[omniORB] Windows98 Problems

[Christopher Fahey]

hello,
	i am hoping someone can help me with this unusual situation.  i have an
application that sends images from a workstation to a server using
omniORB3.0.5. (i plan on going to 4 but not right now since i am near
release).  the client code is compiled in c++ for linux, windows xp, windows
nt, and windows 9x.  the problem i am having is that the windows 9x client
is corrupting the data when it sends it.  the data is fine until it is
loaded into a sequence<octet> object that is being sent, but when it reaches
the server, the the data in the sequence is corrupt.

***** example *****

	CFileFind finder;
	ImageService_ptr imgSvc;
	......
	// initialize the image memory holder.
	ImageFile image;
	image.data.length( finder.GetLength() );
	image.name = finder.GetFileName();
	// load the data into the memory holder.
	loadFile( finder.GetFilePath(), (char*)image.data.get_buffer(),
finder.GetLength() );
	// pass the image to the service.
	imgSvc->addImage( id, image, x );  <-------- comes out the other end messed
up from Win98

where:
	struct ImageFile
	{
		string name;
		sequence<octet> data;
	};
	interface ImageService
	{
		boolean addImage( in long id, in ImageFile file, in long index );
	}

***** sample *****

	i couldnt find anything specific regarding problems on win9x in the
maillist archive so i thought i would give the list itself a try.  i have
seen different compiler settings for NT & win32 in general but some of the
readmes indicated the build wouldnt make any difference.  would it?

any help would be appreciated.
christopher fahey