Data type of Windows API and Delphi data type comparison table

Original: Data type of Windows API and Delphi data type comparison table

Windows Data types	Delphi Data types	Describe
LPSTR	Pansichar	string pointers
LPCSTR	Pansichar	string pointers
DWORD	Longword	Integer
BOOL	Longbool	Boolean type
Pbool	^bool	Pointer to a Boolean value
Pbyte	^byte	Pointer to byte value
PINT	^integer	Pointer to integer value
Psingle	^single	Pointer to single-precision floating-point value
Pword	^word	Pointer to a 16-bit value
Pdword	^dword	Pointer to a 32-bit value
Lpdword	Pdword	Pointer to a 32-bit value
UCHAR	Byte	8-bit value (can be used to represent characters)
Puchar	^byte	Pointer to a 8-bit value
Short	Smallint	Signed 16-bit integer
UINT	Longword	Unsigned 32-bit integer
Puint	^uint	Pointer to unsigned 32-bit integer
ULONG	Cardinal	Unsigned 32-bit integer
Pulong	^ulong	Pointer to unsigned 32-bit integer
Plongint	^longint	Pointer to a 32-bit value
Pinteger	^integer	Pointer to a 32-bit value
Psmallint	^smallint	Pointer to a 16-bit value
Pdouble	^double	Pointer to double-precision floating-point value
Lcid	DWORD	Local identifiers
LANGID	Word	Language identifiers
Thandle	Longword	Object handle
Phandle	^thandle	Pointer to handle
Woaram	Longint	32-bit message parameters
LPARAM	Longint	32-bit message parameters
LRESULT	Longint	32-bit function return value
HWND	Longword	Window handle
Hhook	Longword	Windows Hook handle
ATOM	Word	String index in a local or global atomic table
Hglobal	Thandle	Global dynamic Memory Handle
Hlocal	Thandle	Local dynamic memory handle (32-bit with HGLOBAL no difference)
Farproc	Pointer	A pointer to a procedure, usually as a parameter type in a function that requires a callback function
Hgdiobj	Longword	GDI object handle
Hbitmap	Longword	Windows Bitmap Object Handle
Hbrush	Longword	Windows Paint Brush Object Handle
HDC	Longword	Device Environment handle
Henhmetafile	Longword	Windows Enhanced Metafile object handle
Hfont	Longword	Windows logical Font Object handle
Hicon	Longword	Windows Icon Object handle
HMENU	Longword	Windows Menu Object Handle
Hmetafile	Longword	Windows Metafile Object handle
HINST	Thandle	Instance (instance) object handle
Hmodule	HINST	Module handle
Hpalette	Longword	Windows Palette Object Handle
Hpen	Longword	Windows Brush Object Handle
HRGN	Longword	Windows Zone Object Handle
Hrsrc	Thandle	Windows Resource Object Handle
HKL	Longword	Windows keyboard Layout handles
hfile	Longword	Handle of Open File
Hcursor	Hicon	Windows Mouse Cursor Object handle
Colorref	DWORD	Windows color index value handle, containing three components of red, green, and blue

Data type of Windows API and Delphi data type comparison table