PI96670: BM DEVELOPER FOR Z SYSTEMS 14.0.0.5 - NO WARNING WHEN COPY/PASTERESULTS IN CORRUPTED CHARACTERS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In IBM Developer for z Systems V14.0.0.5, when copying a file
  from one LPAR and pasting to another, if there are
  non-roundtrippable
  characters in the file, the target file may become corrupted,
  without any warning to the user
  
  Steps to Reproduce:
  - connect to two LPARs, LPAR1 and LPAR2
  - create a member on a PDS in LPAR1, such that it contains
  binary characters like x15, x25 which are not round-trippable
  - set the local code page property for MVS files on LPAR1 as
  Cp1252
  - select the file on LPAR1, right-click and Copy
  - paste the file on LPAR2, somewhere on  MVS files
  - inspect the copied file.
  
  The copied file will have the characters changed to something
  else, such as x3F
  

Local fix

• The problem can be avoided if the local code page is UTF-8
  

Problem summary

• The user is not prompted if curruption occurs when copying a
  member from on system to another.
  

Problem conclusion

• If a user opens a member to edit and the local file gets
  corrupted due to an encoding mapping error, then the user is
  prompted.  Even though the same download occurs when doing a
  cross-system transfer, there is no message indicating to the
  user that corruption occurred.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  EXP FOR Z/OS CL

• Fixed component ID

  5655EXP00

Applicable component levels