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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">David,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Do you have any images or linked images in those fields? You didn't</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">mention this... It was a strong source of crashes before (less now...)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Which version of MC are you using?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">cheers</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Xavier</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">On 19.05.2005 15:31:01 metacard-bounces wrote:<br>
>One topic of great interest that I have not seen much discussed on<br>
>this list or the Revolution list is this:<br>
><br>
>The conditions under which MC "unexpectedly quits", and how to detect<br>
>and prevent those conditions in advance.<br>
><br>
>Here is a case.<br>
><br>
>Field 1 is a background field with different content on each card, and<br>
>on most cards all works as expected. But on one card the particular<br>
>content of that field is causing crashes. The contents are displayed<br>
>properly, but any attempt to "get the htmlText of field 1" causes an<br>
>unexpected quit of MC 2.5, both in Mac OSX 10.2 and in Windows XP. I<br>
>was able to copy a chunk of the text, but then had a crash when I<br>
>tried to delete the copy from the field where I had pasted it. Trying<br>
>to "get the rtfText of field 1" also causes a crash. I made a copy of<br>
>the whole stack, and the problem card of the copied stack showed the<br>
>same symptoms.<br>
><br>
>In Windows XP, the dialog reporting the crash says:<br>
><br>
>The instruction at "0x0044d8ef" referenced memory at "0x00000000".<br>
>The memory could not be "read".<br>
><br>
>Now field 1 of the problem card has various suspect elements: some<br>
>chunks styled "link" with assigned linkText; some chunks displayed in<br>
>color; some runs of hard spaces. But whatever is causing a flaw in<br>
>the htmlText is not preventing MC from displaying it. Selecting and<br>
>backspacing to try to delete part of the field (my attempt to narrow<br>
>down the source of the problem) causes a crash, and it's not clear<br>
>whether that shows a problem with the part I selected.<br>
><br>
>I could of course simply delete the card that is behaving this way,<br>
>but I would like to make some diagnosis of the problem so that I can<br>
>be confident that my various editing scripts that rely on getting the<br>
>htmlText will not crash my program in the future. Since I can't<br>
>inspect the htmlText in question, I can't really know what's wrong<br>
>with it.<br>
><br>
>Anyone have any related experiences, insights, or suggestions of how<br>
>to proceed? Thanks very much.<br>
><br>
>David Epstein<br>
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