What is a Lpcwstr?

What is a Lpcwstr?

The LPCWSTR is the (Long Pointer to Constant Wide STRing). It is basically the string with wide characters. So by converting wide string to wide character array we can get LPCWSTR.

How do you convert STD string to Lpcwstr?

Convert std::string to LPCWSTR in C++

  1. string str = “GeeksforGeeks”;
  2. LPCWSTR str = “GeeksforGeeks”;
  3. std::wstring(str.begin(), str.end())

How is Lpcstr defined?

The LPCSTR is the (Long Pointer to Constant STRing). It is basically the string like C. So by converting string to character array we can get LPCSTR.

Is Lpcwstr null-terminated?

An LPCWSTR is a 32-bit pointer to a constant string of 16-bit Unicode characters, which MAY be null-terminated.

What is Lpdword?

LPDWORD is just a typedef for DWORD* and when a Windows SDK function parameter is a “LPsomething” you generally need to pass a pointer to a “something” (except for the LP[C][W]STR string types).

What is Lpwstr C++?

The LPWSTR type is a 32-bit pointer to a string of 16-bit Unicode characters, which MAY be null-terminated. The LPWSTR type specifies a pointer to a sequence of Unicode characters, which MAY be terminated by a null character (usually referred to as “null-terminated Unicode”).

What is a Tchar?

TCHAR is simply a macro that expands to char in ANSI builds (i.e. _UNICODE is not defined) and wchar_t in Unicode builds ( _UNICODE is defined). There are various string types based on the TCHAR macro, such as LPCTSTR (long pointer to a constant TCHAR string).

What is CreateRemoteThread?

The CreateRemoteThread function causes a new thread of execution to begin in the address space of the specified process. The thread has access to all objects that the process opens.

What is LPSZ?

LPSTR variables will usually be prefixed with the letters “lpsz” to denote a “Long Pointer to a String that is Zero-terminated”. The “sz” part of the prefix is important, because some strings in the Windows world (especially when talking about the DDK) are not zero-terminated.

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