Problem with Access-mdb/DAO

[Fabian Cenedese]

>I think I found an error in SysStringLen. Why? Because my application
>started to work a lot better. Why not? I don't know if this is the right fix
>or other stuff is involved (as with the GetWindowLong).
>
>     * The length of the string (in bytes) is contained in a DWORD placed
>     * just before the BSTR pointer
>     */
>    bufferPointer = (DWORD*)str;
>    bufferPointer--;
>    return (int)(*bufferPointer/sizeof(WCHAR));
>
>If I come here with a string like "Nodes" (normal string length 5) it will
>return (int)(5/2)=2. But 2 is definitely not enough (in WCHAR length). But
>if I do (int)((5+1)/2)=3 my name comes through. And also the other names
>that got truncated. So I would change it to:
>
>    return (int)((*bufferPointer+1)/sizeof(WCHAR));
>
>Can anybody comment on this? Is this the right fix?

Actually MSDN says about SysStringLen:

Return Value: The number of characters in bstr
Comments: For a BSTR allocated with Sys[Re]AllocStringLen or SysAllocStringByteLen, this function always returns the number of characters specified in the cch parameter at allocation time

So this code looks strange. Either it should return *bufferPointer if
not zero or then a real calculation _fstrlen(str)/sizeof(WCHAR).
Or is MSDN wrong in this case?

bye  Fabi