When you use Microsoft Platform Builder 4.2 to build Microsoft Windows
CE-based projects for the ARM processor, the ARM compiler may generate code that causes a Datatype Misalignment exception at run time. This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
| • | You access memory by using a BYTE pointer. |
| • | The BYTE pointer value is an odd
number. |
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Software update information
A supported software update is now available from Microsoft as Windows CE 4.2 Core OS QFE 909973. To resolve this problem immediately, click the following article number for information about obtaining Windows CE Platform Builder and core operating system software updates:
837392 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837392/) How to locate core operating system fixes for Microsoft Windows CE Platform Builder products
Prerequisites
This update is supported only if all previously issued updates for
this product have also been applied.
Restart requirement
After you apply this update, you must perform a clean build of
the whole platform. To clean the platform, click
Clean on the
Build menu. To build the platform, click
Build
Platform on the
Build menu. You do not have to
restart the computer after you apply this update.
Update replacement information
This
update does not replace any other updates.
File information
The English version of this software update package has the file attributes (or
later file attributes) that are listed in the following table.
| File name | File size | Date | Time |
|---|
| Wincepb42-051116-kb909973-common.msi | 7,792,128 | 16-Nov-2005 | 20:49 |
The English version of this update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
| File name | File
size | Date | Time | Path |
|---|
| C2_arm.dll | 884,736 | 31-Oct-2005 | 22:00 | Sdk\Bin\I386 |
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Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
in the "Applies to" section.
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For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824684/)
Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
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