Do you use Pocket Word? Then, NEVER enter the - character, followed by a >!

By Werner Ruotsalainen, Submitted Sunday, January 22, 2006

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I've reported this bug some half a year ago on various PPC forums (and, later, the Windows Mobile Developer Team has also confirmed this to be a bug & filed it to the Bug Database). Because the importance of this bug and the problems it may cause, I think it's worth repeating it here:

If you enter text in Pocket Word, never try to enter the character sequence -> because, then, Pocket Word may crash at once, killing your current, unsaved work! If you need to write ->'s (for example, to enter arrows), use for example => instead.

You may also want to read this PPCT thread (alternatives: iPAQ HQ, AximSite, PPC Magazine, FirstLoox, BrightHand) for further discussion of this problem.

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Submitted by Guest on January 22, 2006 - 7:31am.

Dear Werner,

I've checked the problem in question in PocketWord on my hx4700. Brave try, huh ;-)
The result was ok: no crashing, freezing, etc.
Maybe my hx4700 has a newer version of PW??

However, thanks for notifying us on thi isue again.

Regards,
kattamaki

Submitted by Werner Ruotsalainen on January 22, 2006 - 9:10am.

I don't think so - ROM 1.10 was released before I notified the bug. However, the bug isn't guaranteed to activate every time you enter -> - also see the forum comments/posts in the linked threads.

Submitted by Guest on January 22, 2006 - 9:46am.

Dear Werner,

Entered approx. 180-190 line to a new .pwi, copied-pasted numerous times, hit -> but nothing happened. -thank God-

But surely I will avoid using -> for the future.

thanks and cheers
kattamaki

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Do you use Pocket Word? Then, NEVER enter the - character, followed by a >!