PathUnquoteSpaces function
Removes quotes from the beginning and end of a path.
Syntax
void PathUnquoteSpaces(
_Inout_ LPTSTR lpsz
);
Parameters
- lpsz [in, out]
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Type: LPTSTR
A pointer to a null-terminated string of length MAX_PATH that contains the path. When the function returns successfully, points to the string with beginning and ending quotation marks removed.
Return value
No return value.
Examples
#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream.h>
#include "Shlwapi.h"
void main( void )
{
// Path to convert.
char buffer_1[ ] = "\"C:\\path1\\path2\"";
char *lpStr1;
lpStr1 = buffer_1;
// Print the path before quotes are stripped.
cout << "The contents of the path before is : " << lpStr1 << endl;
// Call the "PathUnquoteSpaces".
PathUnquoteSpaces(lpStr1);
// Print the path after quotes are stripped.
cout << "The contents of the path after is : " << lpStr1 << endl;
}
OUTPUT:
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The path before is : "C:\path1\path2"
The path after is : C:\path1\path2
Requirements
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Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only] |
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Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
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Unicode and ANSI names | PathUnquoteSpacesW (Unicode) and PathUnquoteSpacesA (ANSI) |
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Build date: 11/28/2012
