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** ANOTHER MAJOR BUG **

    01-Jan-89 13:36:59
Sb: ** ANOTHER MAJOR BUG **
Fm: Jeffrey Norton 72431,3366
To: ALL/INNOVATRONICS
I discovered _ANOTHER_ PowerWindows 2.5 bug. It is catastrophic to have a company selling such a product, which is filled with all sorts of bugs. I think they should update their product as soon as possible, by sending a newer, bug free version to all registered users, or by uploading a patch. Here's the new bug: Load up PowerWindows 2.5, open a new window, add a standard boolean gadget in it, then open another window. Then, simply generate the source code, in Manx, Lattice, or Assembly, doesn't matter, all of them will CRASH the machine. It is INCREDIBLE that such a simple operation (opening two windows with a gadget in one of them) has a bug in it. Other bugs i found in the previous version of PowerWindows have NOT EVEN BEEN CORRECTED! Other bugs include generating a &NULL in the font pointer in the newscreen structure (Manx source code generation.. never really used lattice generation), constant program crashes, if you don't save your work periodically, and the one described earlier. I think Innovatronics should learn what is beta testing before releasing such products, which are a pain to the user. What kind of company is INNOVATRONICS???? I think PW is the last product I will buy from such a irresponsible organisation. I am awaiting the upload of an upgrade patch here, or receiving a corrected version by mail. This is the least they could do. JeffreyNorton.