BUG: Large Selections Fail in Disassembly Window

Last reviewed: July 24, 1997
Article ID: Q141458

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

You cannot select a large amount of text in the disassembly window.

For example, you start debugging an application and break at some location in the program to view the source in the disassembly window. As start selecting text in the window, the selection gets reset when it includes approximately 120 lines. If the selection involves scrolling up, then the selection is reset after every line.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: copy paste buffer overflow
Keywords : kbenv kbprg vcbuglist400 vcbuglist500 VWBIss
Version : 4.0 4.1 4.2 5.0
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug

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Last reviewed: July 24, 1997
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