5250 Demo Screens Scroll with No User Input

ID: Q181803

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SNA Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use the 5250 application demo supplied with SNA Server version 4.0, the 5250 Demo Screens scroll with no user input.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

MORE INFORMATION

The As400tp.exe file does not parse keyboard input correctly. As400tp.exe does not take note of the length of the data. The result is that AS400tp.exe mistakenly generates menu option 10 - "Run 5250 loop script" when no input or "1" was intended.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp1 sna5250 snawinnt
Version : WINDOWS:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug