FIX: Truncated String from "#pragma comment(exestr, <string>)" (116445)

RESOLUTION

A compiler specific workaround exists for this problem. For Microsoft C/C++ version 7.0, Visual C++ for Windows, or Visual C++ 32-bit versions 1.0 and 2.x, place each carriage-return or line-feed character at the end of the string.

The sample code in the MORE INFORMATION section below, demonstrates two other methods to work around this problem. The first method is to declare a character array in the application that contains the string to embed in the file. This method places the string into the application's data segment. The second method is similar to the first except that the compiler places the string into the application's code segment, and therefore it does not consume space in the data segment. Either of these methods loads the string into memory when the application runs.

A fourth method is available to applications developed for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Place the string into a STRINGTABLE resource. If you want, you can specify the LOADONCALL attribute so that the string is not loaded into memory until the application requires it.

    /* Compile options needed: none
   */ 

      #define __CR_LF__ "\x0d\x0a"
   /*
    * With Microsoft C/C++ version 7.0, Visual C++ for Windows,
    * or Visual C++ 32-bit versions 1.0 and 2.x, the first two
    * #pragma commented strings are placed in the executable,
    * the third is not.
    */ 

   #pragma comment(exestr, "This Comment EXESTR is OK" __CR_LF__)
   #pragma comment(exestr, "****************")
   #pragma comment(exestr, __CR_LF__ "This Comment EXESTR is NOT")

   /*
    * Other methods
    * char data_exestr[] = "\r\nData EXESTR";
    * char __based(__segname("_CODE"))code_exestr[] = "\r\nCode EXESTR";
    */ 

   void main()
   {
   }