General Utility Functions

The general utility functions are used by applications and resource DLLs to perform common tasks such as duplicating strings and validating paths.

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ResUtilCreateDirectoryTree: Creates every directory specified in a path, skipping directories that already exist. The PRESUTIL_CREATE_DIRECTORY_TREE type defines a pointer to this function.
ResUtilDupString: Duplicates a null-terminated Unicode string.
ResUtilExpandEnvironmentStrings: Expands strings containing unexpanded references to environment variables. The PRESUTIL_EXPAND_ENVIRONMENT_STRINGS type defines a pointer to this function.
ResUtilGetPropertyFormats: Returns a property format list describing the format of a specified set of properties. The PRESUTIL_GET_PROPERTY_FORMATS type defines a pointer to this function.
ResUtilInitializeResourceStatus: Initializes a RESOURCE_STATUS structure.
ResUtilIsPathValid: Checks whether a path is syntactically valid.