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PathFindExtension function

Applies to: desktop apps only

Searches a path for an extension.

Syntax

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PTSTR PathFindExtension(
  __in  PTSTR pszPath
);

Parameters

pszPath [in]

Type: PTSTR

A pointer to a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the path to search, including the extension being searched for.

Return value

Type: PTSTR

Returns the address of the "." that precedes the extension within pszPath if an extension is found, or the address of the terminating null character otherwise.

Remarks

Note that a valid file name extension cannot contain a space. For more information on valid file name extensions, see File Type Handlers.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server
Header	Shlwapi.h
Library	Shlwapi.lib
DLL	Shlwapi.dll (version 4.71 or later)
Unicode and ANSI names	PathFindExtensionW (Unicode) and PathFindExtensionA (ANSI)

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Build date: 3/7/2012

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