Article ID: 194081
Article Last Modified on 6/29/2004
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft SNA Server 4.0
- Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft SNA Server 4.0
- Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 Service Pack 1
This article was previously published under Q194081
SYMPTOMS
If an APPC/CPI-C conversation is deallocated while a TEST_RTS_AND_POST command is outstanding, the TEST_RTS_AND_POST may complete after the calling application has deleted the post event, causing an application exception.
Steps to Reproduce the Problem
- Issue the TEST_RTS_AND_POST verb synchronously.
- End the application by issuing a DEALLOCATE command.
- In the middle of the application's shutdown, TEST_RTS_AND_POST might set the event causing an application exception.
CAUSE
The APPC library included in SNA Server was not designed to cancel an outstanding TEST_RTS_AND_POST call when an APPC/CPI-C conversation was deallocated.
RESOLUTION
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server versions 3.0, 3.0 SP1, 3.0 SP2, 3.0 SP3, 4.0, and 4.0 SP1. We are researching this problem in SNA Server version 3.0 and will post more information here in the Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
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
This update will issue a CANCEL_TEST_RTS_AND_POST command when the DEALLOCATE command is issued.
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