diff --git a/pvDataApp/factory/PVDataCreateFactory.cpp b/pvDataApp/factory/PVDataCreateFactory.cpp
index 59e1683..1bb1d3e 100644
--- a/pvDataApp/factory/PVDataCreateFactory.cpp
+++ b/pvDataApp/factory/PVDataCreateFactory.cpp
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ void DefaultPVArray<T>::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer, \
         DeserializableControl *pcontrol) { \
     int size = SerializeHelper::readSize(pbuffer, pcontrol); \
     if(size>=0) { \
-        if(size>PVArray::getCapacity()) PVArray::setCapacity(size); \
+        if(size>getCapacity()) setCapacity(size); \
         int i = 0; \
         while(true) { \
             int maxIndex = std::min(size-i, pbuffer->getRemaining())+i; \
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ void DefaultPVArray<T>::deserialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer, \
 template<> \
 void DefaultPVArray<T>::serialize(ByteBuffer *pbuffer, \
         SerializableControl *pflusher, int offset, int count) { \
-    int length = PVArray::getLength(); \
+    int length = getLength(); \
 \
     if(offset<0) \
         offset = 0; \
diff --git a/testApp/misc/testSerialization.cpp b/testApp/misc/testSerialization.cpp
index a6e2df4..c582afa 100644
--- a/testApp/misc/testSerialization.cpp
+++ b/testApp/misc/testSerialization.cpp
@@ -337,12 +337,13 @@ void testArray() {
                             " ",
                             "test",
                             "smile",
-                            "this is a little longer string... maybe a little but longer... this makes test better" };
+                            "this is a little longer string... maybe a little but longer... this makes test better",
+                            String(10000, 'b') };
     PVStringArray* pvString = (PVStringArray*)factory->createPVScalarArray(
             NULL, "pvStringArray", epics::pvData::pvString);
     pvString->put(0, 0, stringEmpty, 0);
     serializationTest(pvString);
-    pvString->put(0, 7, strv, 0);
+    pvString->put(0, 8, strv, 0);
     serializationTest(pvString);
     delete pvString;