Hi In the unicode cases I use "LPCTSTR" not CString, and I agree with Paul about rather using new and delete functions instead of malloc. /Mostafa
-----Original Message----- From: Roel Vanhout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 2 april 2004 10:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [msvc] CString and unicode Hello all, I have recently tried to build one of my applications in a unicode configuration (by setting the character set in the configuration properties in the general page to 'unicode', I assume that defines the UNICODE and _UNICODE macros for me?). It's the first time I worked with it and so far it's been... let's say 'interesting'. I read the chapter on Unicode in the 5th edition of the Petzold and the msdn general unicode documentation and that helped me through most problems. However I now have the problem that I have a library (a C dll) that want its arguments as const char* 's. I use ATL's CString throughout my program and I was wondering if there is any unicode conversion support in CString. What I do now is in the line of the following: CString str("hello"); char* tmp = (char*)malloc(str.GetLength() + 1); wcstombs(tmp, str, str.GetLength()); LibraryFuncCall(tmp); free(tmp); but as you can see this is a lot of work and it makes the code longer. Is there a shorter way? Also, wcstombs stands for 'wide character to multi-byte string' I believe; can I always (for applications with western codepages) consider 'multi-byte' to be 'ascii' ? Sorry if this mail reads confused, it's probably because I am ;) Thanks. cheers, roel _______________________________________________ msvc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] See http://beginthread.com/mailman/listinfo/msvc_beginthread.com for subscription changes, and list archive. ** Confidentiality Statement and Disclaimer ** Proprietary or confidential information belonging to Gambro AB or to one of its affiliated companies may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for the delivery of the message to such person), please do not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, please destroy this message and notify the sender by reply e-mail. Please advise the sender immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet e-mail for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that pertain to the sender's employer and its products and services represent the opinion of the sender and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views and opinions of the employer. ** End of Statement **
