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BSTRs are double NULL terminated and can be of any length under Win32. &nbsp;Some functions that take a BSTR, however, may not be so forgiving, however...<br />

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BSTRs are double NULL terminated and can be of any length under Win32.  Some functions that take a BSTR, however, may not be so forgiving, however...


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The correct answer is this:<br />
Quote from Nathan<br />
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2 gig... &nbsp;I would not count on that being available as physical memory and<br />
swap space will have to &nbsp;actually hold the data if it is to be in memory. &nbsp;<br />
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Why? &nbsp;BSTR is, by defintion a length prefixed array of data. &nbsp;The length<br />
field for Win32 is a 32-bit integer, so the largest size is 2^32. &nbsp;But under<br />
WinNT and Win95, you can only access 2 gig of addressable space (as a user<br />
process, a kernel level process could get all 4 gig), so it is 2 gig that<br />
could be potentially used.<br />
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The correct answer is this:
Quote from Nathan

2 gig...  I would not count on that being available as physical memory and
swap space will have to  actually hold the data if it is to be in memory.  

Why?  BSTR is, by defintion a length prefixed array of data.  The length
field for Win32 is a 32-bit integer, so the largest size is 2^32.  But under
WinNT and Win95, you can only access 2 gig of addressable space (as a user
process, a kernel level process could get all 4 gig), so it is 2 gig that
could be potentially used.





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What is the maximum number of characters you can put on a BSTR?
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What is the maximum number of characters you can put on a BSTR?

Kernel and system programming is the process of creating the software necessary for a computer or device to function and operate other programs. Some operating systems (such as Microsoft Windows) are proprietary, but others, such as the various Linux distributions, are open source.