Function name: lstrcpyn

Defined in : Kernel32

Requirements : Windows NT 3.5(1) or later; Windows 95 or later

Declaration:

Declare Function lstrcpyn Lib "kernel32" Alias "lstrcpynA" (ByVal lpString1 As String, ByVal lpString2 As String, ByVal iMaxLength As Long) As Long

Parameters:

* lpString1 Points to a buffer into which the function copies characters. The buffer must be large enough to contain the number of bytes (ANSI version) or characters (Unicode version) specified by iMaxLength, including room for a terminating null character. * lpString2 Points to a null-terminated string from which the function copies characters.

Returns:

If the function succeeds, the return value is a pointer to the buffer. If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Related functions: lstrcat, lstrcmp, lstrcmpi, lstrcpy, lstrlen

Examples:

String Operations