CHString::LockBuffer method (chstring.h)

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The LockBuffer method locks a string in the buffer.

Syntax

LPWSTR LockBuffer();

Return value

Returns a pointer to a CHString object or a NULL-terminated string.

Remarks

By calling LockBuffer, you create a copy of the string and then set the reference count to -1.

When the reference count is set to -1, the string in the buffer is considered to be in a locked state, which protects the string in the following two ways:

• No other string can get a reference to the data in the locked string, even if that string is assigned to the locked string.
• The locked string never references another string, even if that other string is copied to the locked string.

After you have finished with LockBuffer, call UnlockBuffer to reset the reference count to 1 (one).

Requirements

See also

CHString

CHString::UnlockBuffer