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This macro converts the specified atom into a string so that an application can pass the atom to functions that accept either atoms or strings.

Syntax 

LPTSTR MAKEINTATOM(
  WORD 
wInteger
);

Parameters

wInteger

[in] WORDthat specifies the numeric value that you want to convert into a string. This parameter can be either an integer atom or a string atom.

Return Value

The return value is a pointer to a string generated by performing casts on the integer atom.

Remarks

Although the return value of the MAKEINTATOMmacro is cast as an LPTSTRvalue, you cannot use the value as a string pointer except when you pass the value to atom-management functions that require an LPTSTRargument.

The MAKEINTATOMmacro is defined as follows.

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#define MAKEINTATOM(i)  (LPTSTR)((DWORD)((WORD)(i)))

Requirements

Header windows.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

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