Jim Korenthal Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Kevin you're probably the only one who can answer this, but if anyone else can offer insight (hehe no pun intended) or debugging tips, please pipe in, I'm really stumped here. The macro in question controls a single client in a real-time client/server system. It depends on other clients interacting with it at totally random times. It is actually a series of about 150 intertwined macros called via Macro Run (and in a very few cases, Macro Run in Variable). The system runs fine for the most part, but I occasionally get a hard crash which totally brings down ME and generates a bug report. This happens anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour or so after I start the system, which is unfortunate because the system is designed to be run 24/7. I submitted bug reports yesterday and this morning -- the first one gave an invalid pointer reference and today's was an access violation. Here is the first part of the bug report: Report: #00013 - 7/9/2004 12:01:32 PM Reported by: Jim Korenthal - JKorenthal@aol.com Platform: Windows XP Windows 5.01.2600 Service Pack 1 Memory: Total Physical: 1024 MB Starting Available: 728 MB Ending Available: 213 MB Program: Macro Express Player v 3.5.0.1 Error Type: EAccessViolation Message: Access violation at address 004044F0 in module 'MacExp.exe'. Read of address FFFFFFFF Address: 0x004044F0 Running macro: HoboSlots Steps to Reproduce or What was Happening: Call Stack: [0049F247] [0049F0FE] [005F0233] The stack is very long -- here are the last three reported values: [0045BA1E] [0045BC3E] [005F23B3] ---------------< ISS Bug Reporter v 2.0.0.1 >--------------- I can't for the life of me figure out what's causing this crash! If it's something I'm doing, I need to find out what it is and correct it. If it's totally an ME issue, I need to understand how I'm triggering the problem so I can devise a workaround. Needless to say, the crash is not reproducible and I can't pin down the exact circumstances under which it occurs. I tried adding error logging to some low-level routines in an attempt to localize the problem but unfortunately, this slows the system down too much and I can't get the necessary interactions to run it properly. I need some guidance here -- can you offer any information or suggestions? Thanks so much, I know this one ain't easy. - Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Korenthal Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Bump. I'm still having the problems mentioned above. I'm tearing my hair out trying to isolate the problem, having no luck. Is this my fault or ME's? Please tell me whatever you can so I know how to proceed. Thanks Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Jim, Your crash report was forwarded to a programmer for analysis. I will ask if they have had a chance to analyze it yet. When we find something out you will hear directly (outside this forum). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Korenthal Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Okay Kevin, thanks. Any information at all would be helpful, even just the type of command that caused the crash. If I can get a clue or two, maybe I can pin the problem area down and 1. create a workaround for my system and 2. provide more context for your programmers to work with. Cheers, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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