CString to wstring

[aaudette]

Anybody know of a way to convert a CString into a wstring?

[parksie]

If UNICODE is defined, then you can use:

wstring str = LPCTSTR(myCString);

If not, then you'd have to use an ordinary string.

[aaudette]

WHen I try that it returns:
error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'const char *' to 'class std::basic_string<unsigned short,struct std::char_traits<unsigned short>,class std::allocator<unsigned short> >'
No constructor could take the source type, or constructor overload resolution was ambiguous

I have defined Unicode like this:
#ifndef UNICODE
#define UNICODE
#endif

[parksie]

It's giving a char error because CString doesn't think it's using Unicode. If you assigned it to a string, then it would be fine.

[aaudette]

im not sure I follow. What am I assigning a string?
Do you mean:
string str;
CString Cstr;
wstring wstr;
wstr=Cstr=str;
??

[parksie]

#ifdef _UNICODE
#define String wstring
#else
#define String string
#endif

String mystring;
CString myCString = "Hello";

mystring = LPCTSTR(myCString);

[aaudette]

It fails to recognize String as a datatype. Heres what I think you're getting at:

#include <windows.h>
#include <vector.h>
#include <lm.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#ifdef _UNICODE
#define String wstring
#else
#define String string
#endif


main()
{
String mystring;
CString myCString = "Hello";

mystring = LPCTSTR(myCString);
return 0;
}

And heres the build status:

--------------------Configuration: temp - Win32 Debug--------------------
Compiling...
temp.cpp
C:\temp.cpp(15) : error C2065: 'string' : undeclared identifier
C:\temp.cpp(15) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'mystring'
C:\temp.cpp(15) : error C2065: 'mystring' : undeclared identifier
C:\temp.cpp(16) : error C2065: 'CString' : undeclared identifier
C:\temp.cpp(16) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'myCString'
C:\temp.cpp(16) : error C2065: 'myCString' : undeclared identifier
C:\temp.cpp(16) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'char [6]' to 'int'
This conversion requires a reinterpret_cast, a C-style cast or function-style cast
C:\temp.cpp(18) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'const char *' to 'int'
This conversion requires a reinterpret_cast, a C-style cast or function-style cast
Error executing cl.exe.

temp.exe - 8 error(s), 0 warning(s)

[parksie]

AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!! ;)

Hehehe...you need to tell it you're using the string class... ;)

#include <string>

using std::string;