BUG: LoadString Returns Wrong Number of Chars for DBCS Strings

CAUSE

The LoadString API returns the number of single-byte characters into the buffer. However, when it loads a DBCS string that is longer than the given maximum size, LoadString returns an incorrect value. LoadString loads cchBuffer characters and returns the length in bytes. LoadString should load cchBuffer bytes, not characters. The return value will be equal to or greater than cchBuffer. The resulting string copied into the buffer is not properly null terminated.

In Windows NT (Unicode), the API returns the number of characters. In Windows 95 (ANSI version), the API returns the number of bytes. Likewise, the cchBuffer parameter is characters for Windows NT and bytes for Windows 95.