Can't Read User Properties Database Edited by Japanese Client

ID: Q164799

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SYMPTOMS

If you are running a Japanese version of Microsoft Windows NT and you try to use Japanese characters on the Web with the Internet Locator Server (ILS), you get garbled strings back from the ILS database.

CAUSE

The problem is with the following statement: 

   cch = lstrlen(lpa).
Because this is a multibyte string, some characters may be 1 byte and some may be multibyte. There is no function in Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS) version 1.0 that determines how many characters there are. (whether they are 1 or more than 1 byte). The lstrlen function returns the count of bytes.

RESOLUTION

The fix is to change the call from lstrlen to a call to MutliByteToWideChar because it counts characters and not bytes.

An updated .asp file that correct this problem is available in the Microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS) version 1.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Microsoft Commercial Internet System version 1.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q183062 

TITLE     : MCIS 1.0 Service Packs 1 and 2 Information
Additional query words: 
Version           : 1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: November 25, 1998