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RtlUnicodeStringToAnsiString(3w)

NAME

RtlUnicodeStringToAnsiString (NTDLL.@)

SYNOPSIS

NTSTATUS RtlUnicodeStringToAnsiString
(
STRING* ansi,
const UNICODE_STRING* uni,
BOOLEAN doalloc
)

PARAMS

ansi [In/Out] Destination for the ansi string.

uni [In] Unicode string to be converted.

doalloc [In] TRUE=Allocate new buffer for ansi,FALSE=Use existing buffer.

DESCRIPTION

Converts a unicode string to an ansi string.

RETURNS

Success: STATUS_SUCCESS. ansi contains the converted string

Failure: STATUS_BUFFER_OVERFLOW, if doalloc is FALSE and ansi is too small. STATUS_NO_MEMORY, if doalloc is TRUE and the allocation fails.

NOTES

This function always writes a terminating ' '. It performs a partial copy if ansi is too small.

IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in "winternl.h".

Implemented in "dlls/ntdll/rtlstr.c".

Debug channel "ntdll".

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