zbd
22nd June 2007 00:33 UTC

Passing space for a variable to use
Hi, I am wondering how I make sure my variable has enough space to store a 12 character code in. It appears that without giving it more space, it cuts off the last character of the code.

I am using the PPC-Registry plugin to read the value from the PDA's registry.

Thanks if anyone can help.

Anders
22nd June 2007 02:38 UTC

IIRC, the normal nsis build has a variable size of 1024 chars

zbd
25th June 2007 23:22 UTC

I think I have found where the problem is occurring.
It appears that the code is not being written properly by my application to the registry in the first place.
If I create the activation code manually it will work fine.

Perhaps the string isn't being null-terminated.

Thanks for all the help.

Afrow UK
25th June 2007 23:43 UTC

Yes possibly the plugin isn't taking into account that the string length needs to be 1 greater to add the null-terminator which is overwriting an existing character.

Stu

zbd
25th June 2007 23:53 UTC

Is there possibly a way I can tell the plugin how many characters to read?

Otherwise, I'm looking at the way we write to the registry with my application. So, I think this may be the only way to fix it if the plugin won't take another paramater.

Cheers

Afrow UK
26th June 2007 14:39 UTC

You really should contact the author of the plugin. Contact Instructor who should be able to help you.

Stu

zbd
26th June 2007 23:32 UTC

Thanks,
I have found a workaround for the meantime.
Using the same PPC-Registry plugin, I am able to Copy the code to a temp location, then at end of installation, copy it back, and delete the temp version.

Thanks for everyone's help on this issue.
Zbd