JIM the Inventor's Portal : Bug [1.11.28?] AFK / automatic search causes crash.

Several people, including myself (JIM), have noticed that the automatic button discovery will occasionally crash World of Warcraft. It closes the program and displays a message similar to the one I have quoted below - thanks go to "Dotts" for copying it for me.

World of WarCraft (build 5875)

Exe: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe
Time: Sep 27, 2006 2:33:39.203 AM
User: *removed*
Computer: *removed*
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This application has encountered a critical error:

ERROR #132 (0x85100084) Fatal Exception
Program: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe
Exception: 0xC0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION) at 001B:007A2452

The instruction at "0x007A2452" referenced memory at "0x0815FFE8".
The memory could not be "read".

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By: JIM the Inventor - 09-28-06 08:10 AM

As implied by the bug title, this crash problem has been around for some time.

I seem to have localized it to the EnumerateFrames or GetPoint commands. What this means in English, is that whenever my AddOn uses the Blizzard-provided functions to look for buttons, there is a rare chance that it will break through into information it shouldn't have access to. When it does, a condition that WoW couldn't expect will occur, and a crash results.

I'm looking for a workaround. I have reported this issue to Blizzard. Hopefully they will solve it. I have no doubt that the problem is in the World of Warcraft program itself, so in the meantime, follow this suggestion if you are affected:

Version 1.12.31 of Abacus provided the option to turn the automatic button search on and off. It is off when the green oval shows a white hand (not a magnifying glass). You should turn off automatic searches when you are not configuring Abacus.