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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/shared/system_func.cpp b/shared/system_func.cpp
index 71335d71..4f60f724 100644
--- a/shared/system_func.cpp
+++ b/shared/system_func.cpp
@@ -25,11 +25,20 @@ wxString ffs3::getLastErrorFormatted(unsigned long lastError) //try to get addit
wxString output = wxString(wxT("Windows Error Code ")) + wxString::Format(wxT("%u"), lastError);
- WCHAR buffer[1001];
- if (::FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_MAX_WIDTH_MASK, 0, lastError, 0, buffer, 1001, NULL) != 0)
- output += wxString(wxT(": ")) + buffer;
+ LPWSTR buffer = NULL;
+ if (::FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+ FORMAT_MESSAGE_MAX_WIDTH_MASK |
+ FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS | //important: without this flag ::FormatMessage() will fail if message contains placeholders
+ FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL, lastError, 0, reinterpret_cast<LPWSTR>(&buffer), 0, NULL) != 0)
+ {
+ if (buffer) //just to be sure
+ {
+ output += wxString(wxT(": ")) + buffer;
+ ::LocalFree(buffer);
+ }
+ }
+ ::SetLastError(lastError); //restore last error
- ::SetLastError(lastError); //restore last error
return output;
}
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