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BUG: Message() Method of the Session Object Hangs on Long Messages

The following as posted as "BUG: Session Object Message() method hangs on long strings" on 21 June 2005:

The following code is an extract of an ICE validation which hangs
Windows Installer when the string being passed to the "show" routine
is 1707 bytes long.

'**** START CODE *************
dim recInfo

Set recInfo=Installer.CreateRecord(1)
If Err <> 0 Then
    ICE_XYZ01=1
    Exit Function
End If

Show "before..."
dim i
for i = 1600 to 2000
    dim text : text = i & ">" & string(i, "%")
    Show "LengthText=" & len(text)
    Show text
next
Show "after..."

sub Show(HangsIfTooLongText)
    recInfo.StringData(0)="DIETEST" & Chr(9) & "3" & Chr(9) &
HangsIfTooLongText
    Message &h03000000, recInfo
end sub
'**** END CODE *************

This problem occurred in "MSIVAL2" and didn't seem to occur in "ORCA". To diagnose this problem you probably need to allow "INFO" messages to be generated and see which ICE hangs.

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