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Readme File for iSeries Access for Windows Service Packs

5722-XE1 V5R4M0 Cumulative Service Pack Level
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SI20465
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(c) Copyright IBM Corporation 2005. All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
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1.0 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
1.1 INSTALLING FROM AN iSeries SYSTEM
1.2 INSTALLING FROM A LOCAL OR NETWORK DRIVE
1.3 COMBINING THE SERVICE PACK WITH AN iSeries ACCESS FOR WINDOWS INSTALLATION
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2.0 RECOMMENDATIONS/RESTRICTIONS
2.1 iSeries SERVER FIXES
2.2 APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FUNCTION WITHIN iSeries NAVIGATOR
2.3 iSeries NAVIGATOR DATABASES COMPONENT
3.0 AUTHORIZED PROGRAM ANALYSIS REPORT (APAR) ABSTRACTS
- SERVICE PACK LEVEL = SI20465 (October 2005)
4.0 INSTALL/UNINSTALL CONSIDERATIONS
4.1 REMOVING THE SERVICE PACK
4.2 UNABLE TO INSTALL FROM THE SERVICE SOURCE?
4.3 SERVICE PACK CONTROL
5.0 DATA TRANSFER CONSIDERATIONS
5.1 TRANSFERRING DATA WHEN THE FILE OR DATA CCSID IS 65535

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1.0 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

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1.1 INSTALLING FROM AN iSeries SYSTEM
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The following method would be used if you have received the iSeries
Access for Windows service pack through the iSeries 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 an iSeries

system with the LODPTF and APYPTF iSeries commands, it can be
installed on individual PC's with the
"Check Service Level" or "Install Service Pack" shortcuts
in the iSeries Access for Windows Service folder.

Check Service Level, controlled by the iSeries Access for Windows Properties
Service tab, will detect that the Service source directory has been
updated, and will present the user with the option to install the
service pack at startup time as well.

The APYPTF will update the iSeries Access for Windows install image directory
(\QIBM\ProdData\Access\Windows\Install\Image) on the
iSeries. Any client that installs iSeries Access for Windows (or selected
components) from this image will automatically receive this service
pack level (no extra steps or reboots). In this scenario, the
service pack cannot be uninstalled on the client PC
because it is merged in with the base release.

Running setupsp.bat from the iSeries Access for Windows install image
directory (\QIBM\ProdData\Access\Windows\Install\Image) will
launch the service pack install wizard. View setupsp.bat
via Notepad or Wordpad to see instructions on how to invoke setupsp.bat
to record or run a silent service pack install.

RMVPTF will restore your iSeries install image to the prior service
level (or the base release if there was no prior service pack
applied).

1.2 INSTALLING FROM A LOCAL OR NETWORK DRIVE

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The following method would be used if you have received the iSeries
Access for Windows service pack as a set of install image files
via a download from IBM's FTP site.

Install the service pack by running the "SETUP.EXE" program

from your PC. This program is part of the install image files
shipped with a service pack. If you change the iSeries Access for Windows
Properties Service tab Source Directory to the directory
containing these install image files, you can also use the "Check
Service Level" or "Install Service Pack" shortcuts in the iSeries
Access for Windows Service folder.

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.

1.3 COMBINING THE SERVICE PACK WITH AN iSeries ACCESS FOR WINDOWS INSTALLATION
IMAGE
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The following method could be used if you downloaded the service pack
image from the iSeries Access for Windows web page location:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/clientaccess/casp.htm

The iSeries Access for Windows service pack PTFs are combined with
the original iSeries Access for Windows installation image in
QIBM\ProdData\Access\Windows\Install\Image
NOTE: this directory is a symbolic link to
QIBM\ProdData\CA400\Express\Install\Image
There is one physical directory - either of these paths will access the
directory.

This means that a user can install (or upgrade) iSeries Access for Windows
from this combined image directory and get the latest applied service
level automatically in one integrated step - since the original
installation image files have been replaced by updated versions via
the service pack PTF. Selectively installing components from this combined
image directory will also automatically get the latest applied service level
for that component.

If you tailored the iSeries Access for Windows install image to another
directory
(for instance, on another server), using the Create Tailored Installation Image
(cwbinimg.bat) tool, you can use the PTFFORM.EXE download
in the FTP directory to duplicate the function of applying the iSeries PTF by
following
these steps:

1. Download PTFFORM.EXE (from the tailored/ FTP directory)

to a directory on your PC or server.
2. Run PTFFORM.EXE to automatically expand the service pack image files
to a temporary directory.
3. You will then be prompted via a wizard panel to select the
iSeries Access for Windows install image directory to update
to the new service level.
4. The components that are contained in the target install image will be
automatically
updated to the new service level from the files in the temporary directory,
and then the temporary directory will be removed.
5. After completion, you can delete the downloaded PTFFORM.exe file, as it is
no longer needed.

Now you have combined this service pack level with the iSeries Access for
Windows
installation image, so that users can install iSeries Access for Windows plus
this
service pack in one integrated step. Note that this procedure also works if
the installation image has already been combined with a prior service pack
level. This procedure will replace the prior service level in the combined
image with this new level.

Alternatively, if you have a full copy of the original iSeries Access for
Windows
install image in a directory, you can combine PTFFORM.EXE with this full image,
using the same 5-step procedure detailed above. Then you can run
Create Tailored Installation Image (cwbinimg.bat) from this full image
directory,
to create tailored image directories that will automatically have the service
pack
merged in.

2.0 RECOMMENDATIONS/RESTRICTIONS
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2.1 iSeries SERVER FIXES

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In addition to installing the iSeries Access for Windows Service Pack,
all servers should stay current on the latest Cumulative PTF Package, HIPER
Group PTF,
and Database Group PTF. Refer to
IBM eServer iSeries Technical Support: Recommended fixes at
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.nsf/recommendedfixes

2.2 Application Development function within iSeries Navigator

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The Application Development folder within iSeries Navigator
is added when the iSeries Navigator Network component
is installed.
Application Administration can be used to restrict
the display of the Application Development folder
to certain users or groups of users.

2.3 iSeries NAVIGATOR DATABASES COMPONENT

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The Import Data and Export Data wizards in iSeries Navigator use the CPYFRMIMPF
and CPYTOIMPF CL commands, respectively. The commands may function check with
an
MCH3402 message when executed by iSeries Navigator. The first time the wizards
execute
the command it will succeed, but later attempts may fail if the database host
server job
is reused for a later use of the wizard.
The commands may fail with a CPF4248 message with reason code 3 for an ASCII or
Unicode CCSID.
This is an error in writing data to the error record file (ERRRCDFILE parameter
on the
CPYFRMIMPF command) if the data file is ASCII or Unicode.
Lastly, a problem with system names that contain double quote characters has
been identified.
Apply the latest PTFs for CPYFRMIMPF and CPYTOIMPF on the server if you plan to
use the
Import Data and Export Data wizards. At a minimum apply SI17635, SI17385 and
SI20204 for
product 5722SS1 V5R3M0.

In V5R4M0, SQL Assist has been changed so that 'smart statement selection' can
be used to
pre-prime the SQL statement at the cursor position into the SQL Assist dialog.
In V5R3M0
and earlier, the user had to manually select the SQL statement that SQL Assist
would use.
The new design is similar to using 'smart statement selection' to execute an SQL
statement.
However, when 'smart statement selection' is enabled, the user will be unable to
position
the cursor at an arbitrary place in the script and start with a default SQL
statement in
SQL Assist. The SQL statement nearest the cursor position will be shown in the
SQL Assist dialog.
If the user wishes to use SQL Assist to insert a new statement into the script,
disable
'smart statement selection' with the 'Options/Smart Statement Selection' menu
item.
SQL Assist will appear with a default statement, or with the text that was
explicitly selected
as it would in V5R3M0.

3.0 AUTHORIZED PROGRAM ANALYSIS REPORT (APAR) ABSTRACTS

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This a list of APAR fixes included in this service pack.
Each service pack is cumulative; the current service pack
includes all the fixes from the prior service pack levels.
The APAR abstracts are listed by installable component
within a service pack level.

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Service Pack Level = SI20465
Build date = October 2005
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REQUIRED PROGRAMS
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APAR SE21177: CA400EXP-INCORROUT cwbback.exe faults on some PCs
On some PCs, cwbback.exe faults when run.

APAR SE21440: CA400EXP-ODBC-INCORROUT INSERT OR UPDATE FROM PC UNICODE TO

A problem has been found in the Unicode to PureDBCS/Graphic
converter logic where it will not convert characters ending in 0xFF.
Unicode to DBCS converter will be fixed.

APAR SE21823: CA400EXP-INSTALL-INCORROUT AFP VIEWER ON 64BIT

The AFP Workbench Viewer does not launch on 64-bit Windows machines.
This fix will execute the proper registry updates so the
AFP Workbench Viewer will launch on 64-bit Windows machines.

APAR SE22152: CA400EXP-RMTCMD RMTCMDS WHICH PREVIOUSLY RETURNED ERROR LEVE

RMTCMD was updated to take advantage of a new message level on
the host side (x'02' - return all messages). The return all
messages option also returns messages from both the server and
program message queues, whereas previous host levels and message
levels only returned information from the server queue.
This additional message source (program queue) can cause a
previously working RMTCMD to return an error level higher than
00. This can cause some client applications to abnormally end.
The remote command (RMTCMD.EXE) and remote program interfaces
(CWBRC.H) have been changed to allow a more complete list
of job messages to be returned. For RMTCMD.EXE, this might
cause a different exit ERRORLEVEL to be returned depending
on the severity of any newly included job messages. To
enable the old behavior for a given PC process, set up an
environment variable called CWB_RMTCMD_V5R2_MSG=*ALL or
a process name. For example:
CWB_RMTCMD_V5R2_MSG=rmtcmd.exe
 will enable the old behavior for rmtcmd.exe.
*ALL would enable the old behavior for all
processes within this environment variable scope.

CIRCUMVENTION:
Job messages can be removed from the returned list by calling
RCVMSG MSGTYPE(*EXCP) RMV(*YES) during normal MONMSG processing routines.

APAR SE22356: CA400EXP-OPNAV-INCORROUT IFS fault with extended attributes

iSeries Navigator could fault when browsing the IFS tree if
files contain large extended attributes.

OPTIONAL COMPONENTS
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INCOMING REMOTE COMMAND
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No fixes.

iSeries NAVIGATOR
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APAR SE21629: CA400EXP-OPNAV-DBASE-WAIT LOCK NOT RELEASED BY EDIT CONTENTS
Editing a table in iSeries Navigator may leave a lock on the
file that cannot be removed unless iSeries Navigator is closed.
1. Right click on a table and select 'Edit Contents'.
2. Select the 'Rows/Insert' menu item to insert a row into the
table. Enter data into the columns of the table.
a) Or the user may update existing data or perform other operations.
3. Save the new data by selecting the 'File/Save' menu item.
4. Refresh the data by selecint the 'View/Refresh' menu item.
5. Exit the Edit Contents dialog.
6. A shared-read (*SHRRD) lock that iSeries Navigator acquired
for the table remains. The lock will be held by a QZDASOINIT
job associated with iSeries Navigator.
iSeries Navigator will release the lock when the 'Edit Contents'
dialog is closed.

APAR SE22008: CA400EXP-OUTPUT-INCORROUT Change URL of Infocenter

Infocenter Help points to an internal URL.
Is going to be fixed, so it points to external URL.

APAR SE22609: CA400EXP-OPNAV-INCORROUT Problems in some Cluster wizards

There are problems in the following wizards:
New Cluster wizard, Specify Node panel.
- If you click on the Browse button for the Server, you will get
an "Unexpected Error" message.
- If you click on the Browse button for the Cluster interface IP
address 1, select an IP address, and click on the OK button,
you will get an "Unexpected Error" message.
- After typing the Node name, Server and Cluster interface IP
address 1 fields, if you click Next and the Cluster interface IP
address 2 is blank, you will get the message "" is not a valid
internet address", although this field is optional.
New Switchable hardware group wizard.
- In the Specify Primary Node panel, if the Site name is blank,
you will get the message "Must be at least 1 character",
although this field is optional.
- In the Specify Additional Node panel, if the Site name is
blank, you will get the message "Must be at least 1 character",
although this field is optional.
 CIRCUMVENTION:
New Cluster wizard:
- Do not use the Browse buttons in the Specify Node panel of the
New Cluster Wizard.
- Type in both Cluster interface IP addresses in the Specify
Node panel of the New Cluster Wizard, in order to go to the next
panel. Both addresses have to be different from each other. The
second IP address can be deleted after the cluster has been
created by going to the properties of the node.
New Switchable hardware group wizard:
- Type in a Site name and add at least one Data port IP address
in both Specify Primary Node and Specify Additional Node panels.
They can be deleted after the Switchable hardware group has been
created by going to the properties of the group.

DATA ACCESS
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DATA TRANSFER
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DATA TRANSFER BASE SUPPORT
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APAR SE20527: CA400EXP-DTRANSFER UNICODE DATA WITH X'1A' IN THE DATA
Data Transfer will detect EOF when the second byte of a unicode
word is x'1A'.

APAR SE20765: CA400EXP-DTRANSFER-MSGCWBTF0005 UPLOAD OF MS EXCEL

Uploading an Excel spreadsheet to an existing file and FDF
generates a CWBTF0005 and message text indicates failure on a
record number that exceeds the maximum visible number of records in the
file.

APAR SE21329: CA400EXP-DTRANSFER-INCORROUT WARNING MESSAGES STOP RFROMPCB

Warning messages (Specifically CWBTF0020) cause RFROMPCB to stop
the Data Transfer when /I switch is used.

APAR SE21880: CA400EXP-DTRANSFER-INCORROUT SENDS MULTIPLE SHEETS

When using iSeries Access for Windows Data Transfer to send
multiple worksheet excel files to the iSeries, a notification
prompt is sent to the user asking if they wish to send the first
sheet or all sheets. Regardless of the selection made, all
sheets are being sent to the iSeries.
In this customer's case, a CWBTF0020 and CWBTF0005 were
resulting from this problem because each worksheet contained
data formatted in different ways.

APAR SE22045: CA400EXP-DTRANSFER INCORRECT TRANSLATE FROM VALUE

The 'Create iSeries Database File' option in iSeries Access for
Windows V5R3 Data Transfer sets the 'Translate from:' option in
the 'iSeries File Details' screen differently, depending on
whether the the ASCII text file that was scanned to create the
new iSeries file is an even or an odd number of bytes in length.
Scanned files that are an even number of bytes in length will
result in a setting of Translate From Unicode, while files that
are an odd number of bytes in length will result in a setting of
Translate from Ascii.
The resulting transfer and and the database file that is created
appear to be correct. Unicode is not used even though the
option says Transfer From Unicode. The FDF shows that the pc
 file type is ASCII text and it is being treated as such. A
SELECT HEX(F1) FROM MYLIB/MYFILE shows that the data is indeed
single byte and not unicode and the correct values are there.
However, some user written applications experience problems when
processing the resulting iSeries database files.
MSGCPF5029 'Data mapping error' may be received.

DATA TRANSFER EXCEL ADD-IN

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APAR SE21228: CA400EXP-DTRANSFER-WAIT MS EXCEL TRANSFER FROM HANGS
MS Excel data transfer add-in hangs after data is returned to sheet.

ODBC
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APAR SE20631: CA400EXP-ODBC-INCORROUT BLOCK UPDATE FAILS WITH NO MESSAGE
Even though the iSeries Access for Windows ODBC driver does not support
block updates,
it still attempts to execute such operation when requested resulting in
unexpected
results. The driver should be reporting a 'Driver not capable' error when
asked
to execute block updates.
The iSeries Access for Windows ODBC driver was fixed to return the 'Driver
not capable'
warning message when attempting block updates.

CIRCUMVENTION:
Change the application to do not try block updates.

APAR SE20801: CA400EXP-ODBC-INCORROUT SPORADIC CONVERSION ERROR

An intermittent failure in the ODBC driver intermittently causes incorrect
output to be generated for packed fields of length 1. In this particular
case,
a value of '1' was expected and instead a '10' was returned to the
application
by the ODBC driver. A TRCCNN shows the correct data of x'1F' being returned
to
the client. The problem is specific to packed decimal fields with a length
of 1.
If customers hit that bug a 1 can become a 10, a 2 become a 20, a 3 become a
30,
....a 9 become a 90.

APAR SE20919: CA400EXP-ODBC-INCORROUT STORED PROCEDURES COMPILED WITH *CAL

In V5R3 a change has been made to have the Stored Procedures compiled to use
the
*CALLER activation group to run under compiled level for every transaction
instead
of isolation level set by the application, As a result, an unexpected
isolation level may be used.
Support has been added to enable Stored Procedures that are compiled to use
the
*CALLER activation to pick up the isolation level set by the application
using SET TRANSACTION.

APAR SE21192: CA400EXP-ODBC-INCORROUT ODBC RUNNING AT INCORRECT ISOLATION

Customer is receiving SQL0913 locking errors after upgrading to R530 on an
application
that changes the isolation level to read committed, but it does not disable
autocommit.
For this situation, when the job is currently running *NONE, autocommit
true, the ODBC driver
should not change the isolation level on the server.

APAR SE21505: CA400EXP-ODBC-MSGSQL0100 PRE-FETCH OF DATA

Incorrect output may occur if the pre-fetch of data option is
used in the iSeries Access for Windows ODBC driver. If a
function or statement is executed that does not return any rows
but the ODBC application does not perform a fetch on that
statement and simply closes it, the next fetch function will
return the SQL0100 message which was intended for the previous
statement or function. The circumvention is simply to turn off the option
to pre-fetch data in the ODBC data source.

CIRCUMVENTION:
Uncheck the prefetch option.

APAR SE21580: CA400EXP-ODBC-MSG7399 DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION FAILS WITH ERR

Distributed transactions fail with the following:
Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
OLE DB provider 'MSDASQL' reported an error. One or more arguments were
reported invalid by the provider.
ODBC: Msg 0, Level 19, State 1
SqlDumpExceptionHandler: Process 52 generated fatal exception c0000005
EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION. SQL Server is terminating this process.
OLE DB error trace �OLE/DB Provider 'MSDASQL'
ITransactionJoin::JoinTransaction returned 0x80070057: One or more
arguments were reported invalid by the provider.

APAR SE21773: CA400EXP-ODBC-WAIT A CALL TO A PROCEDURE CONTAINING BLOB

Calling a stored procedure with a BLOB parameter defined results
in a hang when using MSDASQL OLEDB provider over the iSeries
Access for Windows ODBC driver.

APAR SE21909: CA400EXP-ODBC Character truncation error converting exponential

number from SQL_C_CHAR to SQL_DECIMAL
Character data right truncation error when iSeries ODBC driver converts
an exponential or scientific number from SQL_C_CHAR to SQL_DECIMAL
Example: 8.16e+007 which equals 81600000.
The iSeries ODBC Driver does not support the conversion of
scientific number from SQL_C_CHAR to SQL_DECIMAL. In order to
have same functionality as other DBMS, support to convert
exponential or scientific number from SQL_C_CHAR to SQL_DECIMAL was added.

CIRCUMVENTION:
If posible change the application to convert from SQL_C_FLOAT to SQL_DECIMAL

OLE DB PROVIDER
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APAR SE21950: CA400EXP-OLEDB-INCORROUT SETTING PROPERTIES WITH SQL SERVER
The IBM iSeries Access for Windows OLEDB provider has a number
of properties which can be used to set connection and usage
behaviors. Some of these settings do not work properly. The
list below includes some of the problems you may encounter with properties:
- Force Translate
- Initial Catalog
- Sort Table
Force Translate
 ---------------
When the Force Translate property is set, the OLEDB Columns
Schema Rowset returns incorrect information about character
CCSID 65535 columns. When a subsequent query is run through
SQL Server using a linked server with Force Translate set,
SQL Server may report the following message:
Server: Msg 7356, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
OLE DB provider 'IBMDA400' supplied inconsistent metadata for a
column. Metadata information was changed at execution time.
Initial Catalog
---------------
When setting this property on a SQL Server linked server
using the 'Provider string' text box, the following error is reported:
Error 7303: Could not initialize data source object of OLE DB
provider 'IBMDA400'. OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider
'IBMDA400' IDBInitialize::Initialize returned 0x80040e21].
Setting the Initial Catalog using the 'Catalog' text box works without
error.
Sort Table
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The provider has an incorrect check for this property, so
attempting to set the Sort Table property fails.

CIRCUMVENTION:
Using the Microsoft OLEDB provider for ODBC drivers in
conjunction with an iSeries Access for Windows ODBC system data
source allows the equivalent properties to be set.

.NET DATA PROVIDER

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APAR SE20843: CA400EXP-IDB2DATA DataAdapter with LOB locators fail
An application uses iDB2DataAdapter with a result set that
contains a Large Object (LOB), and LOB locators are being used.
The DataTable returned from calling Fill on the DataAdapter
incorrectly fills the table with the LOB locator value, instead
of filling the table with the LOB data. This results in
incorrect data, and could result in SQL0423 when attempting to update the
table.

CIRCUMVENTION:
Do not use locators with LOBs. Set the MaximumInlineLobSize in
your ConnectionString to a value larger than the largest LOB you use.

APAR SE21919: CA400EXP-IDB2DATA Avoid implicit prepares when not necessary

The .NET Provider usually does an implicit Prepare of commands
when one of the iDB2Command's Execute methods is called. In
many cases, this implicit Prepare is unnecessary, and results in
extra data flowing to and from the iSeries server each time a
command is executed. The provider should only implicitly
Prepare commands when a Prepare is necessary.
This PTF fixes the reported problem. The provider will still
implicitly Prepare commands that need to be prepared, but it
will no longer implicitly Prepare commands that don't need to be
prepared. If the application repeatedly runs a command and
wishes to ensure the command gets Prepared, it can call the
iDB2Command.Prepare() method to prepare the command before executing it.

APAR SE21966: CA400EXP-IDB2DATA-INCORROUT .NET PROVIDER CONNECTION MANAGEMENT

If an application attempts to connect using a pooled
 iDB2Connection object, and the first connection attempt fails,
then subsequent attempts to connect also fail, even when the
original connection problem is fixed. This happens because of
incorrect logic in the .NET provider's implementation of connection pooling.

CIRCUMVENTION:
Turn off connection pooling by setting "Pooling=false" in the
ConnectionString.

LOTUS 123 FILE FORMAT SUPPORT

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No fixes.

AFP WORKBENCH VIEWER

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No fixes.

TOOLBOX FOR JAVA

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Includes JTOpen 4.8 (10/06/2005).

5250 DISPLAY AND PRINTER EMULATION

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PC5250 Version 5.8 Level 20050818

APAR SE20279: OSP-PAR PRINTER SESSION, FILE, PAGE SETUP, FORMS SETTING
Printer session, File, Page setup, Forms Setting,
Drawer-one form is not displaying all dimension options that are provided with
the
printer driver installed on the PC. This is on V5R1 Client Access with the
latest
service pack.
This will be fixed in service packs for V5R2 and beyond of iSeries Access for
Windows.

APAR SE20458: CA400EXP-INCORROUT DISABLE STRPCCMD COMMAND VIA WS KEYWORD

iSeries Access for Windows PC5250 needs
client-side control on commands issued via the
STRPCO/STRPCCMD server commands.
PC5250 will allow users to disable STRPCCMD
through a new WS profile keyword, "Ignore_STRPCCMD".
Users can edit a .ws file to add the following to the
[5250] section of the .ws profile to enable/disable
STRPCCMD. The keyword can have values 'Y' and 'N'
with the default being 'N' to allow the STRPCCMD
command. Users who want to block STRPCCMD will
have to set the keyword to 'Y'. The keyword can
be set as follows:
[5250]
Ignore_STRPCCMD=Y
When the keyword is set to 'Y', PC5250 ignores the
parameters associated with STRPCCMD and simply
sends back to the server an Enter key to refresh the screen.

CIRCUMVENTION:
Control access to STRPCO and STRPCCMD commands
via iSeries authority permissions.

APAR SE20629: CA400EXP-PRINTEMUL-MSGCPF5261 ERROR PRINTING WITH RHM WITHIN

 A spooled file is created that has data similar to this:
Shift In, DBCS text characters, Relative Horizontal Move, Shift
Out. This will result in a MSGCPF52761 in the writer job for a
PC5250 D/T5553 printer session that uses the 5575.pdt.

APAR SE20734: CA400EXP-PC5250 KANA MODE INPUT INCORROUT ON CP1399 SESSION.

When IME input mode set to 'Kana Input', input DBCS/SBCS KANA
characters are incorrect.
Correct HostCode The result
X'59' -------------> X'D8'
X'62' -------------> X'D9'
X'4481' -------------> X'C2'
X'4482' -------------> X'C4'

APAR SE20890: CA400EXP-TERMEMUL-INCORROUT FUNCTION KEY NOT ALLOWED WHEN US

When function key is not defined in submenu, "FUNCTION KEY NOT
ALLOWED" is displayed in PC5250

APAR SE20923: CA400EXP-TERMEMUL-INCORROUT LETTER "O" AND ZERO NOT DISCERNA

When using the Monotype Sans Duospace WT font in a PC5250 session, the capital
"O" and
number zero cannot be differentiated.
This will be fixed by providing a new font that differentiates the capital "O"
and zero
characters. This new font is named "PComm Session" and the file is
pcommsess.ttf .
During install, the previous True Type Font file "Monotype Sans Duospace WT"
(file name
mtsandw.ttf) will be deleted.
Any users that previously were using the Monotype Sans Duospace WT font for a
higher
resolution display, will automatically be switched to the default IBM3270 font.

Those users that want to return to using a True Type Font or start using
a True Type Font for the first time, need to follow the instructions for the
Select Display Font dialog included in the following revised text from APAR
SE18848:
A change from raster (bitmap) fonts to True Type Fonts will be made. True
Type Fonts
are scalable and display text well at higher resolutions.
This new feature will be implemented only for English and West European
languages
(PC codepage 1252). No other languages will support these higher resolutions.
New monospaced True Type Fonts containing all the characters from the current
IBM3270 raster
font will be installed in the PC5250 installation folder.
-- PComm Session (pcommsess.ttf) (for displaying text)
-- PCOMMAPL (pcommapl.ttf) (for displaying APL characters like box drawing,
scrollbars, etc)
IBM3270 will still be the default font. The new
PComm Session font (pcommsess.ttf) will need to be selected by the user via the

Select Display Font dialog. Whenever the Pcomm Session font

is selected, PC5250 will automatically select PCOMMAPL (pcommapl.ttf) as the
APL font.
Note: Operator Information Area (OIA) fonts will not be changed. At higher
resolutions,
characters displayed in the OIA might appear smaller than the PC5250 window
text.
 APAR SE21646: CA400EXP-TERMEMUL-INCORROUT POPUP MENU BAR OPERATION
If the Menu-Bar is hidden, and the Popup Menu-Bar is used, duplicate menu items
can
result. For instance, if Communication-> Configure is selected, and then the
resulting
panel is closed, the next time a right click is done on the title bar, multiple
Popup
Menu-Bar menu items appear, and within those, multiple duplicate menu items.
Also, during
this process, if the emulator window is maximized, it will be restored to non-
maximized
form, rather than staying at the desired maximized position.

APAR SE21726: CA400EXP-TERMEMUL-INCORROUT KOREAN INPUT ON CODEPAGE 037

PC5250 session is configured with code page 037 (United States). When
DBCS Korean characters are entered, the PC5250 window abnormally terminates.
DBCS Korean characters work OK when configuration switched to host code page
939.
DBCS on code page 037 should fail with error message or input inhibited, not
with
abnormal termination.
A fix is provided so that when DBCS characters are input with code page 037,
X -S will display in the Operator Information Area (OIA) and the
emulator session will not terminate.

SECURE SOCKETS LAYER (SSL)

--------------------------
APAR SE22490: CA400EXP-INSTALL-INCORROUT SSL GSKIT 7.0.3.18
Update Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) component to level GSkit 7.0.3.18 .
This PTF updates SSL to the new level.

PRINTER DRIVERS
---------------
AFP PRINTER DRIVER
------------------
No fixes.

SCS PRINTER DRIVER

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No fixes.

OPERATIONS CONSOLE
------------------
APAR SE21607: CA400EXP-OPCON-INCORROUT OpNav service functions unavailable
The iSeries Navigator provides functions for managing disks and
logical partitions. When iSeries Navigator is used on a PC also
running Operations Console with a direct cable console
configuration to an iSeries, and the direct console is active,
the disk management (DM) and logical partition (LPAR) functions
can be accessed by doing the following:
-- In the "Environment tasks" side of the taskpad, choose "Open
iSeries Navigator service tools window".
-- In the resulting dialog, for the "Name or address" field fill in
the name of the connected direct cable console config from Operations
Console.
The user gets "CWBCO1004 Remote address could not be resolved."

CIRCUMVENTION:
 To avoid the problem, specify the IP address of the direct
console config instead of the name. Usually this will be 192.168.0.2.

PROGRAMMER'S TOOLKIT
--------------------
HEADERS, LIBRARIES, AND DOCUMENTATION
-------------------------------------
No fixes.

VISUAL BASIC WIZARDS

--------------------
No fixes.

JAVA PROGRAMMER'S TOOLS

-----------------------
No fixes.

EZ-SETUP
--------
No fixes.

4.0 INSTALL/UNINSTALL CONSIDERATIONS

-------------------------------------
The following sections describe additional support and known
problems that you may notice while using the Install/Uninstall
function.

4.1 REMOVING THE SERVICE PACK

------------------------------
To remove this service pack from your PC (if the service pack
was originally installed with the Enable Service Pack Uninstall option):

1. Click the Windows Start button, click on Settings, and then

click on Control Panel.
2. Double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon.
3. Click on the Change or Remove Programs button (if necessary),
then find and click on the
IBM iSeries Access for Windows SI20465 item, and then click on the
Change/Remove button.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.

4.2 UNABLE TO INSTALL FROM THE SERVICE SOURCE?

-----------------------------------------------
InstallShield is the tool used to provide the install support
for iSeries Access for Windows. The same tool is used
for installing service packs. Setup.exe has a 2 minute
timeout to initialize to the first wizard panel,
which could expire when installing service packs over
very slow communication lines.

If installing from a CD or a faster connection is not possible,

then the service pack could be installed in this manner:

1) A setting exists on the iSeries Access for Windows Properties

Service tab that will copy the service pack image to the
PC's temporary directory, install the service pack, then
remove the copied files. To use this support you will
need to specify this setting ("Copy install image to PC
 before installing").

2) Run Check Service Level (either from the

IBM iSeries Access for Windows Service folder shortcut or
when Check Service Level runs at system boot on
its defined schedule)

STATUS:
No status information is displayed while the files are
copied. To determine if the transfers are progressing, look
in the 'CA400CKV' temporary directory (beneath
the PC temporary directory, for example
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp).
You should see new files appear periodically.

3) Proceed through the Service Pack install wizard to

complete the install.

4.3 SERVICE PACK CONTROL

-------------------------
To prevent users from installing the Service Pack, an
administrator can use the SP.TXT file. If the administrator
places a file named SP.TXT (with a 'N' in the first position of
the first line) in the service pack installation image directory,
the service pack will not be installed.

5.0 DATA TRANSFER CONSIDERATIONS

---------------------------------
The following sections describe additional support or known
problems that you may notice while using the Data Transfer function.

5.1 TRANSFERRING DATA WHEN THE FILE OR DATA CCSID IS 65535

-----------------------------------------------------------
WHY DOES MY DATA LOOK LIKE GARBAGE WHEN I PERFORMED A DOWNLOAD?
By default, the Data Transfer function will not convert data between
EBCDIC and ASCII if the data is tagged with a CCSID of 65535. In
older versions of the Win 95/NT Client Access product, the 65535
conversion was controlled by the CWBTFR.INI file. This process
has been changed, and the conversion is now controlled by the
Data Transfer user interface. Once the setting has been made in the
user interface, it is then stored in the transfer request. This is
only true for .TTO, .TFR, .DTT, and .DTF files. .RTO and .DT files are still
controlled by the CWBTFR.INI file. The conversion setting for .RTO
and .DT files can be modified in the Data Transfer user interface,
but the setting will not be saved.

The setting to control the conversion is found in the File,

Properties information.

WARNING: This feature is designed as a workaround for people that

can not change the CCSID of their files. In order for this
translation to work properly, you must be confident the
data in the file matches the CCSID of your user profile.
The design of the iSeries is that data with a 65535 CCSID
are not to be converted. This feature will attempt to do a
conversion of the data from the job CCSID to the PC CCSID.
This conversion may not work if the data in the file does
not match the user profile/job CCSID.
The correct solution to this problem is to appropriately tag the data
with the correct CCSID. One way of doing this is by using CHGPF.

For more information on the 65535 CCSID, please reference the

iSeries National Language Support Manual.