unicode and strings | GameDev.net

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Jan 12, 2008 at 4:40 AM

D3DXCreateTextureFromFile( g_pd3dDevice, mtrls.pTextureFilename, //error cannot convert parameter 2 from 'LPSTR' to 'LPCWSTR' &tex); I tried wchar_t str[20],*str2; str2="L"+mtrls.pTextureFilename; How can i change the filename to unicode?

Gage64

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Gage64

Jan 12, 2008 at 4:59 AM

The simplest solution is (in VC++ 2005 express) - go to Project -> Properties -> Configuration Properties -> General -> Character Set, and choose "Use Multi-byte Character Set". Then you won't have to bother with unicode.

tompko

Jan 12, 2008 at 5:05 AM

You'll want to look at wcstombs() and mbstowcs() which convert between multi-byte strings and wide character strings.

jagguy2

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jagguy2

Jan 12, 2008 at 5:26 AM

wcstombs(mtrls.pTextureFilename,str,20);
D3DXCreateTextureFromFile( g_pd3dDevice, str, &tex); //compiles but is this it? i get an x File with no materials so i dont know if this is correct

this is in a loop so is this a problem

const size_t length = 1 + strlen(mtrls.pTextureFilename);
LPWSTR wcsText = new WCHAR[length];
mbstowcs(wcsText, mtrls.pTextureFilename, length);

[Edited by - jagguy2 on January 12, 2008 6:26:51 AM]

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