Miscellaneous Low-Level Client Support
This topic contains functions that are concerned with conversion, such as strings to integers, ANSI to Unicode, and Unicode strings to OEM strings.
Functions
| Topic | Contents |
|---|---|
| DisableProcessWindowsGhosting |
Disables the window ghosting feature for the calling GUI process. Window ghosting is a Windows Manager feature that lets the user minimize, move, or close the main window of an application that is not responding. |
| NtClose |
Deprecated. This function is used to close the specified handle. NtClose is superseded by CloseHandle. |
| NtDeviceIoControlFile |
Deprecated. Builds descriptors for the supplied buffer(s) and passes the untyped data to the device driver associated with the file handle. NtDeviceIoControlFile is superseded by DeviceIoControl. |
| NtWaitForSingleObject |
Deprecated. Waits until the specified object attains a state of
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| RtlAnsiStringToUnicodeString |
Converts the specified ANSI source string into a Unicode string. |
| RtlCharToInteger |
Converts a character string to an integer. |
| RtlFormatCurrentUserKeyPath |
Initializes the supplied buffer with a string representation of the SID for the current user. |
| RtlFreeAnsiString |
Frees the string buffer allocated by RtlUnicodeStringToAnsiString. |
| RtlFreeOemString |
Frees the string buffer allocated by RtlUnicodeStringToOemString. |
| RtlFreeUnicodeString |
Frees the string buffer allocated by RtlAnsiStringToUnicodeString or by RtlUpcaseUnicodeString. |
| RtlInitString |
Initializes a counted string. |
| RtlInitUnicodeString |
Initializes a counted Unicode string. |
| RtlUnicodeStringToAnsiString |
Converts the specified Unicode source string into an ANSI string. |
| RtlUnicodeStringToOemString |
This functions converts the specified Unicode source string into an OEM string. The translation is done with respect to the OEM code page (OCP). |
| RtlUnicodeToMultiByteSize |
Determines how many bytes are needed to represent a Unicode string as an ANSI string. |
| RtlUnicodeToUTF8N |
The RtlUnicodeToUTF8N function translates the specified Unicode string into a new character string, using the 8-bit Unicode Transformation Format (UTF-8) code page. |
| RtlUTF8ToUnicodeN |
The RtlUTF8ToUnicodeN function translates the specified source string into a Unicode string, using the UTF-8 code page. |
| SendIMEMessageEx |
Specifies an action or processing for the Input Method Editor (IME) through a specified subfunction. Note This function is obsolete and should not be used. |
| WINNLSEnableIME |
Temporarily enables or disables an IME and, at the same time, turns on or off the display of all windows owned by the IME. Note This function is obsolete and should not be used. |
Structures
| Topic | Contents |
|---|---|
| IMESTRUCT |
Used by SendIMEMessageEx to specify the subfunction to be executed in the IME message and its parameters. This structure is also used to receive return values from those subfunctions. |
| STRING |
This structure is used with the RtlUnicodeStringToOemString function. |
Compiler Routines
| Topic | Contents |
|---|---|
| _alldiv Routine |
_alldiv Routine is a helper routine for the C compiler. |
| _chkstk Routine |
_chkstk Routine is a helper routine for the C compiler. |
Build date: 12/7/2012
