> Hi, all.

> I'm trying to send BSTRs ("wchar_t *"s) to a number of ActiveX Controls from
> BCB3 similar to the following code snippet:

>         AnsiString myAnsiString = "0000000.000";
>         wchar_t *wbuffer = new wchar_t[80];
>         myAnsiString.WideChar(wbuffer, 80);
>         myPVDTColumnDisp.set_Format(wbuffer);

> Whenever the last line of code runs (the code that actually tries to pass
> the BSTR to the ActiveX Control), the BCB3 CPU window pops up in all its
> glory and shows the following:

> DbgBreakPoint:
> 77F76148    int 3
> ->77F76149    ret
> 77F7614A    mov eax,eax
> DbgUserBreakPoint:
> 77F7614C    int 3
> 77F7614D    ret
> 77F7614E    mov eax,eax
> 77F76150    mov eax,[esp+0x04]
> 77F76154    int 3
> 77F76155    ret 0x0004
> DbgPrint:
> 77F76158    push esp
> ...

> This looks to me like a user breakpoint has been set, but when I go to the
> "Breakpoint List" window, it's empty.

> Also, the "Call Stack" window lists 77F76149 as being in "ntdll.dll" (I'm on
> NT 4.0, SP3).

> At any rate, I hit the "run" arrow a couple of times and the program just
> keeps on going (no errors, and the called operation completes with the
> expected outcome).

> Any insights or suggestions?

> TIA,

> Paul.Ha...@JHUAPL.edu

> Hi, all.

> I'm trying to send BSTRs ("wchar_t *"s) to a number of ActiveX Controls from
> BCB3 similar to the following code snippet:

>         AnsiString myAnsiString = "0000000.000";
>         wchar_t *wbuffer = new wchar_t[80];
>         myAnsiString.WideChar(wbuffer, 80);
>         myPVDTColumnDisp.set_Format(wbuffer);

> Whenever the last line of code runs (the code that actually tries to pass
> the BSTR to the ActiveX Control), the BCB3 CPU window pops up in all its
> glory and shows the following: