WinCompareStrings

Compares two null-terminated strings defined using the same code page.

Syntax

WinCompareStrings(hab, idCodepage, idCountryCode, pszString1, pszString2, ulReserved)

Parameters

hab (HAB) - input

Anchor-block handle.

idCodepage (ULONG) - input

Code page identity of both strings.

If idCodepage is set to 0, the current code page of the caller is used.

idCountryCode (ULONG) - input

Country code.

If idCountryCode is set to 0, the country information for the default system country code is used.

pszString1 (PSZ) - input

String 1.

pszString2 (PSZ) - input

String 2.

ulReserved (ULONG) - input

Reserved value, should be 0.

Returns

ulResult (ULONG) - returns

Comparison result.

WCS_EQ

Strings are equal

WCS_LT

String 1 is less than string 2

WCS_GT

String 1 is greater than string 2

WCS_ERROR

Error occurred.

Errors

Possible returns from WinGetLastError

PMERR_INVALID_STRING_PARM (0x100B)

The specified string parameter is invalid.

Remarks

The first code page of either of the two ASCII code pages specified in CONFIG.SYS is used as the system default. The following is the list of valid code pages:

PC Code Pages

Country	Code Page
Canadian-French	863
Desktop Publishing	1004
Iceland	861
Latin 1 Multilingual	850
Latin 2 Multilingual	852
Nordic	865
Portuguese	860
Turkey	857
U.S. (IBM PC)	437

EBCDIC Code Pages (Character Set 697)

Country	Code Page
Austrian/German	273
Belgian	500
Brazil	037
Czechoslovakia	870
Danish/Norwegian	277
Finnish/Swedish	278
French	297
Hungary	870
Iceland	871
International	500
Italian	280
Poland	870
Portuguese	037
Spanish	284
Turkey	1026
U.K.-English	285
U.S.-English	037
Yugoslavia	870

Valid Country Codes

Country	Code
Arabic	785
Australian	61
Belgian	32
Canadian-French	2
Danish	45
Finnish	358
French	33
German	49
Hebrew	972
Italian	39
Japanese	81
Korean	82
Latin-American	3
Netherlands	31
Norwegian	47
Portuguese	351
Simpl. Chinese	86
Spanish	34
Swedish	46
Swiss	41
Trad. Chinese	88
UK-English	44
US-English	1
Other country	0

Example Code

This example compares two strings using the same code page: the first string is loaded from a resource DLL, while the second is created by the application.

#define INCL_WINCOUNTRY         /* Window Country Functions     */
#define INCL_WINWINDOWMGR       /* Window Manager Functions     */
#define INCL_DOSMODULEMGR       /* Module Manager Functions     */
#include <os2.h>

ULONG   ulResult;       /* comparison result                    */
HAB     hab;            /* anchor-block handle                  */
ULONG   idCodepage=437; /* Code page identity of both strings   */
ULONG   idCountryCode=1;/* Country code                         */
char    pszString1[10]; /* first string                         */
char    pszString2[10]; /* second string                        */
LONG    lLength;        /* length of string                     */
ULONG   idString = STRING_ID; /* String identifier              */
LONG    lBufferMax = 10;/* Size of buffer                       */
HMODULE hmodDLL;        /* Handle of the module which contains
                           the help table and help subtable
                           resources.                           */
CHAR    LoadError[100]; /* object name buffer for DosLoad       */
ULONG   rc;             /* return code                          */

/* obtain resource handle */
rc = DosLoadModule(LoadError, sizeof(LoadError), "RES.DLL",
                   &hmodDLL);

/* load string from resource */
if (rc == 0)
   lLength = WinLoadString(hab, hmodDLL, idString, lBufferMax,
                            pszString1);

/* compare strings */
if (lLength > 0)
   {
   /* set second string */
   strcpy(pszString2,"Compare");

   ulResult = WinCompareStrings(hab, idCodepage, idCountryCode,
                                pszString1, pszString2, 0);
   }

Definition

#define INCL_WINCOUNTRY /* Or use INCL_WIN, INCL_PM, */
#include <os2.h>

HAB      hab;            /*  Anchor-block handle. */
ULONG    idCodepage;     /*  Code page identity of both strings. */
ULONG    idCountryCode;  /*  Country code. */
PSZ      pszString1;     /*  String 1. */
PSZ      pszString2;     /*  String 2. */
ULONG    ulReserved;     /*  Reserved value, should be 0. */
ULONG    ulResult;       /*  Comparison result. */

ulResult = WinCompareStrings(hab, idCodepage,
             idCountryCode, pszString1, pszString2,
             ulReserved);

Related Functions

• WinLoadString
• WinNextChar
• WinPrevChar
• WinSubstituteStrings
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