KB140037 - CPI-C cmecsu() Call Always Returns pLengthUserID=1

Article ID: 140037

Article Last Modified on 12/5/2003

APPLIES TO

Microsoft SNA Server 2.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft SNA Server 2.1, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft SNA Server 3.0, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

This article was previously published under Q140037

SYMPTOMS

If a CPI-C application calls the following APIs:

cmscsu() Set_Conversation_Security_User_ID
cmecsu() Extract_Conversation_Security_User_ID

the returned length on the extract call is always set to 1. It should return the value that was passed through:

cmscsu(pConversationID, pUserID, pLengthUserID)

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has updated the following files to correct this problem:

   Client Platforms       Updated Files
   -----------------------------------------------------------

   Windows NT clients     <SNAroot>\system\WCPIC32.DLL
   Windows 95 clients     <WIN95root>\system\WCPIC32.DLL
   Windows 3.x clients    <WIN3Xroot>\system\WINCPIC.DLL
   OS/2 clients           <SNAroot>\system\CPIC.DLL

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server for Windows NT. This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server for Windows NT, 2.11 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

Additional query words: prodsna 2.00 2.10 2.11

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB140037