novice2 Wrote: > Kagamin Wrote: > > > novice2 Wrote: > > > > > but sometime wchar* is zero-terminated strings (LPWSTR) > > > > when? > > everytime, when you see function with LPWSTR without size passing > > for example: > > SHGetFolderPathW(HWND hwnd, int csidl, HANDLE hToken, DWORD dwFlags, LPWSTR > pszPath); > > GetShortPathNameW( IN LPCWSTR lpszLongPath, OUT LPWSTR lpszShortPath, IN > DWORD cchBuffer); > > GetLongPathNameW(IN LPCWSTR lpszShortPath, OUT LPWSTR lpszLongPath, IN DWORD > cchBuffer); > > etc etc etc >
these functions don't require output buffer to be null-terminated, because it's an *out* buffer, not inout, see example in msdn.
