Conversion of CString to LPCWSTR

[Sudhakar Pasupunuri]

Hi .. I want to convert my "CString" to "LPCWSTR" type.. How can I do this??? Plz help me out .. Thanks Sudhakar

[Arsalan Malik]

Use the function mbstowcs. It takes a char pointer, so use GetBuffer function of CString to get char pointer. Alternatively you can use AllocSysString method to BSTR, which can be easily passed as LPCWSTR. Arsalan Malik

[Archer282]

use the member function GetBuffer() Link to microsoft documentation of CString::GetBuffer example:

CString MyString("This is my string"); LPCWSTR MyLPCWSTR = (LPCWSTR) MyString.GetBuffer(MyString.GetLength());

note: the return type of GetBuffer() is LPTSTR

[Sudhakar Pasupunuri]

Thanks for the info.. It was working perfectly.. Thanks Sudhakar

[David Crow]

Remember that for every call to GetBuffer(), there must also be a call to ReleaseBuffer(). If you are not going to be editing the internal CString buffer, why ask for a writeable copy? Try this instead:

CString MyString("This is my string");
LPCWSTR MyLPCWSTR = (LPCWSTR) ((LPCTSTR) MyString);

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