ANSI_STRING

typedef struct _STRING {
    USHORT Length;
    USHORT MaximumLength;
    PCHAR Buffer;
} STRING *PANSI_STRING;

The STRING structure defines a counted string used for ANSI strings.

Members

Length

The length in bytes of the string stored in Buffer.

MaximumLength

The maximum length in bytes of Buffer.

Buffer

Points to a buffer used to contain a string of characters.

Comments

The STRING structure is used to pass ANSI strings.

If the string is NULL terminated, Length does not include the trailing NULL.

The MaximumLength is used to indicate the length of Buffer so that if the string is passed to a conversion routine such as RtlUnicodeStringToAnsiString the returned string does not exceed the buffer size.

See Also

OEM_STRING, UNICODE_STRING, RtlAnsiStringToUnicodeSize , RtlAnsiStringToUnicodeString, RtlFreeAnsiString, RtlInitAnsiString, RtlUnicodeStringToAnsiString