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This function allocates and creates a Unicode version of an existing non-Unicode string.

Syntax 

STDAPI AMGetWideString(
  LPCWSTR 
pszString,
  LPWSTR* 
ppszReturn
);

Parameters

pszString

Non-Unicode source string.

ppszReturn

Address of a Unicode string that will contain pszString.

Return Value

Returns S_OK if successful, E_POINTER if ppszReturnis NULL, or E_OUTOFMEMORY

Requirements

Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.12 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later
Note Microsoft DirectShow applications and DirectShow filters have different include file and Library requirements
For more information, see Setting Up the Build Environment,
Version 2.12 requires DXPAK 1.0 or later

See Also