Thread: Odd program crashes

I'm getting all sorts of weird errors thrown at me ... I think it may be to do with the size of my struct, is there only a limited size for them???

Code:

typedef struct {

    /* Menu specifics */
    
    int iStyle;       //Style
    int iMode;        //Mode
    int iItems;       //Number of items
    int iType;        //Item types
    int iCaptions;    //Item captions
    int iOverflowX;   //X-Axis overflow
    int iOverflowY;   //Y-Axis overflow
    bool bDocked;     //Is it docked?
    bool bSet;        //Is it set?
    HBITMAP *hBmps;   //Bitmaps (if bmp mode)
    HICON *hIcons;    //Icons (if icon mode)
    LPSTR *lCaptions; //Captions
    
    /* Theme related */
    COLORREF cFace;
    COLORREF cFrame;
    COLORREF cText;
    COLORREF cCaption;
    HBITMAP hChevron;
    HBITMAP hClose;
    HBITMAP hCstmBtn;

}MENUSTRUCT, *lpMENUSTRUCT;

In my window procedure (this is a custom control) I set most things to defaults on WM_CREATE, if I comment out setting the cFACE and cCaption COLORREF variables it doesn't crash but if they are uncommented it does crash.

I set them like lpms->cFace = RGB(255,0,0) where lpms is MENUSTRUCT*..

Also in my struct could I replace HBITMAP* and HICON* with HANDLE* ??? I could use one variable then because it's either using icons or bitmaps, not both.

Yes, in the WM_CREATE I allocate memory for it and test it for NULL ...

I get that application has encountered a problem and needs to close error and you can send and error report or whatever (on xp) ...

I tried using GDB debugger thingy but all it does is tell me it raised a segmentation fault or something.. Which sort of leads me to believe that it's trying to access or set it or something after it's memory is gone but I'm not sure if that's right and if it is how I can stop it.

I have also allocated the required space when registering the window class.