[FLEX-19267] Drag/drop can initiate an exponential "event storm" that hangs or crashs an application that has multiple window instances.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 3.4 (Release)
• Component/s: mx: Window
• Environment: Affected OS(s): Windows; Affected OS(s): Windows; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Adobe JIRA
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 15/May/09 13:31
• Updated: 21/Jul/09 17:34
• Resolved: 21/Jul/09 17:34

Description

Steps to reproduce: full instructions in the ReproNotes.txt file in the attached TestEventStorn project. Numbered steps are placed as labels on the main UI.

Actual Results: application hangs or crashes.

Expected Results: application does not hang or crash.

Workaround (if any): added intermediate class (InterceptWindow) as the base class of a Window to intercept the spurious events.