Microsoft KB Archive/843373

= FIX: An application may crash or may behave unexpectedly when it calls the SetWindowText function to change text in an Edit control in Windows CE .NET =

Article ID: 843373

Article Last Modified on 5/27/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.2

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Windows CE .NET, an application that calls the SetWindowText function to change the text in an Edit control may crash or behave unexpectedly.



CAUSE
The SetWindowText function can overflow an internal buffer that is used by the Edit control. This overflow causes the application to crash or memory to be corrupted.



Software update information
A supported software update is now available from Microsoft as Windows CE 4.2 Core OS QFE 843373. To resolve this problem immediately, click the following article number for information about obtaining Windows CE Platform Builder and core operating system software updates:

837392 How to locate core operating system fixes for Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder products

Prerequisites
This software update is supported only if all previously issued software updates for this product have also been installed.

Restart requirement
After you install this update, you must perform a clean build of the whole platform. To clean the platform, click Clean on the Build menu. To build the platform, click Build Platform on the Build menu. You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this software update.

Software update replacement information
This software update does not replace any other software updates.

File information
The English version of this software update has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version    Size     File name ---  Path: Signed 14-Jul-2004 23:47  4.2.4.714  781,048  Wincepb42-040714-kb843373-armv4.exe 14-Jul-2004 23:47  4.2.4.714  781,048  Wincepb42-040714-kb843373-armv4i.exe 14-Jul-2004 23:47  4.2.4.714  781,048  Wincepb42-040714-kb843373-mipsii.exe 14-Jul-2004 23:47  4.2.4.714  781,048  Wincepb42-040714-kb843373-mipsii_fp.exe 14-Jul-2004 23:47  4.2.4.714  785,144  Wincepb42-040714-kb843373-mipsiv.exe 14-Jul-2004 23:47  4.2.4.714  785,144  Wincepb42-040714-kb843373-mipsiv_fp.exe 14-Jul-2004 23:47  4.2.4.714  776,952  Wincepb42-040714-kb843373-sh3.exe 14-Jul-2004 23:47  4.2.4.714  776,952  Wincepb42-040714-kb843373-sh4.exe 14-Jul-2004 23:47  4.2.4.714  748,280  Wincepb42-040714-kb843373-x86.exe The English version of this software update has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Size     File name ---  Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4\Debug 01-Jul-2004 22:28  309,410  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4\Retail 01-Jul-2004 22:28  266,768  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Debug 01-Jul-2004 22:28  310,130  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Armv4i\Retail 01-Jul-2004 22:28  267,518  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Debug 01-Jul-2004 22:28  291,378  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii\Retail 01-Jul-2004 22:28  263,114  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Debug 01-Jul-2004 22:28  291,388  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsii_fp\Retail 01-Jul-2004 22:28  263,126  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Debug 01-Jul-2004 22:28  295,788  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv\Retail 01-Jul-2004 22:28  264,622  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Debug 01-Jul-2004 22:28  295,798  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Mipsiv_fp\Retail 01-Jul-2004 22:28  264,634  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Ntansi\Retail

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh3\Debug 01-Jul-2004 22:28  270,318  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh3\Retail 01-Jul-2004 22:28  228,848  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Debug 01-Jul-2004 22:28  270,292  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\Sh4\Retail 01-Jul-2004 22:28  228,434  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\X86\Debug 01-Jul-2004 22:28  233,396  Edctl.lib

Path: Public\Common\Oak\Lib\X86\Retail 01-Jul-2004 22:28  207,468  Edctl.lib



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB843373

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