Weird errors

["Mitchell, Sue" <Sue.Mitchell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I developed a tool (dll) that goes through all the files in a book and
changes any text tagged with a certain character style (InterFaceElement) to
a different character style(UI Element).  In general the tool works well but
I get some errors that I don't really understand:

1. I am using F_ApiFind and when I try to deallocated the findParams it
causes my program to crash.  If I comment out the
F_ApiDeallocatePropVals(&findParams) the program runs fine and there are no
crashes, I am however worried about a memory leak if I don't deallocate the
memory.  Is it *bad* to not deallocate memory and what potential problems
could this lead to?  Any ideas as to why
F_ApiDeallocatePropVals(&findParams) would cause the program to crash?

2. Some times when the program tries to set the properties to a given text
range F_ApiSetTextProps(docId, &trFound, &props) (retrieved by using
F_ApiFind) I get an error FE_OffsetNotFound: Offset specified for the text
location couldn't be found in the specified paragraph or text line.  It
still works however and changes the selected text to the new character
style.  I don't really understand why, it is not always in tables but often,
it is not always when it spans two lines but often, it is not always when it
includes an 'end of section' symbol but often...... I am rather confused
here.

3. This same dll when run on a colleague's computer crashes FrameMaker
sometimes (it gets hung up and must be shut down using task manager) If I
try to run it on the same files it works just fine on my computer!  Again
rather confused.

This is not an application we will use often, more of a one time thing,
however I am really curious as to why I am having so many difficulties with
it.  Any comments or advice would be appreciated.

Sue Mitchell
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Writing Support Specialist - Documentation Engineering Services
Cognos Incorporated, Riverside (613)738-1338 x5461
sue.mitchell@cognos.com


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