please see comments inline

bool res = false;
DWORD dwNeeded = DocumentPropertiesW(NULL, m_currPrinterHandle, (LPWSTR) m_currPrinterName.c_str(), NULL, NULL, 0); 
if (m_devmode_buf)
{
    GlobalFree(m_devmode_buf);      
}
m_devmode_buf = GlobalAlloc(GPTR, dwNeeded);
GetLastError(); // = 0;
if (m_devmode_buf)
{
    LPDEVMODEW devmode_buf = (LPDEVMODEW) GlobalLock(m_devmode_buf);        
    GetLastError(); // = 0
    if (devmode_buf)
    {           
        if (devmode_buf)
        {
            lala = DocumentPropertiesW(NULL, m_currPrinterHandle, (LPWSTR) m_currPrinterName.c_str(), devmode_buf, NULL, DM_OUT_BUFFER);
            if (lala == IDOK)
            {
                res = true;
            }
            GetLastError(); // = 122. insufficient buffer here. why????
        }
        UInt32 res1 = GlobalUnlock(m_devmode_buf); // res1 is 1. should be 0
        res2 = GetLastError(); // = 0
        if (!(res1 == 0 && (res2 == ERROR_NOT_LOCKED || res2 == NO_ERROR)))
        {
            //res = false;
        }           
    }
}