FLI type descriptors

Summary

Types which automatically switch between ANSI and Unicode strings.

Package

win32

Signature

tstr &key length

lpctstr &key max-length

lptstr &key max-length

Description

tstr is an ANSI/Unicode string.

lpctstr is a reference-pass pointer to ANSI/Unicode string.

lptstr is a reference (in/out) pointer to an ANSI/Unicode string.

Each of these three types automatically switch between ANSI and Unicode, which makes them ideal for use with the :dbcs encoding option in fli:define-foreign-function .

Example

This calls GetDriveTypeA on Windows ME, and GetDriveTypeW on Windows XP/Vista/7.

The argument is passed as ANSI or Unicode respectively:

(fli:define-foreign-function (%get-drive-type "GetDriveType" :dbcs)

    ((lpRootPathName W:LPCTSTR))

    :result-type (:unsigned :int))

(defconstant +drive-types+

   #(:unknown :none :removable :fixed :remote :cdrom :ramdisk))

(defun get-drive-information (drive)

  (the drive-type (svref +drive-types+ (%get-drive-type drive))))