LPCTSTR to LPWSTR

[maxcat]

hi, how to convert LPCSTR to LPWSTR if UNICODE is #defined?

Thanks.

[Elysia]

Depends on what you want to do.
Do you simply want to pass a string literal such as "Hello, this is my string"?
If so, append L: L"Hello, this is my string".
If you want to do a conversion, it's slightly more difficult. Let me know what you want to do.

[vart]

or you can use TEXT macro - so your string literals will be converted automatically to the correct type depending on the defined/not defined UNICODE macro (or _UNICODE - I do not remember which...)

[Codeplug]

If you're not talking about a string literal......

Well, your subject says "LPCTSTR to LPWSTR" and your post says "LPCSTR to LPWSTR" - so I'll awnser both.

"LPCSTR to LPWSTR"
MultiByteToWideChar() or mbstowcs()

"LPCTSTR to LPWSTR"

    LPCTSTR tsz;
    LPWSTR wsz;
#if defined(UNICODE) || defined(_UNICODE)
    wsz = tsz; // or lstrcpyW() or wcscpy()
#else
    // MultiByteToWideChar() or mbstowcs()
#endif

gg