regression from 4c539fac

commit 4c539fac
Date:   Tue Dec 17 05:18:35 2013 -0600
    vcl get rid of xub_StrLen and STRING_LEN in outdev3

before this there was a dubious cast which hid the problem

Change-Id: I7c01c0f0ac211196a62acaf02297f29ae829403d