X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/a518e5080d824422b592e95fb4a9f958b1cd0724..4af4b5253176b7a14d961cf6ee8872a7694475bd:/src/msw/ole/oleutils.cpp

diff --git a/src/msw/ole/oleutils.cpp b/src/msw/ole/oleutils.cpp
index 1c37542f38..8fbcf99885 100644
--- a/src/msw/ole/oleutils.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/ole/oleutils.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ WXDLLEXPORT BSTR wxConvertStringToOle(const wxString& str)
 
 WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxConvertStringFromOle(BSTR bStr)
 {
+    // NULL BSTR is equivalent to an empty string (this is the convention used
+    // by VB and hence we must follow it)
+    if ( !bStr )
+        return wxString();
+
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
     wxString str(bStr);
 #else