DataType
WString
DataType
Description
A 'wide' character string. This is primarily used with declares on Windows.
Notes
You can assign a standard String to a WString and it will be converted and terminated automatically.
WString implicitly converts to String when assigned to a String variable.
On Windows, a wide character string means 2 bytes per character. The WString data type is typically used to map LPWSTR from OS API calls. To map LPWSTR, use ByRef WString.
On macOS and Linux, it means 4 bytes per character.
This means that a 12 byte WString on Windows can hold only 6 characters. On macOS and Linux it would hold only 3 characters.