VerQueryValue[A|W]

[Huw D M Davies]

On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 01:03:28AM -0500, James Hatheway wrote:
> > I guess logically, it should be converted, but I'm still
> > trying to work out which function to use.
> 
> Hi Lawson,
> 
> To convert an ASCII string to Unicode, you can use the
> function HEAP_strdupAtoW, as in:
> 
> wide_str = HEAP_strdupAtoW(GetProcessHeap(), 0, AsciiStr);

Please don't.  Use the win32 api instead, eg:


INT len;
len = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, AsciiStr, -1, NULL, 0);
wide_str = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, len * sizeof(WCHAR));
MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, AsciiStr, -1, wide_str, len);
....

HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, wide_str);

Huw.
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