Dolphin Smalltalk X6 6.02a
NumberSummaryProductFix NotesRelease Notes Notes
2200Fresh image unlock crashes on Vista with AV in ntdllDCEWindows Shell.paxActually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2162Walkback in DCE SplashDCEThe splash click was tryiing to play an IE "cllick" sound that was located by a rregistry key. It seems that on soome machines, this registry key is missing and trying to read it was causing a walkback. Now we ignore failure to read the key.Actually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2130VM will now write crash dump even without CrashDump registry key (writes to <image name>.errors)DCE   Actually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2129Deployed XmlPad sample 'crashes' in Help=>aboutDCECaused by passing external resource lib over as instance handle, but the resource lib might not be found, hence the error (nil handle)Actually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2128Error reporting for object table overflow (allocating too many objects) is poorDCE   The Dolphin VM now calls the Win32 FatalAppExit API in a number of unrecoverable error situations. This shows a message box with a brief description of the problem. A crash dump is produced containing more information.
2112Delay schedule bug (Delay>>getDuration result is negative if resumption time has already passed)DCEChanged as per David's suggestion. Also corrected the method comment.Actually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2110Method comment of UserLibrary>>setWindowDWORD:nIndex:dwNewDWORD: is incorrectDCE   Actually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2109Odd "***Bad Array: 00000000" entry in crash dump containing DNUsDCEThis is nothing to worry about - it's just an error in the crash dump code for zero length arrays. In Dolphin 6 a zero length object will have no body, and hence a null pointer from the header. The decoding logic had not been updated to handle this correctly. Now fixed.This was actually nothing to worry about - it's just an error in the crash dump code for zero length arrays. In Dolphin 6 a zero length object will have no body, and hence a null pointer from the header. The decoding logic had not been updated to handle this correctly. Actually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2107UserLibrary>>messageBox:text:caption:style:icon:instance: fails if there are no open windowsDCESee UserLibrary.clsActually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2092Corrupt source in some methodsDCE   Actually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2091Crash on compare string to Float or LargeIntegerDCECaused by leaving some debug code in the VM. Oh dear!Actually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2089Better comment required for String>>formatWithArguments:DCE   Actually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2084AXControlSite class>>example3 crashes imageDCEQuite tricky to debug this - had to resort to tracing. Fix in VARIANT.clsActually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2083Make common file dialogs resizable by defaultDCESee FileDialog.clsActually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2080Explanation is not displayed for some failed rules in Code MentorDPROModified lintrules.xmlActually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2079Common Print dialog package omitted from 6.02 releaseDCE   Actually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2067Stack overflow when comparing two methods containing clean/static blocks for equalityDCEModified CompiledCode>>=Actually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2066Bag>>deepCopy result is invalidDCEModified Delay.clsActually fixed in the 6.02a release.
2043MethodExplorer history navigation for methods that no longer match filter causes Not Found walkbackDCEMethodExplorer.clsActually fixed in the 6.02a release.