Hey, could someone tell me what a DWORD is? Why do functions like timeGetTime and GetTickCount return a DWORD as opposed to a long? Thanks! -E

DWORD is (a short way of saying) unsigned long.

Thanks!!!!!!
-E

A DWORD is a double word. word = byte so dword evaluates to 2 bytes.

I''m just full of useless information



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Original post by TheGilb
A DWORD is a double word. word = byte so dword evaluates to 2 bytes.

I'm just full of useless information

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Actually, in the IA-32 world a WORD is the same as 2 BYTEs, hence a DWORD is the same as 4 BYTEs.

[edited by - Dactylos on March 29, 2002 6:37:22 PM]

Finally!
Thanks alot! I''ve been pondering aout this for a while and it has finally coem to an end! Thanks for your help =)

Js

You could''ve easily found this out by searching for DWORD in MSDN.

rightclick on DWORD, choose gotodefinition and you see what it is..
probably
typedef unsigned long DWORD;

dunno..