XCLN: MAPIAddress Function Does Not Allocate Memory

 Last reviewed: March 31, 1997
Article ID: Q155060
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client, versions 4.0 and 5.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x client, versions 4.0 and 5.0
  • Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, versions 4.0 and 5.0

SUMMARY

The Simple MAPI C function, MAPIAddress, does not dynamically allocate memory, as suggested in the MAPI Software Developer's Kit (SDK) online documentation.

MORE INFORMATION

The MAPI SDK online documentation states the following for the lppNewRecips parameter of the MAPIAddress function: 

   lppNewRecips
   Output parameter pointing to an array of MapiRecipDesc structures
   containing the final list of recipients. This array is allocated by
   MAPIAddress...
This description implies that the MAPIAddress function allocates an array for the MapiRecipDesc structures. This is not accurate. In order to use this function properly, you must allocate memory for the array with a MALLOC statement in your code. If you do not do this, you may receive an exception error in Kernel32.dll and/or a MAPI_E_FAILURE error when using the MAPIAddress function.

Additional query words:
Keywords : XCLN
Version : 4.0 5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbdocerr

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Last reviewed: March 31, 1997
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