struct and run-time error

I'm using Visual Studio 2005 to write a C/C++ program.

I declare the following struct that contains an array:

Code:

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typedef struct DataElement {
    char Fragment[45];
    double FragVal;
    int  NumFound;
    int FragID;
    char FragDisplay[45];
} MetaFrag, ParaFrag, PhenOFrag,PhenPFrag;

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I call a function that creates a struct for MetaFrag,
ParaFrag etc..(showing the MetaFrag Example):

Code:

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MetaFrag *MF = NULL;
MF = CreateMetaFile();
//CreateMetaFile()
MetaFrag *CreateMetaFile( void )
{

    MetaFrag *MF;

    MF = new DataElement [ 351 ];
    int n = 0;
    //0 - 10 
    strcpy(MF[n].Fragment,"R{A}CCCCCCC");
    strcpy(MF[n].FragDisplay,"CCCCCCC");
    MF[n].FragVal = -0.19;
    MF[n].NumFound = 0;
    MF[n].FragID = -1; n++;
    //etc..
    return( MF );
}

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The program compiles fine, but it only works if I call 3 or
less of the data elements.
For example, I can call createmetafile, createparafile and
create phenofile and it works fine. However, if I add the 4th call, create phenopfile, it blows up when I try to run it. I've switched the calls around to make sure it wasn't specific to the function being called.

Does anyone see what I'm doing wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated

What's the run-time error message?
Can it be a problem with memory fragmentation?

Right now, its compiled as a Coldfusion custom tag. It gives a generic message and then after a few seconds the following Windows error occures:
Unhandled Win32 exception

I think it may be a buffer overrun, so I'm going to create an executable quick to try and get more specific error message. Will get back once I find out more.

Try it in isolation, away from the rest of the code.

Chances are, you've had a long-standing memory corruption problem which this code has just exposed, even though there is nothing wrong with this code (apparently).

If it runs just fine in isolation, then the problem is somewhere else.

If it crashes in isolation, then you have a nice small example to look at, which should be a lot easier to figure out as well.

Hey,

Thanks for the info

I created a separate executable that simply defines the struct and calls the
functions. This runs fine so it must be a long-standing memory corruption problem. How would you recommend trouble-shooting that?

Thanks again

James

I suspect ColdFusion is limiting your access to memory on that tag. It's been a looong time since I last used ColdFusion. But I seem to recall you needing a special tag to run certain processes or needing to define some attributes... That's a big set of objects you are creating there.

Thanks for the info. It sound like Coldfusion may be the issue. I'm trimming down my arrays and put a post on Adobe about memory management. I'll let you know as I find out more.