[Bug 27246] New: Control panel items description truncated

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27246

Summary: Control panel items description truncated
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.20
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Open wine control panel with "wine control", and select "View > Details".

The descriptions are truncated, e.g. I get
"Allows you to install new software, or remove existing software"
instead of
"Allows you to install new software, or remove existing software from your
computer."

Same for other descriptions.

[Bug 27246] Control panel items description truncated

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27246

Austin English  changed:

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[Bug 27246] Control panel items description truncated

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27246

--- Comment #1 from Frédéric Delanoy  2012-02-11 08:40:36 CST ---
Still in wine-1.4-rc2-118-g88ae2c1

[Bug 27246] Control panel items description truncated

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27246

André H.  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from André H.  2012-02-15 14:18:39 CST ---
That's by design, see:
    WCHAR   szInfo[64];
in NEWCPLINFOW

I'd suggest to shorten the strings.

[Bug 27246] Control panel items description truncated

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27246

--- Comment #3 from Frédéric Delanoy  2012-02-15 15:56:24 CST ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> That's by design, see:
>     WCHAR   szInfo[64];
> in NEWCPLINFOW
>
> I'd suggest to shorten the strings.

That's quite unsatisfactory, especially since some (most?) languages are not as
terse as English.

And there's sufficient place in the GUI's Description column... shortening the
strings is just a workaround.
Using a sane (read larger) maximum string length would be much better IMHO.

Does the fact that this NEWCPLINFOW szInfo field length definition is set to 64
by MSDN necessary imply that it can't be changed in Wine, for compatibility
reasons?

[Bug 27246] Control panel items description truncated

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27246

François Gouget  changed:

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--- Comment #4 from François Gouget  2012-02-15 18:31:22 CST ---
(In reply to comment #3)
[...]
> Does the fact that this NEWCPLINFOW szInfo field length definition is set to 64
> by MSDN necessary imply that it can't be changed in Wine, for compatibility
> reasons?

Yes. For compatibility reasons we cannot change the definition of any API,
structure or constant defined by MSDN.

[Bug 27246] Control panel items description truncated

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27246

Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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      Fixed by SHA1|                            |2b7d8311dac62a4b3495c2dc91c
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #5 from Alexandre Julliard  2012-02-16 13:16:51 CST ---
Fixed by 2b7d8311dac62a4b3495c2dc91cc0c9908738b01.

[Bug 27246] Control panel items description truncated

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27246

Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Alexandre Julliard  2012-02-17 13:50:44 CST ---
Closing bugs fixed in 1.4-rc4.

[Bug 27246] Control panel items description truncated

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27246

Anastasius Focht  changed:

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