NdisInitializeString (NDIS 5.1) function
Note NDIS 5. x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6. x. For new NDIS driver development, see Network Drivers Starting with Windows Vista. For information about porting NDIS 5. x drivers to NDIS 6. x, see Porting NDIS 5.x Drivers to NDIS 6.0.
NdisInitializeString allocates storage for and initializes a counted string in the system-default character set.
Syntax
VOID NdisInitializeString(
_Out_ PNDIS_STRING DestinationString,
_In_ PUCHAR SourceString
);
Parameters
DestinationString [out]
Specifies NULL when NdisInitializeString is called; on return from this function, points to an NDIS_STRING type that describes an initialized counted string. For Windows 2000 and later, NDIS defines the NDIS_STRING type as a UNICODE_STRING type.SourceString [in]
Pointer to a null-terminated string with which to initialize the counted string. SourceString must not be NULL.
Return value
None
Remarks
NdisInitializeString sets the Length and MaximumLength members of NDIS_STRING for the destination string and terminates the destination string with zero. For Windows 2000 and later drivers, NdisInitializeString converts the supplied source string to Unicode characters.
SourceString must not be NULL.
The buffer allocated by NdisInitializeString should be released with NdisFreeString.
Requirements
Target platform |
Universal |
Version |
See NdisInitializeString. |
Header |
Ndis.h (include Ndis.h) |
Library |
Ndis.lib |
IRQL |
PASSIVE_LEVEL |
See also
DriverEntry of NDIS Protocol Drivers