DOCUMENT:Q183118 07-APR-2000 [sna] TITLE :Special Characters Disallowed in Transaction Program Name PRODUCT :Microsoft SNA Server PROD/VER:WINDOWS:1.0,4.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft COM Transaction Integrator for CICS and IMS, version 1.0, used with: - Microsoft SNA Server, version 4.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== The Host Names tab on the Method properties sheet in the COM Transaction Integrator for CICS and IMS (COMTI) Component Builder does not allow periods in the name. CAUSE ===== When you open the properties sheet and try to edit the TP Name, the problem can occur. This is a bug in the code that handles entering a TP Name through the method's Host Names Property page. Instead of checking for legal type AE characters, the code is checking for the legal type A characters. Only the alphanumeric characters $ (dollar sign), # (number sign), and @ (at sign) are allowed. WORKAROUND ========== To work around the problem you can use the Import Wizard because it correctly handles the alphanumeric characters and allows periods to be entered. Also, the code that reads a component into CB handles the name correctly. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft COM Transaction Integrator for CICS and IMS version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbCOMTISearch Version : WINDOWS:1.0,4.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.