From: Steve Tuckner <STUCKNER@...>
Date: 2003-10-28T03:26:19+09:00
Subject: Win32OLE issue in 1.8.0



I am having a problem using Win32OLE events with 1.8.0. I have tried it
with the latest version (0.5.5).  It works in 1.6.8 however. I have
tracked the problem down to code which calls
 
p = ALLOC_N(char, size)
 
and later calls
 
free(p)
 
And there it segment faults.
 
I am not an extension writer, so I don't know if this 
is kosher in 1.6.8 and not in 1.8.0 or not.
 
If you want to know exactly where it breaks, then it is in find_iid near
the bottom of the function where it does free(pstr). 
 
The ruby code that breaks it is as follows:
 
require "win32ole"
 
printer = WIN32OLE.new("BIPRNDRV.BiPrnDrvCtrl.1")
ev = WIN32OLE_EVENT.new(printer, "_DBiPrnDrvEvents")
 
Thanks for any help,

Steve Tuckner