Qt application crashing - Heap errors?

[System123]

Hi

I am busy with my 2nd year computer science project, but I have run into some issues. The problems start when I use QFileDialog, as shown below:

QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(parentWidget(), tr("Open File"),
                          ".",tr("DEM Files (*.map *.dem *.bmp);;All Files(*)"),0,QFileDialog::DontUseNativeDialog);

QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(parentWidget(), tr("Open File"),
                          ".",tr("DEM Files (*.map *.dem *.bmp);;All Files(*)"),0,QFileDialog::DontUseNativeDialog);

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I get the following message in my Application output window

Lowest section in C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\Cultures\OF FICE.ODF is .text at 10001000
Lowest section in C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\Office14\1033\GrooveIntlResou rce.dll is .text at 10001000

I am not to sure if I should worry about this or why it is happening.

the next error I get is:
HEAP[Terrain_Generator.exe]:
Invalid address specified to RtlFreeHeap( 003E0000, 0C1121C8 )

which causes my program to crash. It Happens when I return the stat variable, see code below.

My analysis method that causes the crash

TerrainStats* TerrainAnalyser::analyseTerrain(const HeightMap &map, int sweeps, int radius){
    Levels = sweeps;
 
    if (sweeps < 0)
        sweeps = -sweeps;
 
    GaussKernel Akern = makeBlurKernel(radius);
    HeightMap tmp(map);
    HeightMap tmp2(map);
    TerrainStats* stats = new TerrainStats(sweeps);
 
    for (int cnt = 0; cnt < sweeps; cnt++){
        tmp = GaussianBlur(tmp,Akern);
        tmp2 = (tmp2 - tmp);
        populateStats(tmp2,stats->levelStats[cnt],cnt);
        tmp2 = tmp;
    }
 
    return stats; //<- This is what causes the problem
}

TerrainStats* TerrainAnalyser::analyseTerrain(const HeightMap &map, int sweeps, int radius){
    Levels = sweeps;

    if (sweeps < 0)
        sweeps = -sweeps;

    GaussKernel Akern = makeBlurKernel(radius);
    HeightMap tmp(map);
    HeightMap tmp2(map);
    TerrainStats* stats = new TerrainStats(sweeps);

    for (int cnt = 0; cnt < sweeps; cnt++){
        tmp = GaussianBlur(tmp,Akern);
        tmp2 = (tmp2 - tmp);
        populateStats(tmp2,stats->levelStats[cnt],cnt);
        tmp2 = tmp;
    }

    return stats; //<- This is what causes the problem
}

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I tried a simpler example but it doesn't crash, so it must be something stupid that I am overlooking. I have spent 2 days trying to find it but with no success.

I call the method as follows

TerrainStats *stats = TAnalyser->analyseTerrain((*current),6,32);
populateTable((*stats));

TerrainStats *stats = TAnalyser->analyseTerrain((*current),6,32);
populateTable((*stats));

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Thanks in advance