str

lpcstr

lpstr FLI Type Descriptors

Summary

Types converting to ANSI strings.

Package

win32

Syntax

str &key length

lpcstr &key max-length

lpstr &key max-length

Arguments

length⇩	An positive integer.
max-length⇩	An positive integer.

Description

str is an ANSI string containing length elements.

lpcstr is a reference-pass pointer to an ANSI string containing at most max-length elements.

lpstr is a reference (in/out) pointer to an ANSI string containing at most max-length elements.

These types are ANSI only. Use these if you do not need the power of Unicode. Take care to interface to ANSI functions named like FooBarA, with the A suffix.

See also

tstr