctly on panels (1 of 9) thru (8 of 9).
- Calendar: Add multiple meetings, events, reminders:
Set Dates and Times panel no longer scrolls off of the panel
when you tab between the fields.
- Editor: Performance when scrolling one line at a time using
the scroll bar arrows has been improved.
- Print options panel, missing colons have been added to
panel page 4 of 4.
- Create table: The missing panel texts have been added.
- Calendar: For every calendar view, View and Functions
pull-downs have been added.
- The word "Selection" and selection box are removed from
the "More Personal Directory Tasks."
- Pressing ESC while in Work with Mail now displays the red
arrow on the Office menu.
- Editor: Basic editor - changing margins and tabs allows
single numbering.
- Numeric Editing Options: different font for decimal and
separator characters are more viewable.
- Sort Options Panel: Translated text for "Descending"
no longer truncated.
- On the send document screen, extra blanks in words are
removed.
- Getting mixture of Office Menu with Calendar data in it,
when doing Attn off Calendar or Mail and then going back
into Calendar or Mail no longer occurs.
- Pressing ESC key while in Calendar when TELNET to system
no longer results in badly formatted Office Menu.
- Lockup after multiple Backspaces in the Office Editor no
longer occurs.
- Data is no longer partly hidden in the Authority field
by scrolling arrows.
- Tips in View Calendar displays correctly.
Printer Drivers
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APAR = SA58253
Problem 1
When using the SCS printer driver and printing to a 4234 printer
(continuous forms) in IPDS mode, the page alignment is not correct, and
printing multiple copies may not function.
Problem 2
When using landscape orientation and printing to a 3816 printer
(cut-sheet) in IPDS mode, the page alignment is not correct. When
printing multiple copies of some large documents, the output will
abruptly end in the middle of the 2nd copy.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
APAR = SA58387
When entering a device name on the Local LU page in the "Use
a Shared Value" input field, the result is a General Protection
Fault (GPF) error in MFC30.DLL or KERNEL32.DLL.
APAR = SA56228
This problem prevents the CA400WINOPT ODBC driver from running
over the EHNAPPC SNA thunk unless a user ID and password are
specified on the driver connect.
APAR = SA56172
This problem was detected when running the 16-bit ODBC driver
over the SNA thunk layer to the NetSoft router. The NetSoft
router returned RC99 to an EHNAPPC_ReceiveImmediate.
APAR = SA56517
Customer is not able to connect to the AS/400 using the WIN95
client via the ADVANTIS network.
APAR = SA58319
If a non-switched Async connection (direct cable, no modem) is
being configured, a message will pop up asking if you want to
configure a modem. If you answer no, you should not be
prompted again. However, you do get prompted a second time
now. Also when attempting to connect, you get the message 2
more times, and you should not get the message at all.
APAR = SA58318
In AnyNet, if you make an error while configuring, the
PC will go to "processing please wait" while connecting,
and never time out.
APAR = SA58317
Problem 1
NetSoft migration is not migrating AnyNet *.RTR or AnyNet NSD.INI files
completely. The migrated routers have blank information for the Local LU
value.
Problem 2
Problems occur when switching environments in the Client Access
Connections GUI. The NetSoft Administrator program hangs. A CWBLM006
License Management error also occurs.
Problem 3
The database OLE function hangs when running NetSoft AnyNet. This works
just fine when using TCP/IP and NetSoft 802.2 connections.
Problem 4
On a DBCS PC connected via twinax, a connection cannot be made if the
NetSoft router was configured using "Easy Start".
Problem 5
If an AnyNet connection is being used, and the NetSoft router is
autostarted by Network print or Network drives, the connection will not
be made.
Problem 6
The print emulation function will not work if the connection is made
using the NetSoft router.
Problem 7
Async connections created with either the Configuration Wizard or the
Easy Start Service are not created properly and will not work until they
are reconfigured.
Toolkit
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None.
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Service Pack Level = SF34290
Build date = September 1996
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Base Support
------------
None.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
APAR = SA57078
The level of PC5250 Emulator shipped with Client Access/400
for Windows 95 needs to be updated to the CSD1 level.
Data Transfer
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None.
Graphical Access
----------------
None.
Printer Drivers
---------------
None.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
None.
Toolkit
-------
None.
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Service Pack Level = SF33775
Build date = August 1996
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Base Support
------------
APAR = SA56582
Mail being sent using addresses from personal address book
are not being sent to all the addresses listed.
APAR = SA56583
AS400 System Objects list view is blank when initially opened.
AFP WorkBench Viewer
--------------------
None.
5250 Display and Printer Emulator
---------------------------------
None.
Data Transfer
-------------
None.
Graphical Access
----------------
None.
Printer Drivers
---------------
None.
SNA Communications Support
--------------------------
None.
Toolkit
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None.