AllocADsStr

The AllocADsStr function makes a "deep" copy of an specified string. The memory allocated by this function must be released by FreeADsStr.

LPWSTR AllocADsStr(
  LPWSTR pStr 
);

Parameters

pStr

Pointer to the string that needs to be allocated and stored.

Return Values

The function returns a non-NULL pointer to the successfully allocated memory for the string. It returns NULL if the operation failed.

Remarks

Use this function to create strings used in ADSI. For example,

#define LDAP 0
#define WINNT 1
LPWSTR namespace;
int prov=0;
. . .
if (prov = WINNT) {
    namespace = AllocADsStr(L"WinNT://");
}
else {
    namespace = AllocADsStr(L"LDAP://");
}
. . .
// when done with namespace, free the string
FreeADsStr(namespace);

Requirements

  Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows 2000 (or Windows NT 4.0 with DSClient).
  Windows 95/98: Requires Windows 95 or later (with DSClient).
  Header: Declared in Adshlp.h.
  Library: Included as a resource in ActiveDs.dll.

See Also

ADSI Functions, FreeADsStr