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in thread Print Buffer

When the function returns, this value contains the address of an allocated buffer, containing the information. I defined my buffer like this...

Does this function have a name and a return type? :--)

In general: sometimes you get back the true length of the buffer $lpBuffer which you can use to decode the actual value. Sometimes $lpBuffer contains a \0, the C string terminator/delimiter so you have to trim the value.

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Re^4: Print Buffer
by iea (Beadle) on Aug 11, 2008 at 16:01 UTC
    In C its handled with

    PtrToStringUni

    Is there anything like PtrToStringUni in Perl

    Here the C code
    iReturn = Api.GetInformation(hWIM,ref XMLInfo, ref iLength);
String XMLStr = Marshal.PtrToStringUni(XMLInfo);

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