ValidateStringPtr macro

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Verifies that the calling process has read access to a string. If not, the macro calls the DbgBreak macro.

Syntax

void ValidateReadPtr(
   LPCTSTR p
);

Parameters

p

Pointer to a NULL-terminated TCHAR string.

Return value

This macro does not return a value.

Remarks

This macro is ignored unless DEBUG, _DEBUG, or VFWROBUST is defined when the DirectShow base-class header file is included. This macro can have a significant performance cost.

Requirements

See also

Pointer Validation Macros