a.) wait for 8.5.3 FP2 or 8.5.4
b.) don't use the statistics returned and pass NULL as the parameter
c.) recompile just for 8.5.3 with the current 8.5.3 C-API
d.) redefine the structure in your earlier toolkit version and compile -- for older versions the bigger buffer does not cause any issues

There is a upcoming technote (TN #1590244) which is not yet released and the SPR we got for the problem is APAR#LO68258/SPR #VDES8SMFCJ.

I am going to compile my applications with a changed header structure to ensure it will continue to work with all releases of Domino.

-- Daniel



STATUS LNPUBLIC FTIndex(DBHANDLE hDB,WORD Options,char far *StopFile, FT_INDEX_STATS far *retStats);

In version 853, the structure FT_INDEX_STATS was updated as shown below in both product code and the C API toolkit.
typedef struct
{
DWORD DocsAdded; /* # of new documents */
DWORD DocsUpdated; /* # of revised documents */
DWORD DocsDeleted; /* # of deleted documents */
DWORD BytesIndexed; /* # of bytes indexed */
DWORD Merges; /* # of index merges */
DWORD MergeMsec; /* Msec spent merging */
}
FT_INDEX_STATS;

In previous versions on the product, this structure was defined as shown below.
typedef struct
{
DWORD DocsAdded; /* # of new documents */
DWORD DocsUpdated; /* # of revised documents */
DWORD DocsDeleted; /* # of deleted documents */
DWORD BytesIndexed; /* # of bytes indexed */
}
FT_INDEX_STATS;

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http://blog.nashcom.de/nashcomblog.nsf/dx/ftindex-crash-with-c-api-based-tools-caused-by-a-change-in-d8.5.3.htm
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