Opening a File Causes the Application to Close
Article ID: 123862
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
This article was previously published under Q123862
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open a file from an application that uses common dialog
boxes, the application appears to close.
CAUSE
A bug in ChopText() (called by DlgDirList) trashes the stack in USER
server-side.C:\SW\MW\R2\LIB\SERVICES\NT almost fits into static control,
while C:\...\MW\R2\LIB\SERVICES\NT does fit, even though it is more
characters. In this case, ChopText substitutes the first 6 characters of
the path with a prefix containing 7 characters. The extra character is
written in front of lpch, which corrupts the stack.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and
Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem was corrected in the latest
U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining
the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base (without the spaces):
S E R V P A C K
Additional query words: prodnt 3.50 file/open screen disappear
Keywords: KB123862