From c14949a86d34996764d0aa67e92bc8cfde361603 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Morgan <84428382+aa5sh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:28:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Rewrite

Rewrote it some to see if MinGW ok.
---
 rigs/flexradio/smartsdr.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rigs/flexradio/smartsdr.c b/rigs/flexradio/smartsdr.c
index 8cb105e0f..dac05d1db 100644
--- a/rigs/flexradio/smartsdr.c
+++ b/rigs/flexradio/smartsdr.c
@@ -628,26 +628,38 @@ int smartsdr_send_morse(RIG *rig, vfo_t vfo, const char *msg)
 
     int retval;
     size_t msg_len = strlen(msg);
-    size_t buf_len = msg_len + 20; 
+    size_t buf_len = msg_len + 20;
 
-    char newmsg[msg_len + 1];
-    strncpy(newmsg, msg, msg_len + 1);
+    char *newmsg = malloc(msg_len + 1);
+    if (!newmsg)
+        return -RIG_ENOMEM;
+
+    memcpy(newmsg, msg, msg_len + 1); // Copy including null terminator
 
-    // Replace spaces with 0x7f
     for (size_t i = 0; newmsg[i] != '\0'; i++) {
         if (newmsg[i] == ' ') {
             newmsg[i] = 0x7f;
         }
     }
 
-    char cmd[buf_len];
-    snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "cwx send \"%s\"", newmsg);
+    char *cmd = malloc(buf_len);
+    if (!cmd) {
+        free(newmsg);
+        return -RIG_ENOMEM;
+    }
+
+    snprintf(cmd, buf_len, "cwx send \"%s\"", newmsg);
+
+    free(newmsg);
 
     retval = smartsdr_transaction(rig, cmd);
 
+    free(cmd);
+
     RETURNFUNC(retval);
 }
 
+
 int smartsdr_stop_morse(RIG *rig, vfo_t vfo)
 {
     int retval;