>What you suggested makes a lot of sense and I think it should work. It still doesn't
>work for me though, am I doing something else wrong as well? Now I get the following
>error
>
>"application1.0 just read from memory location 0x10024AA7 causing an address error.
>An address error means that the application accessed a 2 0r 4 byte value at an odd
>(not even) memory address"
>
>I changed my unpack routine to:
>
>static void UnpackRange(Range* range, const PackedRange *packedRange)
>{
> const char *s = packedRange->name;
>
> range->name = s;
>(1) s += StrLen(s) + 1;
>(2) range->startRange = *((Int32*)s);
> s = s + 4;
> range->endRange = *((Int32*)s);
>}
Suppose that s starts out at 0x20000.
Suppose that the first 7 bytes are "Hello!\0"
After the line marked (1), s will be 0x20007
the line marked (2) will bomb, because you are reading 4 bytes from an odd address.
You have to read the 4 bytes on at a time, and assemble the long yourself.
range->startRange = *s++ & 0x000000FF; range->startRange <<= 8;
range->startRange |= *s++ & 0x000000FF; range->startRange <<= 8;
range->startRange |= *s++ & 0x000000FF; range->startRange <<= 8;
range->startRange |= *s++ & 0x000000FF;
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-- Marshall
Marshall Clow Idio Software <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hey! Who messed with my anti-paranoia shot?
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