Menus and Other Resources
Overview of the Menus and Other Resources technology.
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Functions
| AppendMenuA Appends a new item to the end of the specified menu bar, drop-down menu, submenu, or shortcut menu. You can use this function to specify the content, appearance, and behavior of the menu item. (ANSI) |
| AppendMenuW Appends a new item to the end of the specified menu bar, drop-down menu, submenu, or shortcut menu. You can use this function to specify the content, appearance, and behavior of the menu item. (Unicode) |
| BeginUpdateResourceA Retrieves a handle that can be used by the UpdateResource function to add, delete, or replace resources in a binary module. (ANSI) |
| BeginUpdateResourceW Retrieves a handle that can be used by the UpdateResource function to add, delete, or replace resources in a binary module. (Unicode) |
| CharLowerA Converts a character string or a single character to lowercase. If the operand is a character string, the function converts the characters in place. (ANSI) |
| CharLowerBuffA Converts uppercase characters in a buffer to lowercase characters. The function converts the characters in place. (ANSI) |
| CharLowerBuffW Converts uppercase characters in a buffer to lowercase characters. The function converts the characters in place. (Unicode) |
| CharLowerW Converts a character string or a single character to lowercase. If the operand is a character string, the function converts the characters in place. (Unicode) |
| CharNextA Retrieves a pointer to the next character in a string. This function can handle strings consisting of either single- or multi-byte characters. (ANSI) |
| CharNextExA Retrieves the pointer to the next character in a string. This function can handle strings consisting of either single- or multi-byte characters. |
| CharNextW Retrieves a pointer to the next character in a string. This function can handle strings consisting of either single- or multi-byte characters. (Unicode) |
| CharPrevA Retrieves a pointer to the preceding character in a string. This function can handle strings consisting of either single- or multi-byte characters. (ANSI) |
| CharPrevExA Retrieves the pointer to the preceding character in a string. This function can handle strings consisting of either single- or multi-byte characters. |
| CharPrevW Retrieves a pointer to the preceding character in a string. This function can handle strings consisting of either single- or multi-byte characters. (Unicode) |
| CharToOemA Translates a string into the OEM-defined character set.Warning Do not use. (ANSI) |
| CharToOemBuffA Translates a specified number of characters in a string into the OEM-defined character set. (ANSI) |
| CharToOemBuffW Translates a specified number of characters in a string into the OEM-defined character set. (Unicode) |
| CharToOemW Translates a string into the OEM-defined character set.Warning Do not use. (Unicode) |
| CharUpperA Converts a character string or a single character to uppercase. If the operand is a character string, the function converts the characters in place. (ANSI) |
| CharUpperBuffA Converts lowercase characters in a buffer to uppercase characters. The function converts the characters in place. (ANSI) |
| CharUpperBuffW Converts lowercase characters in a buffer to uppercase characters. The function converts the characters in place. (Unicode) |
| CharUpperW Converts a character string or a single character to uppercase. If the operand is a character string, the function converts the characters in place. (Unicode) |
| CheckMenuItem Sets the state of the specified menu item's check-mark attribute to either selected or clear. |
| CheckMenuRadioItem Checks a specified menu item and makes it a radio item. At the same time, the function clears all other menu items in the associated group and clears the radio-item type flag for those items. |
| ClipCursor Confines the cursor to a rectangular area on the screen. |
| CopyAcceleratorTableA Copies the specified accelerator table. This function is used to obtain the accelerator-table data that corresponds to an accelerator-table handle, or to determine the size of the accelerator-table data. (ANSI) |
| CopyAcceleratorTableW Copies the specified accelerator table. This function is used to obtain the accelerator-table data that corresponds to an accelerator-table handle, or to determine the size of the accelerator-table data. (Unicode) |
| CopyCursor Copies the specified cursor. |
| CopyIcon Copies the specified icon from another module to the current module. |
| CopyImage Creates a new image (icon, cursor, or bitmap) and copies the attributes of the specified image to the new one. If necessary, the function stretches the bits to fit the desired size of the new image. |
| CreateAcceleratorTableA Creates an accelerator table. (ANSI) |
| CreateAcceleratorTableW Creates an accelerator table. (Unicode) |
| CreateCaret Creates a new shape for the system caret and assigns ownership of the caret to the specified window. The caret shape can be a line, a block, or a bitmap. |
| CreateCursor Creates a cursor having the specified size, bit patterns, and hot spot. |
| CreateIcon Creates an icon that has the specified size, colors, and bit patterns. |
| CreateIconFromResource Creates an icon or cursor from resource bits describing the icon. (CreateIconFromResource) |
| CreateIconFromResourceEx Creates an icon or cursor from resource bits describing the icon. (CreateIconFromResourceEx) |
| CreateIconIndirect Creates an icon or cursor from an ICONINFO structure. |
| CreateMenu Creates a menu. The menu is initially empty, but it can be filled with menu items by using the InsertMenuItem, AppendMenu, and InsertMenu functions. |
| CreatePopupMenu Creates a drop-down menu, submenu, or shortcut menu. |
| CreateResourceIndexer Creates a new resource indexer for the specified paths of the root of the project files and the extension DLL. |
| DeleteMenu Deletes an item from the specified menu. If the menu item opens a menu or submenu, this function destroys the handle to the menu or submenu and frees the memory used by the menu or submenu. |
| DestroyAcceleratorTable Destroys an accelerator table. |
| DestroyCaret Destroys the caret's current shape, frees the caret from the window, and removes the caret from the screen. |
| DestroyCursor Destroys a cursor and frees any memory the cursor occupied. Do not use this function to destroy a shared cursor. |
| DestroyIcon Destroys an icon and frees any memory the icon occupied. |
| DestroyIndexedResults Frees the parameters that the IndexFilePath method returned. |
| DestroyMenu Destroys the specified menu and frees any memory that the menu occupies. |
| DestroyResourceIndexer Frees the computational resources associated with the specified resource indexer. |
| DrawIcon Draws an icon or cursor into the specified device context. |
| DrawIconEx Draws an icon or cursor into the specified device context, performing the specified raster operations, and stretching or compressing the icon or cursor as specified. |
| DrawMenuBar Redraws the menu bar of the specified window. If the menu bar changes after the system has created the window, this function must be called to draw the changed menu bar. |
| EnableMenuItem Enables, disables, or grays the specified menu item. |
| EndMenu Ends the calling thread's active menu. |
| EndUpdateResourceA Commits or discards changes made prior to a call to UpdateResource. (ANSI) |
| EndUpdateResourceW Commits or discards changes made prior to a call to UpdateResource. (Unicode) |
| ENUMRESLANGPROCA An application-defined callback function used with the EnumResourceLanguages and EnumResourceLanguagesEx functions. (ANSI) |
| ENUMRESLANGPROCW An application-defined callback function used with the EnumResourceLanguages and EnumResourceLanguagesEx functions. (ANSI) |
| ENUMRESNAMEPROCA An application-defined callback function used with the EnumResourceNames and EnumResourceNamesEx functions. (ANSI) |
| ENUMRESNAMEPROCW An application-defined callback function used with the EnumResourceNames and EnumResourceNamesEx functions. (Unicode) |
| EnumResourceLanguagesA Enumerates language-specific resources, of the specified type and name, associated with a binary module. (ANSI) |
| EnumResourceLanguagesExA Enumerates language-specific resources, of the specified type and name, associated with a specified binary module. Extends EnumResourceLanguages by allowing more control over the enumeration. (ANSI) |
| EnumResourceLanguagesExW Enumerates language-specific resources, of the specified type and name, associated with a specified binary module. Extends EnumResourceLanguages by allowing more control over the enumeration. (Unicode) |
| EnumResourceLanguagesW Enumerates language-specific resources, of the specified type and name, associated with a binary module. (Unicode) |
| EnumResourceNamesA Enumerates resources of a specified type within a binary module. (ANSI) |
| EnumResourceNamesExA Enumerates resources of a specified type that are associated with a specified binary module. The search can include both an LN file and its associated .mui files, or it can be limited in several ways. (ANSI) |
| EnumResourceNamesExW Enumerates resources of a specified type that are associated with a specified binary module. The search can include both an LN file and its associated .mui files, or it can be limited in several ways. (Unicode) |
| EnumResourceNamesW Enumerates resources of a specified type within a binary module. (Unicode) |
| EnumResourceTypesA Enumerates resource types within a binary module. (ANSI) |
| EnumResourceTypesExA Enumerates resource types associated with a specified binary module. (ANSI) |
| EnumResourceTypesExW Enumerates resource types associated with a specified binary module. (Unicode) |
| EnumResourceTypesW Enumerates resource types within a binary module. (Unicode) |
| ENUMRESTYPEPROCA An application-defined callback function used with the EnumResourceTypes and EnumResourceTypesEx functions. (ANSI) |
| ENUMRESTYPEPROCW An application-defined callback function used with the EnumResourceTypes and EnumResourceTypesEx functions. (Unicode) |
| FindResourceA Determines the location of a resource with the specified type and name in the specified module. (FindResourceA) |
| FindResourceExA Determines the location of the resource with the specified type, name, and language in the specified module. (FindResourceExA) |
| FindResourceExW Determines the location of the resource with the specified type, name, and language in the specified module. (FindResourceExW) |
| FindResourceW Determines the location of a resource with the specified type and name in the specified module. (FindResourceW) |
| FreeResource Decrements (decreases by one) the reference count of a loaded resource. When the reference count reaches zero, the memory occupied by the resource is freed. |
| GetCaretBlinkTime Retrieves the time required to invert the caret's pixels. The user can set this value. |
| GetCaretPos Copies the caret's position to the specified POINT structure. |
| GetClipCursor Retrieves the screen coordinates of the rectangular area to which the cursor is confined. |
| GetCursor Retrieves a handle to the current cursor. |
| GetCursorInfo Retrieves information about the global cursor. |
| GetCursorPos Retrieves the position of the mouse cursor, in screen coordinates. |
| GetDistanceOfClosestLanguageInList Determines the distance between the specified language code and the closest match in a list of languages. |
| GetFileVersionInfoA Retrieves version information for the specified file. (GetFileVersionInfoA) |
| GetFileVersionInfoExA Retrieves version information for the specified file. (GetFileVersionInfoExA) |
| GetFileVersionInfoExW Retrieves version information for the specified file. (GetFileVersionInfoExW) |
| GetFileVersionInfoSizeA Determines whether the operating system can retrieve version information for a specified file. If version information is available, GetFileVersionInfoSize returns the size, in bytes, of that information. (ANSI) |
| GetFileVersionInfoSizeExA Determines whether the operating system can retrieve version information for a specified file. If version information is available, GetFileVersionInfoSizeEx returns the size, in bytes, of that information. (ANSI) |
| GetFileVersionInfoSizeExW Determines whether the operating system can retrieve version information for a specified file. If version information is available, GetFileVersionInfoSizeEx returns the size, in bytes, of that information. (Unicode) |
| GetFileVersionInfoSizeW Determines whether the operating system can retrieve version information for a specified file. If version information is available, GetFileVersionInfoSize returns the size, in bytes, of that information. (Unicode) |
| GetFileVersionInfoW Retrieves version information for the specified file. (GetFileVersionInfoW) |
| GetIconInfo Retrieves information about the specified icon or cursor. |
| GetIconInfoExA Retrieves information about the specified icon or cursor. GetIconInfoEx extends GetIconInfo by using the newer ICONINFOEX structure. (ANSI) |
| GetIconInfoExW Retrieves information about the specified icon or cursor. GetIconInfoEx extends GetIconInfo by using the newer ICONINFOEX structure. (Unicode) |
| GetMenu Retrieves a handle to the menu assigned to the specified window. |
| GetMenuBarInfo Retrieves information about the specified menu bar. |
| GetMenuCheckMarkDimensions Retrieves the dimensions of the default check-mark bitmap. |
| GetMenuDefaultItem Determines the default menu item on the specified menu. |
| GetMenuInfo Retrieves information about a specified menu. |
| GetMenuItemCount Determines the number of items in the specified menu. |
| GetMenuItemID Retrieves the menu item identifier of a menu item located at the specified position in a menu. |
| GetMenuItemInfoA Retrieves information about a menu item. (ANSI) |
| GetMenuItemInfoW Retrieves information about a menu item. (Unicode) |
| GetMenuItemRect Retrieves the bounding rectangle for the specified menu item. |
| GetMenuState Retrieves the menu flags associated with the specified menu item. |
| GetMenuStringA Copies the text string of the specified menu item into the specified buffer. (ANSI) |
| GetMenuStringW Copies the text string of the specified menu item into the specified buffer. (Unicode) |
| GetPhysicalCursorPos Retrieves the position of the cursor in physical coordinates. |
| GetSubMenu Retrieves a handle to the drop-down menu or submenu activated by the specified menu item. |
| GetSystemMenu Enables the application to access the window menu (also known as the system menu or the control menu) for copying and modifying. |
| HideCaret Removes the caret from the screen. Hiding a caret does not destroy its current shape or invalidate the insertion point. |
| HiliteMenuItem Adds or removes highlighting from an item in a menu bar. |
| IndexFilePath Indexes a file path for file and folder naming conventions. |
| InsertMenuA Inserts a new menu item into a menu, moving other items down the menu. (ANSI) |
| InsertMenuItemA Inserts a new menu item at the specified position in a menu. (ANSI) |
| InsertMenuItemW Inserts a new menu item at the specified position in a menu. (Unicode) |
| InsertMenuW Inserts a new menu item into a menu, moving other items down the menu. (Unicode) |
| IS_INTRESOURCE Determines whether a value is an integer identifier for a resource. |
| IsCharAlphaA Determines whether a character is an alphabetical character. This determination is based on the semantics of the language selected by the user during setup or through Control Panel. (ANSI) |
| IsCharAlphaNumericA Determines whether a character is either an alphabetical or a numeric character. This determination is based on the semantics of the language selected by the user during setup or through Control Panel. (ANSI) |
| IsCharAlphaNumericW Determines whether a character is either an alphabetical or a numeric character. This determination is based on the semantics of the language selected by the user during setup or through Control Panel. (Unicode) |
| IsCharAlphaW Determines whether a character is an alphabetical character. This determination is based on the semantics of the language selected by the user during setup or through Control Panel. (Unicode) |
| IsCharLowerA Determines whether a character is lowercase. This determination is based on the semantics of the language selected by the user during setup or through Control Panel. |
| IsCharUpperA Determines whether a character is uppercase. This determination is based on the semantics of the language selected by the user during setup or through Control Panel. (ANSI) |
| IsCharUpperW Determines whether a character is uppercase. This determination is based on the semantics of the language selected by the user during setup or through Control Panel. (Unicode) |
| IsMenu Determines whether a handle is a menu handle. |
| IsWellFormedTag Determines whether a BCP-47 language tag is well-formed. |
| LoadAcceleratorsA Loads the specified accelerator table. (ANSI) |
| LoadAcceleratorsW Loads the specified accelerator table. (Unicode) |
| LoadCursorA Loads the specified cursor resource from the executable (.EXE) file associated with an application instance. (ANSI) |
| LoadCursorFromFileA Creates a cursor based on data contained in a file. (ANSI) |
| LoadCursorFromFileW Creates a cursor based on data contained in a file. (Unicode) |
| LoadCursorW Loads the specified cursor resource from the executable (.EXE) file associated with an application instance. (Unicode) |
| LoadIconA Loads the specified icon resource from the executable (.exe) file associated with an application instance. (ANSI) |
| LoadIconW Loads the specified icon resource from the executable (.exe) file associated with an application instance. (Unicode) |
| LoadImageA Loads an icon, cursor, animated cursor, or bitmap. (ANSI) |
| LoadImageW Loads an icon, cursor, animated cursor, or bitmap. (Unicode) |
| LoadMenuA Loads the specified menu resource from the executable (.exe) file associated with an application instance. (ANSI) |
| LoadMenuIndirectA Loads the specified menu template in memory. (ANSI) |
| LoadMenuIndirectW Loads the specified menu template in memory. (Unicode) |
| LoadMenuW Loads the specified menu resource from the executable (.exe) file associated with an application instance. (Unicode) |
| LoadResource Retrieves a handle that can be used to obtain a pointer to the first byte of the specified resource in memory. |
| LoadStringA Loads a string resource from the executable file associated with a specified module, copies the string into a buffer, and appends a terminating null character. (ANSI) |
| LoadStringW Loads a string resource from the executable file associated with a specified module, copies the string into a buffer, and appends a terminating null character. (Unicode) |
| LockResource Retrieves a pointer to the specified resource in memory. |
| LookupIconIdFromDirectory Searches through icon or cursor data for the icon or cursor that best fits the current display device. (LookupIconIdFromDirectory) |
| LookupIconIdFromDirectoryEx Searches through icon or cursor data for the icon or cursor that best fits the current display device. (LookupIconIdFromDirectoryEx) |
| lstrcatA Appends one string to another.Warning Do not use. (ANSI) |
| lstrcatW Appends one string to another.Warning Do not use. (Unicode) |
| lstrcmpA Compares two character strings. The comparison is case-sensitive. (ANSI) |
| lstrcmpiA Compares two character strings. The comparison is not case-sensitive. (ANSI) |
| lstrcmpiW Compares two character strings. The comparison is not case-sensitive. (Unicode) |
| lstrcmpW Compares two character strings. The comparison is case-sensitive. (Unicode) |
| lstrcpyA Copies a string to a buffer. (ANSI) |
| lstrcpynA Copies a specified number of characters from a source string into a buffer.Warning Do not use. (ANSI) |
| lstrcpynW Copies a specified number of characters from a source string into a buffer.Warning Do not use. (Unicode) |
| lstrcpyW Copies a string to a buffer. (Unicode) |
| lstrlenA Determines the length of the specified string (not including the terminating null character). (ANSI) |
| lstrlenW Determines the length of the specified string (not including the terminating null character). (Unicode) |
| MAKEINTRESOURCEA Converts an integer value to a resource type compatible with the resource-management functions. This macro is used in place of a string containing the name of the resource. (ANSI) |
| MAKEINTRESOURCEW Converts an integer value to a resource type compatible with the resource-management functions. This macro is used in place of a string containing the name of the resource. (Unicode) |
| MenuItemFromPoint Determines which menu item, if any, is at the specified location. |
| ModifyMenuA Changes an existing menu item. (ANSI) |
| ModifyMenuW Changes an existing menu item. (Unicode) |
| OemToCharA Translates a string from the OEM-defined character set into either an ANSI or a wide-character string.Warning Do not use. (ANSI) |
| OemToCharBuffA Translates a specified number of characters in a string from the OEM-defined character set into either an ANSI or a wide-character string. (ANSI) |
| OemToCharBuffW Translates a specified number of characters in a string from the OEM-defined character set into either an ANSI or a wide-character string. (Unicode) |
| OemToCharW Translates a string from the OEM-defined character set into either an ANSI or a wide-character string.Warning Do not use. (Unicode) |
| PrivateExtractIconsA Creates an array of handles to icons that are extracted from a specified file. (ANSI) |
| PrivateExtractIconsW Creates an array of handles to icons that are extracted from a specified file. (Unicode) |
| RemoveMenu Deletes a menu item or detaches a submenu from the specified menu. |
| SetCaretBlinkTime Sets the caret blink time to the specified number of milliseconds. The blink time is the elapsed time, in milliseconds, required to invert the caret's pixels. |
| SetCaretPos Moves the caret to the specified coordinates. If the window that owns the caret was created with the CS_OWNDC class style, then the specified coordinates are subject to the mapping mode of the device context associated with that window. |
| SetCursor Sets the cursor shape. |
| SetCursorPos Moves the cursor to the specified screen coordinates. |
| SetMenu Assigns a new menu to the specified window. |
| SetMenuDefaultItem Sets the default menu item for the specified menu. |
| SetMenuInfo Sets information for a specified menu. |
| SetMenuItemBitmaps Associates the specified bitmap with a menu item. Whether the menu item is selected or clear, the system displays the appropriate bitmap next to the menu item. |
| SetMenuItemInfoA Changes information about a menu item. (ANSI) |
| SetMenuItemInfoW Changes information about a menu item. (Unicode) |
| SetPhysicalCursorPos Sets the position of the cursor in physical coordinates. |
| SetSystemCursor Enables an application to customize the system cursors. It replaces the contents of the system cursor specified by the id parameter with the contents of the cursor specified by the hcur parameter and then destroys hcur. |
| ShowCaret Makes the caret visible on the screen at the caret's current position. When the caret becomes visible, it begins flashing automatically. |
| ShowCursor Displays or hides the cursor. (ShowCursor) |
| SizeofResource Retrieves the size, in bytes, of the specified resource. |
| StringCbCatA Concatenates one string to another string. (StringCbCatA) |
| StringCbCatExA Concatenates one string to another string. (StringCbCatExA) |
| StringCbCatExW Concatenates one string to another string. (StringCbCatExW) |
| StringCbCatNA Concatenates the specified number of bytes from one string to another string. (StringCbCatNA) |
| StringCbCatNExA Concatenates the specified number of bytes from one string to another string. (StringCbCatNExA) |
| StringCbCatNExW Concatenates the specified number of bytes from one string to another string. (StringCbCatNExW) |
| StringCbCatNW Concatenates the specified number of bytes from one string to another string. (StringCbCatNW) |
| StringCbCatW Concatenates one string to another string. (StringCbCatW) |
| StringCbCopyA Copies one string to another. (StringCbCopyA) |
| StringCbCopyExA Copies one string to another. (StringCbCopyExA) |
| StringCbCopyExW Copies one string to another. (StringCbCopyExW) |
| StringCbCopyNA Copies the specified number of bytes from one string to another. (StringCbCopyNA) |
| StringCbCopyNExA Copies the specified number of bytes from one string to another. (StringCbCopyNExA) |
| StringCbCopyNExW Copies the specified number of bytes from one string to another. (StringCbCopyNExW) |
| StringCbCopyNW Copies the specified number of bytes from one string to another. (StringCbCopyNW) |
| StringCbCopyW Copies one string to another. (StringCbCopyW) |
| StringCbGetsA Gets one line of text from stdin, up to and including the newline character ('\n'). (StringCbGetsA) |
| StringCbGetsExA Gets one line of text from stdin, up to and including the newline character ('\n'). (StringCbGetsExA) |
| StringCbGetsExW Gets one line of text from stdin, up to and including the newline character ('\n'). (StringCbGetsExW) |
| StringCbGetsW Gets one line of text from stdin, up to and including the newline character ('\n'). (StringCbGetsW) |
| StringCbLengthA Determines whether a string exceeds the specified length, in bytes. (ANSI) |
| StringCbLengthW Determines whether a string exceeds the specified length, in bytes. (Unicode) |
| StringCbPrintf_lA Writes formatted data to the specified string. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCbPrintf_lA) |
| StringCbPrintf_lExA Writes formatted data to the specified string. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCbPrintf_lExA) |
| StringCbPrintf_lExW Writes formatted data to the specified string. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCbPrintf_lExW) |
| StringCbPrintf_lW Writes formatted data to the specified string. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCbPrintf_lW) |
| StringCbPrintfA Writes formatted data to the specified string. (StringCbPrintfA) |
| StringCbPrintfExA Writes formatted data to the specified string. (StringCbPrintfExA) |
| StringCbPrintfExW Writes formatted data to the specified string. (StringCbPrintfExW) |
| StringCbPrintfW Writes formatted data to the specified string. (StringCbPrintfW) |
| StringCbVPrintf_lA Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCbVPrintf_lA) |
| StringCbVPrintf_lExA Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCbVPrintf_lExA) |
| StringCbVPrintf_lExW Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCbVPrintf_lExW) |
| StringCbVPrintf_lW Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCbVPrintf_lW) |
| StringCbVPrintfA Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. (StringCbVPrintfA) |
| StringCbVPrintfExA Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. (StringCbVPrintfExA) |
| StringCbVPrintfExW Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. (StringCbVPrintfExW) |
| StringCbVPrintfW Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. (StringCbVPrintfW) |
| StringCchCatA Concatenates one string to another string. (StringCchCatA) |
| StringCchCatExA Concatenates one string to another string. (StringCchCatExA) |
| StringCchCatExW Concatenates one string to another string. (StringCchCatExW) |
| StringCchCatNA Concatenates the specified number of characters from one string to another string. (StringCchCatNA) |
| StringCchCatNExA Concatenates the specified number of characters from one string to another string. (StringCchCatNExA) |
| StringCchCatNExW Concatenates the specified number of characters from one string to another string. (StringCchCatNExW) |
| StringCchCatNW Concatenates the specified number of characters from one string to another string. (StringCchCatNW) |
| StringCchCatW Concatenates one string to another string. (StringCchCatW) |
| StringCchCopyA Copies one string to another. (StringCchCopyA) |
| StringCchCopyExA Copies one string to another. (StringCchCopyExA) |
| StringCchCopyExW Copies one string to another. (StringCchCopyExW) |
| StringCchCopyNA Copies the specified number of characters from one string to another. (StringCchCopyNA) |
| StringCchCopyNExA Copies the specified number of characters from one string to another. (StringCchCopyNExA) |
| StringCchCopyNExW Copies the specified number of characters from one string to another. (StringCchCopyNExW) |
| StringCchCopyNW Copies the specified number of characters from one string to another. (StringCchCopyNW) |
| StringCchCopyW Copies one string to another. (StringCchCopyW) |
| StringCchGetsA Gets one line of text from stdin, up to and including the newline character ('\n'). (StringCchGetsA) |
| StringCchGetsExA Gets one line of text from stdin, up to and including the newline character ('\n'). (StringCchGetsExA) |
| StringCchGetsExW Gets one line of text from stdin, up to and including the newline character ('\n'). (StringCchGetsExW) |
| StringCchGetsW Gets one line of text from stdin, up to and including the newline character ('\n'). (StringCchGetsW) |
| StringCchLengthA Determines whether a string exceeds the specified length, in characters. (ANSI) |
| StringCchLengthW Determines whether a string exceeds the specified length, in characters. (Unicode) |
| StringCchPrintf_lA Writes formatted data to the specified string. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCchPrintf_lA) |
| StringCchPrintf_lExA Writes formatted data to the specified string. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCchPrintf_lExA) |
| StringCchPrintf_lExW Writes formatted data to the specified string. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCchPrintf_lExW) |
| StringCchPrintf_lW Writes formatted data to the specified string. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCchPrintf_lW) |
| StringCchPrintfA Writes formatted data to the specified string. (StringCchPrintfA) |
| StringCchPrintfExA Writes formatted data to the specified string. (StringCchPrintfExA) |
| StringCchPrintfExW Writes formatted data to the specified string. (StringCchPrintfExW) |
| StringCchPrintfW Writes formatted data to the specified string. (StringCchPrintfW) |
| StringCchVPrintf_lA Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCchVPrintf_lA) |
| StringCchVPrintf_lExA Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCchVPrintf_lExA) |
| StringCchVPrintf_lExW Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCchVPrintf_lExW) |
| StringCchVPrintf_lW Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. The size of the destination buffer is provided to the function to ensure that it does not write past the end of this buffer. (StringCchVPrintf_lW) |
| StringCchVPrintfA Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. (StringCchVPrintfA) |
| StringCchVPrintfExA Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. (StringCchVPrintfExA) |
| StringCchVPrintfExW Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. (StringCchVPrintfExW) |
| StringCchVPrintfW Writes formatted data to the specified string using a pointer to a list of arguments. (StringCchVPrintfW) |
| TrackPopupMenu Displays a shortcut menu at the specified location and tracks the selection of items on the menu. The shortcut menu can appear anywhere on the screen. |
| TrackPopupMenuEx Displays a shortcut menu at the specified location and tracks the selection of items on the shortcut menu. The shortcut menu can appear anywhere on the screen. |
| TranslateAcceleratorA Processes accelerator keys for menu commands. (ANSI) |
| TranslateAcceleratorW Processes accelerator keys for menu commands. (Unicode) |
| UpdateResourceA Adds, deletes, or replaces a resource in a portable executable (PE) file. (ANSI) |
| UpdateResourceW Adds, deletes, or replaces a resource in a portable executable (PE) file. (Unicode) |
| VerFindFileA Determines where to install a file based on whether it locates another version of the file in the system. The values VerFindFile returns in the specified buffers are used in a subsequent call to the VerInstallFile function. (ANSI) |
| VerFindFileW Determines where to install a file based on whether it locates another version of the file in the system. The values VerFindFile returns in the specified buffers are used in a subsequent call to the VerInstallFile function. (Unicode) |
| VerInstallFileA Installs the specified file based on information returned from the VerFindFile function. VerInstallFile decompresses the file, if necessary, assigns a unique filename, and checks for errors, such as outdated files. (ANSI) |
| VerInstallFileW Installs the specified file based on information returned from the VerFindFile function. VerInstallFile decompresses the file, if necessary, assigns a unique filename, and checks for errors, such as outdated files. (Unicode) |
| VerLanguageNameA Retrieves a description string for the language associated with a specified binary Microsoft language identifier. (ANSI) |
| VerLanguageNameW Retrieves a description string for the language associated with a specified binary Microsoft language identifier. (Unicode) |
| VerQueryValueA Retrieves specified version information from the specified version-information resource. (ANSI) |
| VerQueryValueW Retrieves specified version information from the specified version-information resource. (Unicode) |
| wsprintfA Writes formatted data to the specified buffer. (ANSI) |
| wsprintfW Writes formatted data to the specified buffer. (Unicode) |
| wvsprintfA Writes formatted data to the specified buffer using a pointer to a list of arguments. (ANSI) |
| wvsprintfW Writes formatted data to the specified buffer using a pointer to a list of arguments. (Unicode) |
Structures
| ACCEL Defines an accelerator key used in an accelerator table. |
| CURSORINFO Contains global cursor information. |
| CURSORSHAPE Contains information about a cursor. |
| ICONINFO Contains information about an icon or a cursor. |
| ICONINFOEXA Contains information about an icon or a cursor. Extends ICONINFO. Used by GetIconInfoEx. (ANSI) |
| ICONINFOEXW Contains information about an icon or a cursor. Extends ICONINFO. Used by GetIconInfoEx. (Unicode) |
| ICONMETRICSA Contains the scalable metrics associated with icons. This structure is used with the SystemParametersInfo function when the SPI_GETICONMETRICS or SPI_SETICONMETRICS action is specified. (ANSI) |
| ICONMETRICSW Contains the scalable metrics associated with icons. This structure is used with the SystemParametersInfo function when the SPI_GETICONMETRICS or SPI_SETICONMETRICS action is specified. (Unicode) |
| IndexedResourceQualifier Represents the context under which a resource is appropriate. |
| MDINEXTMENU Contains information about the menu to be activated. |
| MENUBARINFO Contains menu bar information. |
| MENUGETOBJECTINFO Contains information about the menu that the mouse cursor is on. |
| MENUINFO Contains information about a menu. |
| MENUITEMINFOA Contains information about a menu item. (MENUITEMINFOA) |
| MENUITEMINFOW Contains information about a menu item. (MENUITEMINFOW) |
| MENUITEMTEMPLATE Defines a menu item in a menu template. |
| MENUITEMTEMPLATEHEADER Defines the header for a menu template. A complete menu template consists of a header and one or more menu item lists. |
| MESSAGE_RESOURCE_BLOCK Contains information about message strings with identifiers in the range indicated by the LowId and HighId members. |
| MESSAGE_RESOURCE_DATA Contains information about formatted text for display as an error message or in a message box in a message table resource. |
| MESSAGE_RESOURCE_ENTRY Contains the error message or message box display text for a message table resource. |
| TPMPARAMS Contains extended parameters for the TrackPopupMenuEx function. |
| VS_FIXEDFILEINFO Contains version information for a file. This information is language and code page independent. |
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