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HP ELOQUENCE A.06.20 - patch 9908311

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This patch fixes a problem with the eloqcore program. This patch will
be integrated in a subsequent HP Eloquence release.
A.06.20 must be installed before applying this patch.

This patch replaces patches PE62-9902190 (linux, libc6) and
PE62-9902171 (win32), PE62-9903081 and PE62-9906290.


Fixed problems:
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Platforms: All

* A beep could either be not output instantly or cause abort of
  eloqcore if curses is not active.

Platforms: Windows 9x and NT

* DLG SET failed with error 654 on string values with zero length.
  This affected DLG LOAD, too.


Patch PE62-9906290
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Platforms: All

* Fixed possible ERROR 133/143 on printer close. When printer was closed
  without having printed anything an internal variable referred to the
  previous used printer (which could have been closed already) and the
  close operation could fail with status 133 or 143.


Patch PE62-9903081
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Platforms: All

* MAT A=B could copy excessive elements if the target array had
  more elements than source array. This could lead to subsequent
  failure due to garbaged contents if the target array was
  REDIMmed afterwards.

* DUMP SEGMENTS statement causes a segment violation or GPF if
  the main segment is empty.

  DUMP SEGMENTS is an unsupported statement, originally created for
  debugging purposes, which can be used to display subroutines and
  functions currently present in memory.

  Usage: DUMP SEGMENTS [numeric_arg]
  If numeric_arg is nonzero, the file from which the subprogram was
  loaded is displayed in addition.


Patch PE62-9902190
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Platforms: Linux (libc6)

* ERRMSG$(n) causes a segmentation violation.


Patch PE62-9902171
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Platforms: Windows 9x and NT

* When used with the current HP Eloquence IDE or eqstart utility,
  the old eloqcore was unable to redirect its error output into
  the IDE's output window if a character mode program was executed.

  NOTE: This patch is required if patch PE62-9902172 is installed.


Installation:
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UNIX:

In order to install this patch, you need to unpack it with gzip.
Gzip is included with HP-UX 10.x and above and Linux.
Installation requires root privileges.

cd /opt/eloquence6
gzip -dc PE62-9908311-hpux.tar.gz | tar xf -

Files:

   bin/eloqcore
   share/doc/PE62-9908311-README


Windows 9x and NT:

Download the PE62-9908311-win32.zip file and unpack with WINZIP or
PKZIP. Installation requires administrative capabilities.

Please copy the eloqcore.exe to the bin subdirectory of your
HP Eloquence installation directory (for example
C:/Programs/Hewlett-Packard/HP Eloquence/bin).

Files:

   eloqcore.exe
   PE62-9908311-README.txt