Imagehlp.dll UnDecorateSymbolName Does Not Return Correct Name

Last reviewed: August 13, 1997
Article ID: Q155508

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51

SYMPTOMS

If you supply a decorated template name when calling UnDecorateSymbolName, it may return an empty string (a string with just a NULL in it) rather than the correctly undecorated symbol name.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51. This problem has been corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

NOTE: This article is not mentioned in the Windows NT 3.51Service Pack 5 Readme.txt file.

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbbug3.50 kbbug3.51 nt32ap NTSrvWkst kbnetwork
Version : 3.5 3.51
Platform : winnt

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Last reviewed: August 13, 1997
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