Microsoft KB Archive/194763

= SNA Print Server PDF Fails to Support Macros Exceeding 127 Characters =

Article ID: 194763

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 4
 * Microsoft SNA Server 4.0

-



This article was previously published under Q194763





SYMPTOMS
When you configure an SNA print server to use a Printer Definition File (PDF) to perform character mapping operations, the operation will fail if the length of the fully expanded macro used exceeds 127 characters.



CAUSE
A problem with SNA print server resulted in the maximum length of PDF macros being limited to 127 characters.



SNA Server 3.0
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SNA Server version 3.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

184307 How to Obtain the Latest SNA Server Version 3.0 Service Pack

SNA Server 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



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server versions 3.0, 3.0 SP1, 3.0 SP2, 3.0 SP 3, 4.0, and 4.0 SP1. This problem was first corrected in SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 4.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB194763

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.