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    Anybody know of a way to convert a CString into a wstring?
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    If UNICODE is defined, then you can use:
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    wstring str = LPCTSTR(myCString);
    If not, then you'd have to use an ordinary string.
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    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
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    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.
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    im not sure I follow. What am I assigning a string?
    Do you mean:
    string str;
    CString Cstr;
    wstring wstr;
    wstr=Cstr=str;
    ??
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    Code:
    #ifdef _UNICODE
    #define String wstring
    #else
    #define String string
    #endif
    
    String mystring;
    CString myCString = "Hello";
    
    mystring = LPCTSTR(myCString);
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    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)
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    AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!

    Hehehe...you need to tell it you're using the string class...
    Code:
    #include <string>
    
    using std::string;
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