Q44887: MEP GP Faults After Consecutive Searches.

Article: Q44887
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.00
Operating System(s): OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist1.00 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 1-JUN-1989

MEP gets an access violation and crashes after several searches for a
string.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with MEP.EXE Version
1.00. This problem was corrected in MEP.EXE Version 1.02.

Note: Version 1.02 of the Microsoft Editor is only available with
FORTRAN 5.00. The documentation required for M and MEP Version 1.02
make it impossible to release except with a major language release.

The text file that caused MEP to fail was 54400 bytes and contained
the string "error" in 81 different locations. To reproduce this
problem, search for the string "error". The default keystrokes are

   Arg "error" F3

for the first search, and the following for each additional search:

   F3

On the 81st search, the Microsoft Editor for Protect, generates a
General Protection Violation.

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