Read file with unicode

When i try to read from the file 1.txt (contains only "hello" ) fread returns 6 bytes but there is nothing to print out from buf.
What am i doing wrong?

Code:

#include <wchar.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    FILE * file = _wfopen(L"1.txt", L"r+b");
    int fileSize = 0;
    fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
    fileSize = ftell(file);
    rewind(file);
    cout << "Filesize: " << fileSize << " bytes."  << endl;

    wchar_t * buf = (wchar_t *)calloc(260,sizeof(wchar_t));

    size_t result = fread(buf, sizeof(wchar_t), fileSize, file);

    printf( "%ls\n", buf );
    cout << "fread returns: " << result << endl;

    free(buf);fclose(file);
}

The stream I/O in C++ supports wide characters. I would recommend using them.

You mean wcout?

I tried too without any result, so the problem lies elsewhere.

Read file with unicode

Does wcout read files?

Ok i should have posted it in the C board, sorry.

Eh ???

In the board for C programming, not C++

My point was that wcout does not read files. I was talking about wifstream which is an ifstream specialized for wchar_t. Your output will not be right if you are reading from the file incorrectly. My guess is you are doing exactly that.

Thanks a lot Bubba, its working with wifstream.