CharLowerBuffA function (winuser.h)

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11/20/2024

Converts uppercase characters in a buffer to lowercase characters. The function converts the characters in place.

Syntax

DWORD CharLowerBuffA(
  [in, out] LPSTR lpsz,
  [in]      DWORD cchLength
);

Parameters

[in, out] lpsz

Type: LPTSTR

A buffer containing one or more characters to be processed.

[in] cchLength

Type: DWORD

The size, in characters, of the buffer pointed to by lpsz. The function examines each character, and converts uppercase characters to lowercase characters. The function examines the number of characters indicated by cchLength, even if one or more characters are null characters.

Return value

Type: DWORD

The return value is the number of characters processed. For example, if CharLowerBuff("Acme of Operating Systems", 10) succeeds, the return value is 10.

Remarks

Note that CharLowerBuff always maps uppercase I to lowercase I ("i"), even when the current language is Turkish or Azerbaijani. If you need a function that is linguistically sensitive in this respect, call LCMapSting.

Conversion to Unicode in the ANSI version of the function is done with the system default locale in all cases.

Examples

For an example, see "Creating a Spell Dialog Box" in Using Combo Boxes.

Note

The winuser.h header defines CharLowerBuff as an alias that automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that is not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	winuser.h (include Windows.h)
Library	User32.lib
DLL	User32.dll

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