Re: 5.0.6 crashing

FTP session, file created and saved. Was typing code into the editor and got an application error. File did not save newly added text.

Exception EAccessViolation in module PSPad.exe at 0000000000A91C60.
Access violation at address 0000000000A91C60 in module 'PSPad.exe'. Execution of address 0000000000A91C60.

Nothin was logged in the windows event viewer for this error

10 minutes later got this one when typing in the code editor [Application Error]:
Exception EAccessViolation in module PSPad.exe at 0000000008539F40. Access violation at address 0000000008539F40. Execution of address 0000000008539F40.

When I hit OK it closed PSPad.

Windows Application Error Logs:
Faulting application name: PSPad.exe, version: 5.0.6.589, time stamp: 0x606e98be
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000853af40
Faulting process id: 0x44cc
Faulting application start time: 0x01d742f93f74107c
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\PSPad editor\PSPad.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: bc31dc10-5a20-4a09-920f-cb69aedf524f
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2021-05-07T04:37:34.6207400Z" />
<EventRecordID>120630</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>L-20-MIS3.westman.int</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data>PSPad.exe</Data>
<Data>5.0.6.589</Data>
<Data>606e98be</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>00000000</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>000000000853af40</Data>
<Data>44cc</Data>
<Data>01d742f93f74107c</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files\PSPad editor\PSPad.exe</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>bc31dc10-5a20-4a09-920f-cb69aedf524f</Data>
<Data />
<Data />
</EventData>
</Event>

20 minutes later... Upon closing the ftp connection:

Exception EAccessViolation in module PSPad.exe at 0000000000A91C60.
Access violation at address 0000000000A91C60 in module 'PSPad.exe'. Execution of address 0000000000A91C60.

I was looking through the event viewer and noticed an additional entry called "Windows Error Reporting" (but none of the files listed exist at the referenced paths):

Fault bucket 2223100903557582002, type 5
Event Name: BEX64
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: PSPad.exe
P2: 5.0.6.589
P3: 606e98be
P4: StackHash_604c
P5: 0.0.0.0
P6: 00000000
P7: PCH_42_FROM_ntdll+0x000000000009D874
P8: c0000005
P9: 0000000000000008
P10:

Attached files:
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2D62.tmp.dmp
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2EAB.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2ECB.tmp.xml
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2ED9.tmp.csv
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\Temp\WER2F37.tmp.txt

These files may be available here:
\\?\C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_PSPad.exe_cafad6de57123f0b2ca5dbb73a8dfb41589f6a_bd417321_e79f129a-ee30-4f94-a320-30553d685ff8

Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: bc31dc10-5a20-4a09-920f-cb69aedf524f
Report Status: 268435456
Hashed bucket: 073e201b29a1ddc88eda0a7e48664cb2
Cab Guid: 0

Please wait for this weekend 5.0.7 build
You can try current 5.0.7 (623), is much more stable than 5.0.6

Most of problems in 5.0.5 and 5.0.6 were caused by changes in new Delphi version (development environment). I don't want to give it up and return to the previous Delphi version. I am rewriting big parts of code, fixing used 3rd party components, and libraries

Think of switching to Lazarus/Free Pascal

idefix2:

Think of switching to Lazarus/Free Pascal

Do you think I will meet less problems? i don't think so.
Switch means lot of work.

I work in PSpad a lot now and with changes I made, I think stability was significantly increased. Wait for the weekend build.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2021-05-07 10:41 by pspad.

even in 5.0.7 the same crash happens every few minutes while opening / closing / pasting..

logfile came back..

Quote:

''.phorum_html_encode('support@pspad.com').''
host a.mx.pspad.com [81.0.235.44]
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<''.phorum_html_encode('support@pspad.com').''>:
550 sorry, permanent envelope failure (#5.7.1)

shellfish:

even in 5.0.7 the same crash happens every few minutes while opening / closing / pasting..

It looks like as corrupted PSpad.INI
Send me your file to support mail, I will fix it and send back. Next build will contains mechanism for automated check and fix of corrupted PSPad.INI. It cames from previous version and shouldn't happen in last builds.

I found a bunch of corrupted lines in my PSPad.ini which indicate that instead of the valid line content, just a memory pointer value has been written to that line.

I also experienced that many of my own edited files contain corrupted lines which also start with the "ÿ" character.

I will now simply delete the relevant damaged lines and see if it helps in a way that I do no longer experience these crashes and damaged files.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2021-11-25 14:20 by LoupLocalizer.

I have the same problems since 5.0.6 up to newest beta 5.0.7 (717).

Especially when editing multiple files or when doing Search and Replace in files, often files get corrupted.

My Compiler then says "Invalid Hex(0) in file ..."

When opening the files again there is often a pattern like "ÿ EN" in the spcified lines.

Remarkable is the fact, that this erroneuous pattern is _always_ at a place, where in my case a "END", "ELSE", "ELSIF" was _before_.

I disabled "code folding", because i thought about a connection to this feature, but error doesnt goes away.

So this should not be a random place or memory (ram) error. Tested this on different machines.

Regards,
Roger