How do I use MultiByteToWideChar?

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I want to convert a normal string to a wstring. For this, I am trying to use the Windows API function MultiByteToWideChar. But it does not work for me.

Here is what I have done:

string x = "This is c++ not java";
wstring Wstring;
MultiByteToWideChar( CP_UTF8 , 0 , x.c_str() , x.size() , &Wstring , 0 );

The last line produces the compiler error:

'MultiByteToWideChar' : cannot convert parameter 5 from 'std::wstring *' to 'LPWSTR'

How do I fix this error?

Also, what should be the value of the argument cchWideChar? Is 0 okay?

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5 Answers

Few common conversions:

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN

#include <Windows.h>

#include <string>

std::string ConvertWideToANSI(const std::wstring& wstr)
{
    int count = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, wstr.c_str(), wstr.length(), NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
    std::string str(count, 0);
    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, wstr.c_str(), -1, &str[0], count, NULL, NULL);
    return str;
}

std::wstring ConvertAnsiToWide(const std::string& str)
{
    int count = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, str.c_str(), str.length(), NULL, 0);
    std::wstring wstr(count, 0);
    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, str.c_str(), str.length(), &wstr[0], count);
    return wstr;
}

std::string ConvertWideToUtf8(const std::wstring& wstr)
{
    int count = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, wstr.c_str(), wstr.length(), NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
    std::string str(count, 0);
    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, wstr.c_str(), -1, &str[0], count, NULL, NULL);
    return str;
}

std::wstring ConvertUtf8ToWide(const std::string& str)
{
    int count = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, str.c_str(), str.length(), NULL, 0);
    std::wstring wstr(count, 0);
    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, str.c_str(), str.length(), &wstr[0], count);
    return wstr;
}
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