Thread: Using LPCWSTR

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    Using LPCWSTR

    Hi,

    I'm trying to open a file using the following code. However, I can't figure out how to get input from the user and either convert that string to a LPCWSTR or simply read the input as a LPCWSTR. Any suggestions?

    Code:
    HANDLE OpenFile(LPCWSTR FileName, DWORD AccessMode)
    {
       HANDLE FileHandle;
       DWORD  CreateAttribute;
    
       CreateAttribute = (AccessMode == GENERIC_READ)?OPEN_EXISTING:CREATE_ALWAYS;
       FileHandle = CreateFile(FileName, AccessMode, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, CreateAttribute, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
       return(FileHandle);
    }
    
    int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    {
       DWORD   LengthIn, InFileSize, LengthOut, OutFileSize;
       HGLOBAL FileDataPtr;
    
       char infile[80];
       char outfile[80];
       
       printf("What's the input file? ");
       scanf("%s", infile);
       printf("\nWhat's the output file? ");
       scanf("%s", outfile);
       printf("What's the LevelMask:\n\nHCI=0x0001\nL2CAP=0x0002\nSDP=0x0004\nRFCOMM=0x0008\nOBEX=0x0010\nBNEP/PAN=0x0020\n");
       printf("\nTo Do Multiple Parsing:\nLogical AND Packet Types (ex. for HCI and L2CAP -> 0x0003)\n ?");
       scanf("%04X", &LevelMask);
       printf("What's the DumpMask:\n\nHCI=0x0001\nL2CAP=0x0002\nSDP=0x0004\nRFCOMM=0x0008\nOBEX=0x0010\nBNEP/PAN=0x0020\n");
       printf("\nTo Do Multiple Parsing:\nLogical AND Packet Types (ex. for HCI and L2CAP -> 0x0003)\n ?");
       scanf("%04X", &DumpMask);
    
       printf("%s %s 0x%04x 0x%04x\n", infile, outfile, LevelMask, DumpMask);
       
       InFile      = OpenFile(TEXT(infile), GENERIC_READ);
       OutFile     = OpenFile(TEXT(outfile), GENERIC_WRITE);
    }
    If I hard code in my input and output files, this code works. I'm not too familiar with using LPCWSTR's, so any help would be appreciated.

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    To convert from ANSI to UNICODE use http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...icode_17si.asp

    or you can do everything in your APP in UNICODE. You must #define UNICODE in your project though
    Use _T("STRING") macro found in <TCHAR.h>
    Use TCHAR or w_char instead of char
    Use std::wstring instead of std::string
    and use the UNICODE functions
    wprintf() instead of printf()
    wscanf() instead of scanf()
    for others use MSDN to look up their UNICODE equivalents
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    Thanks that worked!

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