Re: how to transfer a DWORD from a function?

"monkeydragon" <kerby.martino@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1134442380.262533.234770@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> one last thing,
> with this code
> DWORD* ptDW = new DWORD [192];
>
> with that how can I get the size 192

You can't. You have to keep track of the size of the buffer you
allocated.

> sizeof(ptDW) doesn't seem to return 192?

No it doesn't.

> furthermore it rises problems especially when:
> DWORD* ptDW = new DWORD [SIZE_DEPENDS];

DWORD size = SIZE_DEPENDS;
DWORD* ptDW = new DWORD[size];

Now just keep both ptDW and size around.
--
With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik

With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not
necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to
land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly
overhead. -- RFC 1925


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