PRB: GetPrivateProfileString() Generates "Data Type Mismatch"

 Last reviewed: March 12, 1997
Article ID: Q121416
2.5x 2.60 2.60a 3.00 WINDOWS kbprg kberrmsg

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.x, 2.6, 2.6a

SYMPTOMS

When you call the GetPrivateProfileString) Windows API function from within FoxPro for Windows and the UDFPARMS setting is REFERENCE, you will receive the error message "Data type mismatch."

CAUSE

This error occurs because GetPrivateProfileString() is expecting certain parameters to be passed by VALUE. With the UDFPARMS set to REFERENCE, you are sending all parameters by REFERENCE. The GetPrivateProfileString() function returns an error because it is expecting these parameters by VALUE. FoxPro interprets the error as a data type mismatch.

RESOLUTION

To prevent this behavior, set UDFPARMS to VALUE.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Type the following commands in the Command window: 

   SET LIBRARY TO SYS(2004)+"FOXTOOLS.FLL"
   MRETURN=REPLICATE(CHR(0), 144)
   MREGISTER=REGFN("GETPRIVATEPROFILESTRING","CCC@CI","I")
   MCALL=CALLFN(MREGISTER,"WINDOWS","LOAD","",@MRETURN,256)
The last command will return the error message "Data type mismatch."

NOTE: A "FOXPROW caused a General Protection Fault in module <unknown>" error message occurs if UDFPARMS is set to VALUE.

Additional reference words: VFoxWin 3.00 FoxWin 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.60 2.60a
errmsg
KBCategory: kbprg kberrmsg gpf gp fault
KBSubcategory: FxprgFoxtools
Keywords : FxprgFoxtools
Version : 2.5x 2.60 2.60a 3.00
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: March 12, 1997
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