indeed it was a problem of datatype conversion ! i didn't figure that StrLen return a int ... shame on me ;-)
Thanks everyone for your time, Averoes. "Henk Jonas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message de news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > this looks like a wwrong datattype convertion, like you put the result > from StrLen in a int (which is only 16 bit and signed). 50400 in a int > will produce a negative number, then you maybe convert it to an Int32 > and peng it will give you nonsense. Something like this, maybe you can > post the code lines, if you don't find it. > > Henk > > averoes wrote: > > > you're right, i was so sure that my problem was MemHandleNew that i didn't > > notice that tb_size was so big !! > > > > in fact, the problem is not MemHandleNew but StrLen ! > > > > when StrLen should return 50400, it returns 4294952512 !?! > > > > Any idea ??? > > > > Thanks, > > Averoes > > > > "Henk Jonas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message de news: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>tb_size is around 4 * 10^9 which is 4 GByte, or I'm wrong? What handle > >>shall the system return? You better check for a NULL handle and go with > >> > > it. > > > >>Henk > >> > >>averoes wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hi All ! > >>> > >>>I have some troubles with MemHandleNew ! > >>> > >>>UInt32 tb_size = StrLen(MyStr); > >>>UInt8* tb; > >>>MemHandle tb_h = MemHandleNew(tb_size); // here is the problem ! > >>>tb = (UInt8*)MemHandleLock(tb_h); > >>>... > >>> > >>>everything is OK if tb_size is not too big, > >>>for example if tb_size = 4294952512, then tb_h = NULL, then FATAL ERROR > >>> > > !! > > > >>>[...] > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.metaviewsoft.de > >> > >><A HREF="http://www.handango.com/PlatformTopSoftware.jsp?authorId=95946";> > >><IMG SRC="http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jonash/werbung.jpg";></A> > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.metaviewsoft.de > > <A HREF="http://www.handango.com/PlatformTopSoftware.jsp?authorId=95946";> > <IMG SRC="http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jonash/werbung.jpg";></A> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
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