PRWIN9103025: Display of Huge Object Truncated by Heap Walker

ID Number: Q70817

3.00

WINDOWS

buglist3.00 fixlist3.10

Summary:

PROBLEM ID: WIN9103025

SYMPTOMS

In the Heap Walker utility (HEAPWALK.EXE), selecting an object

larger than 64K followed by choosing Show from the Object menu

displays the contents of the object from location 0 (zero) through

location true_size modulo 64K.

CAUSE

Heap Walker cannot process objects larger than 64K.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Windows

Software Development Kit (SDK) version 3.0. This problem was

corrected in the Windows SDK version 3.1.

Additional reference words: 3.00