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Feb 16th, 2006, 06:07 PM
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Thread Starter
PowerPoster
stl::string to LPCWSTR
It seems a lot of functions want to force UNICODE correct programming. This is driving me into the wall...
How can I convert a string to a LPCWSTR value? Everytime I try I seem to end up with chinese/gibberish.
I know my app has UNICODE on but I've read everywhere that VS2005 makes all appropriate changes automatically. So string is really typedef`d as wstring or something.
Any advice on getting this set up properly would be great.
Thanks,
Halsafar
Last edited by Halsafar; Feb 16th, 2006 at 06:10 PM.
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Feb 16th, 2006, 06:43 PM
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Re: stl::string to LPCWSTR
std::string is always a std::basic_string<char>. If you have a std::wstring you could use .c_str() to get a const wchar_t* (==LPCWSTR). It would be the easiest to use wstring everywhere. An alternative is to convert the const char*s to const wchar_t* using something like MultiByteToWideString.
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Feb 16th, 2006, 07:02 PM
#3
Re: stl::string to LPCWSTR
 Originally Posted by Halsafar
I know my app has UNICODE on but I've read everywhere that VS2005 makes all appropriate changes automatically. So string is really typedef`d as wstring or something.
I really hope it doesn't. That would be a horrible violation of the standard.
I posted conversions between character sets here once. A search should turn them up.
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Feb 18th, 2006, 01:58 PM
#4
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PowerPoster
Re: stl::string to LPCWSTR
I am not finding it...
Tried several searches and came up with to many pages of results to care to search through. None authored: CornedBee
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"The polar opposite of nothingness is existance. When existance calls apon nothingness it shall return to nothingness." - - Steve Damm
"When you do things right, people won't be sure if you did anything at all." - - God from Futurama
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Feb 18th, 2006, 02:17 PM
#5
Re: stl::string to LPCWSTR
All the buzzt
CornedBee
"Writing specifications is like writing a novel. Writing code is like writing poetry."
- Anonymous, published by Raymond Chen
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Feb 18th, 2006, 03:46 PM
#6
Thread Starter
PowerPoster
Re: stl::string to LPCWSTR
Well isn't that irony. I had already asked this question and gotten a perfect answer from you.
Thanks for the help (twice over) and sorry for the trouble,
Halsafar
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"The polar opposite of nothingness is existance. When existance calls apon nothingness it shall return to nothingness." - - Steve Damm
"When you do things right, people won't be sure if you did anything at all." - - God from Futurama
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