CString::AllocSysString() needs to be free'd?

[Anders Eriksson]

Hello!

I'm using VC++ 7.0 (.net 2002) and MFC.

I have a function (foo) that uses a CString variable (strCommand) as a
parameter. foo is accessing a database via ADO. Among the code is this:

pCommand->put_CommandText(strCommand.AllocSysString());
Do I need to free the memory allocated to string or will it do so
automatically?

// Anders

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[David Lowndes]

>Do I need to free the memory allocated to string or will it do so

automatically?

Anders,

The documentation says so:

"Commonly, if this string is passed to a COM function (as an [in]
parameter) this requires the caller to free the string. This can be
done by using SysFreeString, as described in the Platform SDK. See
Strings: Allocating and Releasing Memory for a BSTR for more
information on determining when the string is freed by the caller.
"

Dave

[Jagadeesh VN]

This actually depends upon the object you are using it with. In most cases,
the caller of the function is responsible for freeing it. Otherwise, the
object has no way of knowing whether you are finished with the BSTR object
or not.

So, you can use ::SysFreeString().

I always prefer using CComBSTR instead of this approach.

Cheers
Jagadeesh

"Anders Eriksson" <an*************@morateknikutveckling.se> wrote in message
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Hello!

I'm using VC++ 7.0 (.net 2002) and MFC.

I have a function (foo) that uses a CString variable (strCommand) as a
parameter. foo is accessing a database via ADO. Among the code is this:

pCommand->put_CommandText(strCommand.AllocSysString());
Do I need to free the memory allocated to string or will it do so
automatically?

// Anders

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[Rodrigo Corral González [MVP]]

You must free it.
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[Igor Tandetnik]

"Anders Eriksson" <an*************@morateknikutveckling.se> wrote in
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I have a function (foo) that uses a CString variable (strCommand) as a
parameter. foo is accessing a database via ADO. Among the code is this:
pCommand->put_CommandText(strCommand.AllocSysString());
Do I need to free the memory allocated to string or will it do so
automatically?

You do. It won't.
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With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik

"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat,
and wrong." H.L. Mencken

[Simon Trew]

You need to free it (with SysFreeString). In COM, the caller is responsible
for freeing [in] parameters.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...csysstring.asp
says:

Use ::SysFreeString in the rare case that you need to deallocate the
returned string.

(but, you're not returning a string in this case.)

Better, use ATL::CComBSTR or _bstr_t rather than using
CString::AllocSysString. It will be freed when it goes out of scope. e.g.

pCommand->put_CommandText(_bstr_t(strCommand));

S.

"Anders Eriksson" <an*************@morateknikutveckling.se> wrote in message
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Hello!

I'm using VC++ 7.0 (.net 2002) and MFC.

I have a function (foo) that uses a CString variable (strCommand) as a
parameter. foo is accessing a database via ADO. Among the code is this:

pCommand->put_CommandText(strCommand.AllocSysString());
Do I need to free the memory allocated to string or will it do so
automatically?

// Anders

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[TT \(Tom Tempelaere\)]

"Anders Eriksson" <an*************@morateknikutveckling.se> wrote in message
news:kd**************@morateknikutveckling.se...

Hello!

I'm using VC++ 7.0 (.net 2002) and MFC.

I have a function (foo) that uses a CString variable (strCommand) as a
parameter. foo is accessing a database via ADO. Among the code is this:

pCommand->put_CommandText(strCommand.AllocSysString());
Do I need to free the memory allocated to string or will it do so
automatically?
// Anders

You still have to free it. The 'Alloc' in 'AllocSysString' should have said
it all :)

Tom.

[Rodrigo Corral González [MVP]]

Yes, You must free it.
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[Johan Rosengren]

Hej Anders,

It will not be freed automatically. It might, however, be freed by
put_CommandText, you will have to check this.

Johan Rosengren
Abstrakt Mekanik AB

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Hello!

I'm using VC++ 7.0 (.net 2002) and MFC.

I have a function (foo) that uses a CString variable (strCommand) as a
parameter. foo is accessing a database via ADO. Among the code is this:

pCommand->put_CommandText(strCommand.AllocSysString());
Do I need to free the memory allocated to string or will it do so
automatically?

// Anders

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[Anders Eriksson]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:56:43 +0100, Anders Eriksson wrote:

pCommand->put_CommandText(strCommand.AllocSysString());

Do I need to free the memory allocated to string or will it do so
automatically?

Ok, so I need to free the memory. This is what I thought, but since the
class was written by someone else that claims to be more of an expert than
I, I had to ask.

If I do this then it will be ok or?

pCommand->put_CommandText(_bstr_t(strCommand));
// Anders

[David Lowndes]

>Ok, so I need to free the memory. This is what I thought, but since the

class was written by someone else that claims to be more of an expert than
I, I had to ask.

If I do this then it will be ok or?

pCommand->put_CommandText(_bstr_t(strCommand));

Yes, that's OK Anders. The temporary _bstr_t will be destroyed after
the function call returns.

Dave