XFOR: PROFS and SNADS Connector Does Not Support Euro Symbol

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

The PROFS or OV/VM connector does not support the Euro character when translating messages between Exchange Server and the host. For the Windows code page, 1252, the Euro maps to 'x80' (Alt-0128).

CAUSE

The PROFS and SNADS connector is not equipped to handle the translation of the Euro symbol between the new host code page 1182 to the Windows code page 1252 (available in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 and Windows 98)

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server version 5.5. For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft acknowledges this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5.

MORE INFORMATION

The PROFS and SNADS connector now correctly translates the Euro dollar symbol when transferring messages between Exchange Server and the host. Customers will need to update their IBM host software to the latest version in order to support this new code page.

The new 1148 code page is simply the old 500 code page with a single character addition for the Euro symbol.

Additional query words: code page, euro symbol

Keywords : exc55sp2fix
Version : WinNT:5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug