I am in need of help finding the number of elements in a str# resource. 
According to the FBII manual (p. 206) this FN should return the number of 
elements in totStr%:

LOCAL FN getStrs (id)
  DEFSTR LONG
  strHndl&=FN GETRESOURCE(_"STR#", id)
  LONG IF strHndl&
    size& = FN SIZERESOURCE(strHndl&)
    totStr% = ([strHndl&])
    CLEAR size&
    FOR j = 1 TO totStr%
      INDEX$(j-1) = STR#(id, j)
    NEXT j
  XELSE
    totStr% = 0
  END IF
END FN

but I get a 5-digit number when this FN is run as is. Changing it to:

totStr% = ({strHndl&})
to peek WORD instead of LONG produces a 3 digit number (There are 3 
elements in my str#)

What is the correct way to determine number of elements?

TIA




Roger M. Clary
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