RtlFreeAnsiString

The RtlFreeAnsiString routine releases storage that was allocated by RtlUnicodeStringToAnsiString.

VOID 
  RtlFreeAnsiString(
    IN PANSI_STRING  AnsiString
    );

Parameters

AnsiString

Pointer to the ANSI string buffer previously allocated by RtlUnicodeStringToAnsiString.

Return Value

None

Headers

Declared in wdm.h and ntddk.h. Include wdm.h or ntddk.h.

Comments

This routine does not release the Unicode string buffer passed to RtlUnicodeStringToAnsiString.

Callers of RtlFreeAnsiString must be running at IRQL = PASSIVE_LEVEL.

See Also

RtlUnicodeStringToAnsiString