Wed 2002-11-20 09:53, Stas Degteff (2:5080/102) wrote to andrew clarke:

 >>> This is not need: XMSG used as message buffer and only elements of 
 >>> this structure read/write.

 ac>> No, there's more to it than that!

 ac>> XMSG is also used as a parameter to MsgWriteMsg().  If an application
 ac>> program thinks sizeof(XMSG) == 248, and the precompiled SMAPI
 ac>> library thinks sizeof(XMSG) == 238, you will have CORRUPT DATA (as I
 ac>> demonstrated).

 ac>> Also, in msgapi.h there is:

 ac>> #define XMSG_FROM_SIZE  36
 ac>> #define XMSG_TO_SIZE    36
 ac>> #define XMSG_SUBJ_SIZE  72

 ac>> #define XMSG_SIZE (94 + XMSG_FROM_SIZE + XMSG_TO_SIZE + 
 ac>> XMSG_SUBJ_SIZE)

 > This define is incorrect. For XMSG size must be use sizeof(XMSG)...

Then why is it there?

Do you understand the problem I'm talking about AT ALL?

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