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Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error

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On 27/10/2014 16:11, Blue Planet wrote:
> "Deanna Earley" <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:m2dlas$a3h$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>> On 23/10/2014 09:35, Deanna Earley wrote:
>>
>> It turns out I'd accidentally introduced a Data = "" in the source
>> function that triggered the error as opposed to the original
>> undimensioned array which correctly returns an empty string.
>> It must have been pure luck that I've not noticed it breaks with an
>> explicitly empty array until now...
>> Thanks for everyone's comments.
>
> Glad you found it.
>
> This is one of the downsides of the "empty" vs. "unallocated" dynamic
> Byte array.  It would be nice if this didn't occur, however the
> "assignment of an empty String" trick itself was probably an unintended
> (those otherwise quite handy) side-effect.

True.
I settled for replacing all StrConv(..., vb(From)Unicode) with two 
custom functions that range check the input(both for undimensioned and 
zero length) that call MultiByteToWidechar() and WideCharToMultiByte().
This also allows me to force them to latin1, UTF-8, etc where required.

-- 
Deanna Earley (dee.earley@icode.co.uk)
iCatcher Development Team
http://www.icode.co.uk/icatcher/

iCode Systems

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StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2014-10-23 09:35 +0100
  Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error Arne Saknussemm <motz001.20.wannabet@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-10-23 10:39 +0200
    Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2014-10-23 11:46 +0100
      Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error Arne Saknussemm <es215.10.wannabet@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-10-23 15:09 +0200
        Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2014-10-23 14:28 +0100
  Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error "Farnsworth" <nospam@nospam.com> - 2014-10-23 08:04 -0400
    Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error "Farnsworth" <nospam@nospam.com> - 2014-10-23 08:35 -0400
  Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error "Farnsworth" <nospam@nospam.com> - 2014-10-23 11:48 -0400
    Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2014-10-24 09:47 +0100
  Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2014-10-24 14:47 +0100
    Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error Arne Saknussemm <es215.10.wannabet@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-10-27 12:32 +0100
      Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2014-10-27 12:14 +0000
        Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error Arne Saknussemm <motz001.20.wannabet@spamgourmet.com> - 2014-10-28 11:22 +0100
    Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error "Blue Planet" <sorry@nospamme.org> - 2014-10-27 12:11 -0400
      Re: StrConv(ByteArray, vbUnicode) raising an "Out of memory" error Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2014-10-27 16:26 +0000

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