ID: Q160268
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Occasionally the Microsoft TN3270E Server will not add a TN3270E header to a data message destined for the TN3270E client. This can cause the client's session hang.
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In order to support several of the new functions in TN3270E, a header must prefix each data message. The header contains a DATA-TYPE field, which tells the receiver how to interpret the data portion of the message.
Some possible values for the DATA-TYPE field are:
Data-type Name Code Meaning
-------------- ---- ---------------------------------
3270-DATA 0x00 The data portion of the message
contains only the 3270 data stream.
RESPONSE 0x02 The data portion of the message
constitutes device-status information
and the RESPONSE-FLAG field indicates
whether this is a positive or negative
response (see below).
BIND-IMAGE 0x03 The data portion of the message is
the SNA bind image from the session
established between the server and the
host application.
UNBIND 0x04 The data portion of the message is
an Unbind reason code.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server version 2.11 and 2.11 Service Pack 1. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft SNA Server 2.11 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
S E R V P A C K
TN3270\(CPU)\TN3SERVR.EXE
TN3270\(CPU)\DEBUG\TN3SERVR.EXE
TN3270\(CPU)\SYMBOLS\EXE\TN3SERVR.DBG
Keywords : kbnetwork kbnetserv kbbug2.11 kbbug2.11.sp1 kbfix2.11.sp2
Version : 2.11
Platform : WINDOWSLast Reviewed: April 18, 1997