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UID title description helpviewer_keywords old-location tech.root ms.assetid ms.date ms.keywords req.header req.include-header req.target-type req.target-min-winverclnt req.target-min-winversvr req.kmdf-ver req.umdf-ver req.ddi-compliance req.unicode-ansi req.idl req.max-support req.namespace req.assembly req.type-library req.lib req.dll req.irql targetos req.typenames req.redist ms.custom f1_keywords dev_langs topic_type api_type api_location api_name
NF:winbase.AddAtomW
AddAtomW function (winbase.h)
Adds a character string to the local atom table and returns a unique value (an atom) identifying the string. (Unicode)
AddAtom
AddAtom function [Data Exchange]
AddAtomW
_win32_AddAtom
_win32_addatom_cpp
dataxchg.addatom
winbase/AddAtom
winbase/AddAtomW
winui._win32_addatom
dataxchg\addatom.htm
dataxchg
VS|winui|~\winui\windowsuserinterface\dataexchange\atoms\atomreference\atomfunctions\addatom.htm
12/05/2018
AddAtom, AddAtom function [Data Exchange], AddAtomA, AddAtomW, _win32_AddAtom, _win32_addatom_cpp, dataxchg.addatom, winbase/AddAtom, winbase/AddAtomA, winbase/AddAtomW, winui._win32_addatom
winbase.h
Windows.h
Windows
Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
AddAtomW (Unicode) and AddAtomA (ANSI)
Kernel32.lib
Kernel32.dll
Windows
19H1
AddAtomW
winbase/AddAtomW
c++
APIRef
kbSyntax
DllExport
Kernel32.dll
API-MS-Win-Core-atoms-l1-1-0.dll
kernel32legacy.dll
API-MS-Win-DownLevel-Kernel32-l2-1-0.dll
AddAtom
AddAtomA
AddAtomW

AddAtomW function

-description

Adds a character string to the local atom table and returns a unique value (an atom) identifying the string.

-parameters

-param lpString [in]

Type: LPCTSTR

The null-terminated string to be added. The string can have a maximum size of 255 bytes. Strings differing only in case are considered identical. The case of the first string added is preserved and returned by the GetAtomName function.

Alternatively, you can use an integer atom that has been converted using the MAKEINTATOM macro. See the Remarks for more information.

-returns

Type: ATOM

If the function succeeds, the return value is the newly created atom.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

-remarks

The AddAtom function stores no more than one copy of a given string in the atom table. If the string is already in the table, the function returns the existing atom and, in the case of a string atom, increments the string's reference count.

If lpString has the form "#1234", AddAtom returns an integer atom whose value is the 16-bit representation of the decimal number specified in the string (0x04D2, in this example). If the decimal value specified is 0x0000 or is greater than or equal to 0xC000, the return value is zero, indicating an error. If lpString was created by the MAKEINTATOM macro, the low-order word must be in the range 0x0001 through 0xBFFF. If the low-order word is not in this range, the function fails.

If lpString has any other form, AddAtom returns a string atom.

Note

The winbase.h header defines AddAtom as an alias that automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that is not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

-see-also

DeleteAtom

FindAtom

GetAtomName

GlobalAddAtom

GlobalDeleteAtom

GlobalFindAtom

GlobalGetAtomName

MAKEINTATOM

Reference