PRB: GetPrivateProfileSection() Can Read Only 32K Sections PSS ID Number: Q105681 Article last modified on 04-23-1994
3.10
WINDOWS NT
| The information in this article applies to: |
| - Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows NT version 3.1 |
SYMPTOMS
The documentation for GetProfileSection(), GetProfileString(), GetPrivateProfileSection(), GetPrivateProfileString(), and GetPrivateProfileSection() indicate that the application programming interface (API) can read all the keys and values of a section, regardless of size. However, these functions only seem to handle sections that are smaller than 32K, even though the size of the buffer is a DWORD.
CAUSE
The code is casting this value to a signed short, and therefore you are having problems with sections that are greater than 32K in size.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in this Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional reference words: 3.10 KBCategory: Prg KBSubcategory: BseMisc
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.
