What is the specific meaning of LPCTSTR and LPTSTR, and what is the difference between them? ?

dylan1019

As the title!

xietao405

LZ will find that there is an extra C in the middle
That is const ^_^

xietao405

That is, the front is a constant pointer, the latter is not

deidei

LPCTSTR: An LPCWSTR if UNICODE is defined, an LPCSTR otherwise.

This type is declared in WinNT.h as follows:


#ifdef UNICODE
typedef LPCWSTR LPCTSTR;
#else
typedef LPCSTR LPCTSTR;
#endif

LPTSTR: An LPWSTR if UNICODE is defined, an LPSTR otherwise.
This type is declared in WinNT.h as follows:


#ifdef UNICODE
typedef LPWSTR LPTSTR;
#else
typedef LPSTR LPTSTR;
#endif

LPCSTR: Pointer to a constant null-terminated string of 8-bit Windows (ANSI) characters.

LPSTR: Pointer to a null-terminated string of 8-bit Windows (ANSI) characters.