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Qedit for MPE/iX version 4.6.53 and lost lines.

We have discovered a potentially severe problem in the current version of Qedit for MPE/iX 4.6.53. It only occurs in the rare case where the number of lines times the width of the lines = 32768. e.g. if your file was 128 bytes wide and had 256 records

The problem is that texting this file will end up dropping every second line, so keeping this file will end up losing half your file. Please note that this problem does not affect the MPE/V or HP-UX versions of Qedit.

We have developed the following patch to fix the problem. This fix is only for version 4.6.53. (You type the bolded text).

   :hello mgr.robelle
   :copy  qedit.pub,qeditnm.pub
   :run sompatch.pub.sys
   sp> open qeditnm.pub
   sp> modify text_editor_fil+12c
   text_editor_fil + 12c  82936052
   82934052
   82936052&|82934052
   sp> modify add_join+25c
   add_join + 25c   ab37880
   0ab35880
   ab37880&|ab35880
   sp> modify hold_command+218
   hold_command + 218  82746052
   82744052
   82746052&|82744052
   sp> modify list_file+470
   list_file + 470   ab37880
   0ab35880
   ab37880&|ab35880
   sp> modify text_command+9c8
   text_command + 9c8  82b36052
   82b34052
   82b36052&|82b34052
   sp>exit
   Total number of patches being applied 1
   :copy qeditnm.pub,qedit.pub
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. If you have any questions, please give us a call at 1-888-ROBELLE

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