Microsoft Windows 2000 API SuperBible

Atom Function Descriptions

Table 23.1 summarizes the atom functions. Detailed function descriptions follow the table.

Table 23.1. Atom Function Summary

Function	Purpose
AddAtom	Stores a string in the application's local atom table or increments the reference count of an existing atom
DeleteAtom	Decrements the reference count of a local atom and possibly deletes a string from the local atom table
FindAtom	Determines if a string has been stored in the local atom table
GetAtomName	Retrieves the stored string associated with a given local atom from the local atom table
GlobalAddAtom	Stores a string in the system global atom table or increments the reference count of an existing atom
GlobalDeleteAtom	Decrements the reference count of a global atom ...