Hi,
I'm using RegQueryValueEx to read a REG_SZ type of a subKey value from registry. The value found with regedit is 6.1.6002, however I get back just 6002 as value for installedVer.
The code (return value is ERROR_SUCCESS) is
Any idea why?Code:TCHAR installedVer[20] = { 0 }; DWORD DataType = REG_SZ; DWORD BufferLength = wcslen(installedVer); HKEY hKey; RegQueryValueEx(hKey, L"CurrentBuild", 0, &DataType, (BYTE *)installedVer, &BufferLength);
Thanks
Because wcslen() is the number of characters currently in the string, not the size of the char buffer?
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Thanks novacain. The BufferLength needs just to be large enough, and I've done that shortcut which, I agree, could have been a cause for failure, but not here.
The code is ok as it is, the reason of the bug was just the fact I called other code than this in another application module.
Stupid me!
