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**Michael Mattias** · 10 Jul 2008, 10:54 AM

>I've found the statement that causes the problm.

Maybe, maybe not. Perhaps that is the statement where you actually pay for some sin you comitted earlier.

You should really rn with TRACE as described in the FAQ Forum on "memory corruption"

MCM

**Walt Thompson** · 10 Jul 2008, 11:28 AM

Hi Steve;

It would be helpful if you could post a snippet of code showing how the array is used and why it is being REDIM'd. Better yet would be to, if possible, post the compilable code.

I did notice this:

"REDIM Plu_Search_Results_Array_GL( 1 TO PluSearchResultsQty_GL, 1 TO 13 ) AS GLOBAL STRING

Is there any reason why this could cause this. The value if PluSearchResultsQty is only 154 "

**Scott Turchin** · 10 Jul 2008, 11:39 AM

Am I overlooking the obvious here?

Global Plu_Search_Results_Array_GL() AS STRING

REDIM Plu_Search_Results_Array_GL( 1 TO PluSearchResultsQty_GL, 1 TO 13 ) AS STRING

**Steve Bouffe** · 10 Jul 2008, 11:42 AM

PluSearchResultsQty should read PluSearchResultsQty_GL

The program is massive around 40,000 lines.

I'll try to run it in debug and see what I can find.

**Michael Mattias** · 10 Jul 2008, 11:45 AM

That's not REDIM PRESERVE in Real Life, is it? That would make it invalid to try to change the first dimension's number of elements.

**Chris Holbrook** · 10 Jul 2008, 11:49 AM

Works for me. Must be something else you wrote!

Code:

#COMPILE EXE
#DIM ALL
#INCLUDE "WIN32API.INC"
GLOBAL Plu_Search_Results_Array_GL() AS STRING

FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG
    LOCAL PluSearchResultsQty_GL AS LONG
    PluSearchResultsQty_GL = 154
    REDIM Plu_Search_Results_Array_GL( 1 TO PluSearchResultsQty_GL, 1 TO 13 ) AS GLOBAL STRING
    ?"done it!",%MB_TASKMODAL,"debug"

END FUNCTION

**Cliff Nichols** · 10 Jul 2008, 09:27 PM

Thinking the same thing...something prior is the cause...not where you find the cause

Try the one thing that always helps (even when its a pain) and post a simple example showing the same problem

**Steve Bouffe** · 11 Jul 2008, 02:11 AM

Going to be impossible to post code.

If this is a memory corruption? Then what statements can cause this?

If I run the program in dubug, what am I looking out for?

Thanks everyone for your answers here.

**Chris Holbrook** · 11 Jul 2008, 04:06 AM

Originally posted by Steve Bouffe View Post

Going to be impossible...

...I doubt it, unless the rules in the top-secret military establishment which employs you prevent it.

One approach to debugging: try commenting out blocks of code until the problem goes away. If that doesn't work, build a tiny application which does the same thing but without the detail. Copy in the detail from the old app chunk by chunk until the problem reappears.

**Michael Mattias** · 11 Jul 2008, 09:39 AM

Or, if array was previously [RE]DIM'd with a different number of subcripts... that, too, would be invalid.

But in either scenario I suggest (this and 'Real Life' included the PRESERVE option) , you'd get an ERR=9 following the REDIM, an ERR which could be tested.

However, either one of these scenarios should not result in a protection fault at that point so my money is on an untrapped error elsewhere in the program.

MCM

**Chris Holbrook** · 11 Jul 2008, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by Michael Mattias View Post

Or, if array was previously [RE]DIM'd with a different number of subcripts... that, too, would be invalid.

Another good reason to use a single dimension and just multiply out the subscripts.

**Steve Bouffe** · 12 Jul 2008, 04:06 PM

Originally posted by Michael Mattias View Post

Or, if array was previously [RE]DIM'd with a different number of subcripts... that, too, would be invalid.
MCM

Sorry Michael I'm confused. This is valid, right?

Code:

FUNCTION PBMAIN () AS LONG
    LOCAL PluSearchResultsQty_GL AS LONG
    PluSearchResultsQty_GL = 154
    REDIM Plu_Search_Results_Array_GL( 1 TO PluSearchResultsQty_GL, 1 TO 13 ) AS GLOBAL STRING
    REDIM Plu_Search_Results_Array_GL( 1 TO PluSearchResultsQty_GL, 1 TO 10 ) AS GLOBAL STRING
END FUNCTION

**Steve Bouffe** · 12 Jul 2008, 04:20 PM

Also I ran the exact code on my Vista laptop and no crashes.

**Michael Mattias** · 12 Jul 2008, 05:36 PM

As long as a REDIM does not use the PRESERVE keyword AND the REDIM does not attempt to change the number of dimensions it's legal.

>Also I ran the exact code on my Vista laptop and no crashes

That kind of proves it's an error somewhere else, since different operating systems will react differently. Personally I would have guessed that when you ran on a different operating system you'd still get a protection fault but it would have exhibited itself at a different point in your program.

As I said before run it with TRACE as described in this FAQ: FAQ: Finding memory corruption using TRACE

MCM

**Gösta H. Lovgren-2** · 12 Jul 2008, 09:32 PM

Steve, Just a thought. I see you are using a variable to DIM the array. In all places where the array bounds are referenced are you using LBOUND & UBOUND? Or are you using variables? Accessing an array that is out of bounds can (will) cause erratic errors, even far away from where the erroneous access occurs.

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**Fred Buffington** · 12 Jul 2008, 10:37 PM

if you have a global statement before the program functions the as clause should not be necessary in the redim

Global MyArray() as String

Function PBMAIN() as LONG
dim MyArray(0,0)
k%=154
REDIM Myarray(1 to k%,1 to 13) 'comment string array

**Steve Bouffe** · 13 Jul 2008, 04:31 AM

Thanks Michael for the trace tip.

I did this and the program still closes itself. When I opend the trace file, I have no reference to an Error as shown in the help file.

I hardly ever use the LBOUD or UBOUND instead using variables to keep track of the array dimensions.

This is a difficult one but it's important to sort it out now I think.

**Steve Bouffe** · 13 Jul 2008, 04:39 AM

I found that if I REM out this statement

Code:

THREAD CREATE Display_PLA_Product_Images_Thread( 0 ) TO PLA_Image_Display_Handle_GL

So the following fuction is not active then no crashes.

Code:

FUNCTION Display_PLA_Product_Images_Thread( BYVAL D AS DWORD ) AS LONG
  '
  LOCAL hBmp_T AS DWORD
  LOCAL hBmpOld_T AS DWORD
  LOCAL hBmp_L AS DWORD
  LOCAL hBmpOld_L AS DWORD
  LOCAL TS1 AS STRING
  LOCAL TS2 AS STRING
  LOCAL XX AS LONG
  LOCAL YY AS LONG
  LOCAL Scaling AS SINGLE
  LOCAL JPGX AS LONG
  LOCAL JPGY AS LONG
  LOCAL Current_PLU_Code_Image_Displayed AS STRING
  LOCAL Current_PPLU_Code_Image_Displayed AS STRING
  '
  DO
    '
    SLEEP 250
    '
    IF Screen_Number_GL = %ScreenNumber_PLA_PLU_FullView THEN
      '
      IF Current_PLU_Code_Image_Displayed <> PLA_PLU_Image_Display_Product_Code_GL THEN
        '
        Current_PLU_Code_Image_Displayed = PLA_PLU_Image_Display_Product_Code_GL
        '
        CONTROL SET IMAGE EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_ThumbNailImage, "#" + FORMAT$( %PLA_PLU_Or_PPLU_Blank_White_ResourceImage )
        CONTROL SET IMAGE EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_LargeImage, "#" + FORMAT$( %PLA_PLU_Or_PPLU_Blank_White_ResourceImage )
        CONTROL SET TEXT EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_ThumbNailImageButton, "Thumb"
        CONTROL SET TEXT EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_LargeImageButton, "Large"
        CONTROL DISABLE EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_ThumbNailImageButton
        CONTROL DISABLE EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_LargeImageButton
        '
        IF Current_PLU_Code_Image_Displayed <> "*" THEN
          '
          TS1 = $ServerPowerbasDirectory + "web\wwwroot\pimages\t" + Current_PLU_Code_Image_Displayed + ".jpg"
          '
          IF DIR$( TS1 ) <> "" THEN
            ' Set The Image
            TS2 = JPEG_Dimensions( TS1 )
            JPGX = VAL( TS2 )
            JPGY = VAL( PARSE$( TS2, 2 ))
            CONTROL SET TEXT EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_ThumbNailImageButton, "Thumb ( " + FORMAT$( JPGX ) + " x " + FORMAT$( JPGY ) + " )"
            CONTROL ENABLE EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_ThumbNailImageButton
            CALL Convert_Image_To_Bmp( TS1, "PLA_PLU_Image_T.bmp" )
            DIALOG UNITS EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_ThumbNailImage_Width, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_ThumbNailImage_Height TO PIXELS XX, YY
            '
            IF JPGX > JPGY THEN
              Scaling = XX / JPGX
            ELSE
              Scaling = YY / JPGY
            END IF
            IF Scaling > 1 THEN Scaling = 1
            '
            hBmp_T = LOADIMAGE( BYVAL %NULL, "PLA_PLU_Image_T.bmp", %IMAGE_BITMAP, JPGX * Scaling * 0.95, JPGY * Scaling * 0.95, %LR_LOADFROMFILE )
            '
            CONTROL SEND EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_ThumbNailImage, %STM_SETIMAGE, %IMAGE_BITMAP, hBmp_T TO hBmpOld_T
            CONTROL REDRAW EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_ThumbNailImage
          END IF
          '
          TS1 = $ServerPowerbasDirectory + "web\wwwroot\pimages\" + Current_PLU_Code_Image_Displayed + ".jpg"
          '
          IF DIR$( TS1 ) <> "" THEN
            ' Set The Image
            TS2 = JPEG_Dimensions( TS1 )
            JPGX = VAL( TS2 )
            JPGY = VAL( PARSE$( TS2, 2 ))
            CONTROL SET TEXT EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_LargeImageButton, "Large ( " + FORMAT$( JPGX ) + " x " + FORMAT$( JPGY ) + " )"
            CONTROL ENABLE EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_LargeImageButton
            CALL Convert_Image_To_Bmp( TS1, "PLA_PLU_Image_L.bmp" )
            DIALOG UNITS EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_LargeImage_Width, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_LargeImage_Height TO PIXELS XX, YY
            '
            IF JPGX > JPGY THEN
              Scaling = XX / JPGX
            ELSE
              Scaling = YY / JPGY
            END IF
            IF Scaling > 1 THEN Scaling = 1
            '
            hBmp_L = LOADIMAGE( BYVAL %NULL, "PLA_PLU_Image_L.bmp", %IMAGE_BITMAP, JPGX * Scaling * 0.95, JPGY * Scaling * 0.95, %LR_LOADFROMFILE )
            CONTROL SEND EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_LargeImage, %STM_SETIMAGE, %IMAGE_BITMAP, hBmp_L TO hBmpOld_L
            CONTROL REDRAW EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PLU_FullView_LargeImage
          END IF
          '
          IF hBmpOld_T THEN CALL DELETEOBJECT( hBmpOld_T )
          IF hBmpOld_L THEN CALL DELETEOBJECT( hBmpOld_L )
          '
        END IF
        '
      END IF
      '
    END IF
    '
    IF Screen_Number_GL = %ScreenNumber_PLA_PPLU_FullView THEN
      '
      IF Current_PPLU_Code_Image_Displayed <> PLA_PPLU_Image_Display_Product_Code_GL THEN
        '
        Current_PPLU_Code_Image_Displayed = PLA_PPLU_Image_Display_Product_Code_GL
        '
        CONTROL SET IMAGE EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_ThumbNailImage, "#" + FORMAT$( %PLA_PLU_Or_PPLU_Blank_White_ResourceImage )
        CONTROL SET IMAGE EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_LargeImage, "#" + FORMAT$( %PLA_PLU_Or_PPLU_Blank_White_ResourceImage )
        CONTROL SET TEXT EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_ThumbNailImageButton, "Thumb"
        CONTROL SET TEXT EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_LargeImageButton, "Large"
        CONTROL DISABLE EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_ThumbNailImageButton
        CONTROL DISABLE EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_LargeImageButton
        '
        IF Current_PPLU_Code_Image_Displayed <> "*" THEN
          '
          TS1 = $ServerPowerbasDirectory + "web\wwwroot\pimages\t" + Current_PPLU_Code_Image_Displayed + ".jpg"
          '
          IF DIR$( TS1 ) <> "" THEN
            ' Set The Image
            TS2 = JPEG_Dimensions( TS1 )
            JPGX = VAL( TS2 )
            JPGY = VAL( PARSE$( TS2, 2 ))
            CONTROL SET TEXT EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_ThumbNailImageButton, "Thumb ( " + FORMAT$( JPGX ) + " x " + FORMAT$( JPGY ) + " )"
            CONTROL ENABLE EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_ThumbNailImageButton
            CALL Convert_Image_To_Bmp( TS1, "PLA_PPLU_Image_T.bmp" )
            DIALOG UNITS EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_ThumbNailImage_Width, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_ThumbNailImage_Height TO PIXELS XX, YY
            '
            IF JPGX > JPGY THEN
              Scaling = XX / JPGX
            ELSE
              Scaling = YY / JPGY
            END IF
            IF Scaling > 1 THEN Scaling = 1
            '
            hBmp_T = LOADIMAGE( BYVAL %NULL, "PLA_PPLU_Image_T.bmp", %IMAGE_BITMAP, JPGX * Scaling * 0.95, JPGY * Scaling * 0.95, %LR_LOADFROMFILE )
            '
            CONTROL SEND EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_ThumbNailImage, %STM_SETIMAGE, %IMAGE_BITMAP, hBmp_T TO hBmpOld_T
            CONTROL REDRAW EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_ThumbNailImage
          END IF
          '
          TS1 = $ServerPowerbasDirectory + "web\wwwroot\pimages\" + Current_PPLU_Code_Image_Displayed + ".jpg"
          '
          IF DIR$( TS1 ) <> "" THEN
            ' Set The Image
            TS2 = JPEG_Dimensions( TS1 )
            JPGX = VAL( TS2 )
            JPGY = VAL( PARSE$( TS2, 2 ))
            CONTROL SET TEXT EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_LargeImageButton, "Large ( " + FORMAT$( JPGX ) + " x " + FORMAT$( JPGY ) + " )"
            CONTROL ENABLE EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_LargeImageButton
            CALL Convert_Image_To_Bmp( TS1, "PLA_PPLU_Image_L.bmp" )
            DIALOG UNITS EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_LargeImage_Width, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_LargeImage_Height TO PIXELS XX, YY
            '
            IF JPGX > JPGY THEN
              Scaling = XX / JPGX
            ELSE
              Scaling = YY / JPGY
            END IF
            IF Scaling > 1 THEN Scaling = 1
            '
            hBmp_L = LOADIMAGE( BYVAL %NULL, "PLA_PPLU_Image_L.bmp", %IMAGE_BITMAP, JPGX * Scaling * 0.95, JPGY * Scaling * 0.95, %LR_LOADFROMFILE )
            CONTROL SEND EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_LargeImage, %STM_SETIMAGE, %IMAGE_BITMAP, hBmp_L TO hBmpOld_L
            CONTROL REDRAW EposDlgHan_GL, %PLA_Display_PPLU_FullView_LargeImage
          END IF
          '
          IF hBmpOld_T THEN CALL DELETEOBJECT( hBmpOld_T )
          IF hBmpOld_L THEN CALL DELETEOBJECT( hBmpOld_L )
          '
        END IF
        '
      END IF
      '
    END IF
    '
  LOOP
  '
END FUNCTION

**Michael Mattias** · 13 Jul 2008, 09:36 AM

That a separate thread of execution is running should not in and of itself cause your program to terminate; however....

You may be dealing with some timing issues here because you are updating the screen in an asynchronous fashion, issues resulting in inadvertent data corruption because you are using so many GLOBAL variables.

Better I think to do this synchronously by simply calling the Display_PLA_Product_Images_Thread function on a WM_TIMER notification in the dialog procedure ("CALLBACK FUNCTION") for EposDlgHan_GL.

Give that it try.

MCM

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