Bug #49410 for Image-ExifTool: Error reading large MS Word Doc

Thu Sep 03 17:00:43 2009 Mike.Stimets [...] parsons.com - Ticket created

Subject:	Error reading large MS Word Doc
Date:	Thu, 3 Sep 2009 15:54:48 -0500
To:	<bug-Image-ExifTool [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	"Stimets, Mike" <Mike.Stimets [...] parsons.com>

Hello, Thanks for an excellent tool. The error I get from trying to extract data from a 112MB MS Word Document may be related to FlashPix FAT dependency (FlashPix.pm) , but I am not familiar enough with it to know for sure. Thanks again, Show quoted text

_______________________________________________________________ Mike Stimets Parsons ' Tel: 512-719-6802 È Mobile: 512-825-4282 7 Fax: 512-719-6099 * Email: mike.stimets@parsons.com <mailto:mike.stimets@parsons.com>

_______________________________________________________________ M:\>perl c:\windows\exiftool.pl f.doc ExifTool Version Number : 7.92 File Name : f.doc Directory : . File Size : 112 MB File Modification Date/Time : 2009:09:03 14:25:05-05:00 File Type : DOC MIME Type : application/msword Warning : Bad number of FAT sectors (expected 1788 but found 109) Error : Error reading mini-FAT or directory stream Windows XP Pro SP3 Perl Version: This is perl, v5.10.1 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2009, Larry Wall Binary build 1006 [291086] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveState.com Built Aug 24 2009 13:48:26

Thu Sep 03 17:31:11 2009 Mike.Stimets [...] parsons.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	RE: [rt.cpan.org #49410] AutoReply: Error reading large MS Word Doc
Date:	Thu, 3 Sep 2009 16:26:12 -0500
To:	<bug-Image-ExifTool [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	"Stimets, Mike" <Mike.Stimets [...] parsons.com>

Additional information The error starts getting thrown at around 7,145,984 bytes, and then the error message changes again around 7,146,496 bytes. File size: 7,143,936 bytes M:\>perl c:\windows\exiftool.pl f32.doc ExifTool Version Number : 7.92 File Name : f32.doc Directory : . File Size : 6.8 MB File Modification Date/Time : 2009:09:03 16:19:40-05:00 File Type : DOC MIME Type : application/msword Title : APPENDICES Subject : etc.... It works! But after adding a few bytes>>> File size: 7,145,984 bytes M:\>perl c:\windows\exiftool.pl f32.doc ExifTool Version Number : 7.92 File Name : f32.doc Directory : . File Size : 6.8 MB File Modification Date/Time : 2009:09:03 16:17:06-05:00 File Type : DOC MIME Type : application/msword Error : Error reading DIF sector 4294967295 Then after adding a few more bytes, we start seeing a different error message that will continue for as large a file as I tested (112MB) File size: 7,146,496 bytes M:\>perl c:\windows\exiftool.pl f32.doc ExifTool Version Number : 7.92 File Name : f32.doc Directory : . File Size : 6.8 MB File Modification Date/Time : 2009:09:03 16:18:27-05:00 File Type : DOC MIME Type : application/msword Warning : Bad number of FAT sectors (expected 110 but found 109) Error : Error reading mini-FAT or directory stream

Fri Sep 04 07:01:43 2009 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Thanks for reporting this bug. I have been able to reproduce the problem and will work on a solution.

Fri Sep 04 07:01:44 2009 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Fri Sep 04 07:02:10 2009 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Given to EXIFTOOL

Fri Sep 04 07:59:56 2009 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added 20 min

I have found the bug, and exiftool 7.93 (which I hope to release tomorrow) will fix this problem. Thanks again for the bug report! - Phil

Fri Sep 04 14:38:27 2009 Mike.Stimets [...] parsons.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	RE: [rt.cpan.org #49410] Error reading large MS Word Doc
Date:	Fri, 4 Sep 2009 13:36:42 -0500
To:	<bug-Image-ExifTool [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	"Stimets, Mike" <Mike.Stimets [...] parsons.com>

Thanks Phil I am really pleasantly surprised to see that you fixed this so quickly. Wow. Thanks again for a really easy to use and useful tool. Mike Stimets Show quoted text

-----Original Message----- From: Phil Harvey via RT [mailto:bug-Image-ExifTool@rt.cpan.org] Sent: Fri 9/4/2009 6:59 AM To: Stimets, Mike Subject: [rt.cpan.org #49410] Error reading large MS Word Doc <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49410 > I have found the bug, and exiftool 7.93 (which I hope to release tomorrow) will fix this problem. Thanks again for the bug report! - Phil

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Sat Sep 05 07:10:18 2009 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

I have just released version 7.93. Please let me know if this solves the problem. Thanks. - Phil

Tue Sep 08 21:02:07 2009 Mike.Stimets [...] parsons.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	RE: [rt.cpan.org #49410] Error reading large MS Word Doc
Date:	Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:56:46 -0500
To:	<bug-Image-ExifTool [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	"Stimets, Mike" <Mike.Stimets [...] parsons.com>

Hi Phil I just tested it and it works well. Thanks! And Thanks! Show quoted text

_______________________________________________________________ Mike Stimets Parsons  Tel: 512-719-6802  Mobile: 512-825-4282  Fax: 512-719-6099 9 Email: mike.stimets@parsons.com

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-----Original Message----- From: Phil Harvey via RT [mailto:bug-Image-ExifTool@rt.cpan.org] Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 6:10 AM To: Stimets, Mike Subject: [rt.cpan.org #49410] Error reading large MS Word Doc <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=49410 > I have just released version 7.93. Please let me know if this solves the problem. Thanks. - Phil

Mon Nov 23 09:32:41 2009 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Mon Nov 23 09:32:42 2009 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Fixed in 8.00 added