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Bug Reports / reading from text file causes system crash

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thedubdude
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Posted: 14th Nov 2009 01:41 Edited at: 14th Nov 2009 01:43
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The following program causes a system crash when reading the attached text file. Place the text file in the directory you are running the program from.



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fn$="extracted_data3.txt"

open to read 5,fn$
read string 5, got$
close file 5

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pcRaider
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Posted: 14th Nov 2009 07:24
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Yes, I crash, too.
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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 14th Nov 2009 13:04
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Well, you'd expect trouble trying to read a very long string, wouldn't you?

This is the same bug as reported here:

attempt to read long string causes crash

I have no idea why it hasn't been confirmed.

At the minimum the Help file ought to say what the limit is.
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thedubdude
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Posted: 15th Nov 2009 07:26
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Yes yes yes...though I'm not convinced the length is the issue....
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IanM
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Posted: 15th Nov 2009 12:16
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Length is the issue - it's a buffer overflow that is overwriting some important internal variables in the DLL.

Utility plug-ins collection (updated 22 Oct 2009) and
http://www.matrix1.demon.co.uk
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