> I haven't had the time to trace the QCM call, don't know when I will > get it either. Right now I've just commented out the QCM and the > project doesn't nuke but I sacrifice the status of some of the > target-specific verbs. > > As for the comparison procedure, the first parameter is it's own verb > string being tested and the second is the string pointer I pass in. In > all tests I've run, the shell compares some number of verb strings > then recycles back to the first yet the second parameter ceases to be > my string pointer and instead is -1 (0xffffffff). This, obviously, > causes CompareStringW to toss it's cookies.
It's very weird. > The environment is Win2K SP3 and I'm building a UNICODE/MSLU version > using VC6/SP5. Seems like a straight ANSI build didn't have this > problem but I haven't checked that again yet. Will most likely do this > within a day or two though. My goal is to use MSLU so I can have only > a single build for all platforms (which isn't looking too good right > now). I use MSLU in all my projects which target Win 9x. I have never had (or heard of) any such problems with it. Note that on NT environment, the MSLU is not loaded at all, so an MSLU build should work the same way a Unicode build would. > P.S. The project has multiple interrelated DLLs. All told, it's about > .5 million lines at the moment. Having 28K max baud here and at home, > transmitting it wouldn't be my first choice... I'm going to try to > build a small test case in a few days and I'll send that. That's a good idea. I'll wait to get it. > P.P.S. About MS "bugs" -- I've filed 4 incidents myself. None have > made it into MSDN (at least so far and they've had 3 years now) but, > I'm told, they > *are* in TechNet. All but one I had to pay for (said they were bugs > and I'd get the incidents back but never did). > Seems like you have to pay and pay to get any info anymore. > OTOH, if Office is going down the tubes like has been reported lately, > I guess they have to get income from somewhere... Also, if you have a > MSDN subscription, your latest PSDK is current but if you download CD > images, it's from Feburary. Had to hack the MS-download site just to > get 'em too since I wasn't using IE (was at a friend's who has DSL and > he won't use IE at all or let me install it myself -- beggars can't be > choosers I suppose). [Anything but IE tells you to go take a hike -- > didn't the DoJ tell 'em not to do that anymore?] I guess MS has been the best of all times for finding ways to earn money, and not all of them fascinate users. ------------- Ehsan Akhgari List Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ WWW: http://www.beginthread.com/Ehsan ] That which an age feels to be evil is usually an untimely after-echo of that which was formerly felt to be good - the atavism of an older ideal. -Beyond Good And Evil, F. W. Nietzsche
