Enabling "Match text pattern" in "Create Links From Bookmarks" feature and setting ".*" etc. will cause the app to hang SOLVED

[rakunavi]

=== UPDATE ===================================================================
The issue reported below has been resolved in Ver 10.7.0 build 398.
I appreciate all the hard work and efforts of the support and development team.
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Hello all,

I noticed that when using the “Create Links From Bookmarks” function, enabling “Match text pattern” and specifying a pattern such as “.*” causes the application to hang and become unresponsive.

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In this case, the application cannot be closed using normal methods, so the only options are to (A) close it from the Windows taskbar or (B) force the process to terminate from the Task Manager. However, if you close the application using method (A), it will take several tens of seconds for PDF-XChange Editor to restart. To resolve this issue, you must terminate the remaining PDF-XChange Editor process via Task Manager.

Please refer to the following verification procedure for details. The corresponding timecode in the video is also included. ([MM:SS] "MM" shows minutes, and "SS" shows seconds.)

• [00:09] Create a bookmark with any content.
  
  [00:13] Open the "Create Links from Bookmarks" dialog, enable the "Mark text pattern" option, and enter “.*” in the pattern field from the context menu or keyboard.
  
  [00:18] Confirm that the application is not responding to any operations.
  
  [00:35] When you try to close the application from the Windows taskbar, a file save dialog box appears, and at first glance, it appears that the application has been closed.
  
  [00:46] Launch PDF-XChange Editor again. It will take tens of seconds for it to launch.
  
  [01:11] Close the application, open the taskbar, and confirm that the PDF-XChange Editor process remains.
  
  [01:21] Delete the remaining PDF-XChange Editor process, then launch PDF-XChange Editor and confirm that the application launches immediately.

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Of course, this issue does not occur if you do not specify special regular expressions such as “. *”. However, some developers might consider it important to develop applications that operate robustly regardless of the input values, so I am reporting this for your reference.

Thank you for taking the time to read this message.

Best regards,
rakunavi

- PDF-XChange Editor PRO Version: 10.6.1 build 397
- OS Version: Windows 11 Pro / Home 24H2 Build 26100.4652
- PC Model: GMKtec Nucbox M7 Pro with HUION Kamvas Pro 19 / Lenovo IdeaPad C340-15IWL

[Dimitar - PDF-XChange]

Hello rakunavi,

Thank you for the detailed problem report.

I forwarded it to our developers for further investigation.

As always, we will keep you posted on any progress on its resolution.


EDIT: The problem will be fixed in the next version.


Regards.

[rakunavi]

Hello Dimitar, thank you for contacting developers.

I look forward to the next version.
Please give my best regards to developers.

Best regards
rakunavi

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]