Two Fixed-Length Strings 32K Long in COMMON Hang QuickBasic (62269)
This article was previously published under Q62269
SYMPTOMS
The following two-line program hangs QB.EXE and QBX.EXE:
COMMON A AS STRING * 32760
COMMON B AS STRING * 32760
When run, the line and column counters at the bottom-right corner of
the screen will be set to 1, the message "Binding" will be displayed
at the bottom-left corner, and the machine will be hung, requiring a
soft reboot. If running in the DOS compatibility box of OS/2, only the
DOS box will be hung.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the QB.EXE environment
of Microsoft QuickBasic versions 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50; in the QB.EXE
environment of Microsoft Basic Compiler versions 6.00 and 6.00b for
MS-DOS (buglist6.00, buglist6.00b); and in the QBX.EXE environment of
Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS) versions 7.00
and 7.10 for MS-DOS (buglist7.00, buglist7.10). We are researching
this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.
The problem does not occur in programs compiled with BC.EXE.
| Modification Type: |
Minor |
Last Reviewed: |
1/9/2003 |
| Keywords: |
KB62269 |
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