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Motif VAXMOTF02_U4012 DECwindows Motif V1.2-4 for OpenVMS VAX ECO Summary
TITLE: Motif VAXMOTF02_U4012 DECwindows Motif V1.2-4 for OpenVMS VAX ECO Summary
 

Modification Date:  06-JAN-99
Modification Type:  DOCUMENTATION:  Editorial Modification
                      Moved Kit from Motif Directory to
                      DECwindows_Motif Directory on the FTP Site

NOTE:  An OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file is stored
       on the Internet in a self-expanding compressed file.
       The name of the compressed file will be kit_name-dcx_vaxexe
       for OpenVMS VAX or kit_name-dcx_axpexe for OpenVMS Alpha.
 
       Once the file is copied to your system, it can be expanded
       by typing RUN compressed_file.  The resultant file will
       be the OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file which
       can be used to install the ECO.
 
Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1997.  All rights reserved.

OP/SYS:      OpenVMS VAX

PRODUCT:     DECwindows Motif[R] Version 1.2-4 

COMPONENTs:  XUI Window Manager
             Bookreader
             Calendar
             Print Screen
             Paint
             CDA Viewer 
             Xm library 1.2.5
             DXm library 1.2.5
             XNL Library
             UIL Compiler
             Session Manager
             DECterm
             Cardfiler
             Xlib
             Internationalization

SOURCE:      Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  VAXMOTF02_U4012
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  VAXMOTF01_U4012
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  12708 Blocks
                    Saveset A - 12672 Blocks

     Kit Applies To:  DECWindows Motif V1.2-4 for OpenVMS VAX
                      OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2 and V6.1 through V7.1

     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  No (See Installation Notes)


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for DECwindows Motif V1.2-4 on OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2 and
OpenVMS VAX V6.1 through V7.1.  This kit addresses the following problems: 

PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXMOTF02_U4012:

  Login problems

  o  When logging in the return key could lock the  keyboard.   This    
     would  happen  if tab was used to move from the password box to    
     the OK button and the return  key  pressed.   This  problem  is    
     corrected in the remedial kit.  If tab has been used to move to    
     OK or CLEAR the return key is ignored.  The space  key  can  be    
     used  to  activate  OK  or  CLEAR  when they are selected.  The    
     remedial kit also supports the use of tab to move to the  CLEAR    
     button  and  makes  the  use  of  tab  with secondary passwords    
     consistent.                                                        

  XUI Window Manager problems


  o  If the pointer is moved from the root window to the icon box of
     the  XUI Window Manager whilst a button is depressed the window
     manager could crash.  This problem is corrected in the remedial
     kit.

  Bookreader problems

  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4, if a DECnet  based  file  is  given    
     along  with  the  password as the filename to the print option,    
     DECW$BOOKREADER   displays   the   actual   password   in   the    
     informational  dialog  box.   This  problem is corrected in the    
     remedial kit.                 
                                                                      
  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4, if a DECnet  based  file  is  given    
     along  with  the  password as the filename to the print option,    
     DECW$BOOKREADER displays the actual password  as  part  of  the    
     Title in the PostScript file.  This problem is corrected in the    
     remedial kit.                                                      
                                                                      
  o  In DECwindows  Motif  V1.2-4,  DECW$BOOKREADER  fails  with  an    
     access  violation  when  printing/saving  PostScript  file on a    
     particular manual.  This problem is corrected in  the  remedial    
     kit.                                                               
                                                                      
  Calendar problems                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
   o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4, DECW$CALENDAR currently  accepts  a    
      two  digit  year  in  its interchange format.  However, the two    
      digit year will not work in the year  2000  and  beyond.   This    
      problem  is  corrected  in the remedial kit by interpreting two    
      digit years as being in the range 1970-2069.                       
                                                                      
      DECW$CALENDAR always use a four digit year when writing in  the    
      interchange   format.   Two  digit  years  can  only  arise  if    
      interfacing Calendar with other programs.                          
                                                                      
                                                                      
  Print Screen problems                                                  
                                                                      
                                                                      
  o  When DECW$PRINTSCREEN generates a  PostScript  file  it  writes    
     introductory  comments to this file.  After the end of 1999 the    
     date written to the file will be wrong.  For example, the  year    
     2000  would be output as "19100".  This problem is corrected in    
     the remedial kit.                                                  
                                                                      
                                                                      
  Paint problems                                                         
                                                                      
                                                                      
  o  When  DECW$PAINT  generates  a  PostScript   file   it   writes    
     introductory  comments to this file.  After the end of 1999 the    
     date written to the file will be wrong.  For example, the  year    
     2000  would be output as "19100".  This problem is corrected in    
     the remedial kit.                                                  

  CDA Viewer problems

  o  When converting DTIF files to DDIF and the current year is 2000
     or  later,  the  year  is written incorrectly to the DDIF file:
     the first two digits of the year  are  always  written  as  19.    
     This problem is corrected in the remedial kit.                     
                                                                        

  Xm library 1.2.5 problems                                          
                                                                    
  o  In certain applications, an "X Toolkit Error:   Cannot  perform
     realloc"   error  message  can  be  displayed,  followed  by  a
     traceback.  This usually occurs after closing  popup  menus  on    
     which a tear-off menu has been torn off.  This problem is fixed    
     in the remedial kit.                                               
                                                                        
  o  When several application modal popup widgets are created  at  a    
     similar  time, the cascade modal mechanism can get confused and
     the mouse may  hang.   This  problem  has  been  fixed  in  the    
     remedial kit.                                                      
                                                                        
  o  When running on a monochrome display and using  a  push  button    
     gadget, an application program can receive a fatal error.  This
     happens when the gadget has the following resources set:           
                                                                        
       XmNfillOnSelect = true;                                          
       XmNindicatorOn = false;                                      
                                                                        
     The error messages seen by the user are:                           
                                                                    
       X Error of failed request:  BadFont (invalid Font parameter)     
         Major opcode of failed request:  56 (X_ChangeGC)           
         Resource id in failed request:  0xffffffff                     
                                                                        
     followed by:                                                       
                                                                    
       [_XDispatchInput - entered in reply state]                       
                                                                    
     This problem has been fixed in the remedial kit.                   
                                                                        
  DXm library 1.2.5 problems                                         
                                                                    
  o  Trying to open a print window from the DECwindows interface  to
     DEC  Notes V2.5 causes an access violation and DEC Notes exits.
     This problem is fixed in the remedial kit.                         
                                                                        
  XNL Library problems                                               
                                                                    
  o  xnl_parsedatetime (and its  VAX  binding,  XNL$PARSE_DATE_TIME)
     accepts   two   digit   or   four   digit  year  in  the  input
     argument(XmString s)  which  is  the  date-time  string  to  be    
     parsed.   Valid  years  in  two digits are from 70 to 99, which    
     mean the years from 1970 to 1999.  Values from  00  to  69  are    
     invalid.   Year  2000 and later must be specified in four digit
     format.                                                        
                                                                        
  o  xnl_langinfo (and its  VAX  binding,  XNL$LANGINFO)  returns  a    
     string  for  date-time  formatting  when  D_FMT  or  D_T_FMT is
     specified in the item argument.  In the locales  listed  below,    
     this  function returns a formatting string containing %y.  This    
     formatting string should be used carefully after the year 2000,    
     as %y indicates the two digit format of the year.                  
                                                                        
      o  es_ES Spanish                                                  
                                                                    
      o  fr_BE French Belgium                                           
                                                                    
      o  fr_CA French Canada                                            
                                                                    
      o  iw_IL Hebrew                                                   
                                                                    
      o  no_NO Norwegian                                                
                                                                    
                                                                        
  UIL Compiler Problems                                              

  o  When compiling a UIL file containing  references  to  a  custom
     widget  defined  in  a  WMD  file,  %UIL-E-CREATE_PROC_REQ  and
     %UIL-W-UNSUPPORTED errors are reported when an  XmWorkingDialog    
     widget is defined in the UIL file.                                 
                                                                        
  Command file problems                                              

  o  The  DECW$COMPARE_VERSIONS  command  file   compares   versions
     identifications  using  a  two digit year.  As such it will not
     compare version identifications correctly for images  generated    
     after the Year 1999 with those from before.                        
                                                                        
                                                                    
PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXMOTF01_U4012:                    

  Session Manager problems                                           

  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4, in the  DECwindows  desktop,  after
     the user ends the session, the WM_SAVE_YOURSELF message is only
     sent  to  clients  displaying  on  the  default  screen.    The    
     WM_SAVE_YOURSELF  message  allows  clients  to save their state    
     when the session is about to end.  This problem is corrected in    
     the   remedial  kit:   the  message  is  sent  to  all  clients    
     participating in the WM_SAVE_YOURSELF protocol.                    
                                                                        
  DECterm problems                                                   

  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4, DECterm  window  titles  are  blank
     when using a window manager other than the Motif Window Manager
     or the New Desktop's window manager (dtwm).   This  problem  is    
     corrected in the remedial kit.                                     
                                                                        
  o  In  DECwindows  Motif  V1.2-4,  when  a   program   calls   the    
     DECwTermPort  or  DECW$TERM_PORT  routine,  the  first resource
     definition in the customization string is  ignored.   This  can    
     mean,  for example, that the DECterm window is created with the    
     wrong title.  This problem is corrected in the remedial kit.       
                                                                        
  o  In  DECwindows  Motif  V1.2-4,  DECterm  will  not  display   a    
     non-default  (ANSI)  color  character in the last column of the
     window.  This problem is corrected in the remedial kit.            
                                                                        
  Bookreader problems                                                

  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4,  when  printing  certain  books  in
     PostScript  format  in  Bookreader, figures overlap with nearby
     text.  This problem is corrected in the remedial kit.              
                                                                        
  Calendar problems                                                  

  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4, when a  new  entry  is  created  in
     Calendar  and the user brings up the entry customization dialog
     box, alarms are initially shown as being disabled and the wrong    
     alarm times are displayed.  These problems are corrected in the    
     remedial kit.                                                      
                                                                        
  Print Screen problems                                              

  o  In  DECwindows  Motif  V1.2-4,  when  using  the  Print  Screen
     application to produce PostScript output on some printers, part
     of the output is missing:  the  upper  and  left  portion  when    
     printing in landscape mode, and the lower and left portion when    
     printing  in  portrait  mode.   This  problem  is   caused   by    
     differences  between  PostScript  printers.   To  correct  this    
     problem, the remedial kit adds support for four  new  resources    
     which can be specified in DECW$PRINTSCREEN.DAT:                    
                                                                        
         PrintScreen.plxtranslate                                       
         PrintScreen.plytranslate                                       
         PrintScreen.plxscale                                           
         PrintScreen.plyscale                                       
                                                                    
     These resources control the size and position of the PostScript    
     image on the page.  The plxtranslate and plytranslate resources
     control the x and y offsets of the image  in  inches  from  the    
     origin, while plxscale and plyscale are an x and y scale factor    
     to allow the entire image to be displayed on the page after the    
     origin is moved.                                                   
                                                                        
  Cardfiler problems                                                 

  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4, images displayed by  the  Cardfiler
     application are garbled when displayed on a PC using eXcursion.
     This problem is corrected in the remedial kit.                     
                                                                        
  CDA Viewer problems                                                

  o  In DECwindows Motif  V1.2-4,  when  using  the  CDA  Viewer  to
     display   PostScript   documents  that  don't  begin  with  the
     conventional formatting comments, pages  can  be  displayed  as    
     blank  when  scrolling  backward  through  the  document.  This    
     problem is corrected in the remedial kit.                          
                                                   
  Xm library 1.2.5 problems                                          

  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4, when dragging  a  widget  with  the
     background  color  into  screen  1 of a dual headed system, the
     cursor  is  drawn  with  the  wrong  color.   This  problem  is    
     corrected in the remedial kit.                                     
                                                                        
  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4 there are various problems with Drag    
     and  Drop  in  applications  which use windows on more than one
     screen.  These problems are corrected in the remedial kit.         
                                                                        
  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4 there is a  memory  leak  when  Text    
     widgets  are  destroyed.   This  problem  is  corrected  in the
     remedial kit.                                                      
                                                                        
  DXm library 1.2.5 problems                                         

  o  In  DECwindows  Motif  V1.2-4,  when  all  the  items  in   the
     top_primary  widget  are  suppressed using the suppress options
     mask before displaying the print widget, the middle_primary and    
     bottom_primary  widgets  are  not  visible.   This  problem  is    
     corrected in the remedial kit.                                     
                                                                        
                                                                        
  Xlib problems                                                      
                                                                        
  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4, if a program enters its event  loop
     (e.g.   by  calling  XtAppMainLoop)  without  having  opened  a
     display or specified a timer or event flag for the  program  to    
     wait  for  (by  calling XtAppAddTimeout or XtAppAddInput), Xlib    
     will terminate the program with the following error message:       
                                                                        
            X Toolkit Error: Error in XMultiplexInput                   
                                                                    
     This  problem  is  corrected  in  the  remedial  kit.   In  the    
     situation  where  there  is nothing to wait for, Xlib will wait
     forever instead of terminating with an error status.               
                                                                        
     To allow Xlib to process events at a  later  time  applications    
     should  provide  some  means  of  regaining control, such as by
     specifying an event flag in a call to XtAppAddInput.               
                                                                        
  Internationalization problems                                      

  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4 the DECterm  process  loops  on  End
     Session  when  the  language is Chinese or Korean.  The problem
     does not occur when using the New Desktop, and is corrected  in    
     the remedial kit.                                                  
                                                                        
  o  In DECwindows Motif V1.2-4, when the CDA Converter  converts  a    
     line  which  contains  both  Latin-1  and  Asian text into DDIF
     format, output  is  displayed  incorrectly.   This  problem  is    
     corrected in the remedial kit.                                     


INSTALLATION NOTES:

The system/cluster does not need to be rebooted after this kit is             
installed.  However, in order to make use of the fixes within this            
kit, the X11 Server must be restarted.  This can be accomplished by           
issuing the following command after the installation is complete:             
                                                                              
     $ @SYS$MANAGER:DECW$STARTUP RESTART                                      
                                                                              
                                                                              
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