Locale-Sensitive Windows C++ Function
int MultiByteToWideChar(UINT CodePage, DWORD dwFlags, LPCSTR lpMultiByteStr, int cbMultiByte, LPWSTR lpWideCharStr, int cchWideChar);
Internationalization (I18n) Function Overview
The MultibyteToWideChar function maps the character string (from single or multibyte character sets)
specified by lpMultiByteStr into a UTF-16 Unicode
wide character string, using the dwFlags options and the
code page specified by CodePage, and stores the
result in lpWideCharStr.
If successful and cchWideChar is non-zero, then the return value is the number of
wide characters written to the buffer pointed to by lpWideCharStr; if cchWideChar
is 0, then a successful return value is the required size, in wide characters,
for a buffer that can receive the translated string. In the event of an error, the return value is
0 and extended error information can be obtained by calling GetLastError.
cbMultiByte is the byte size of the buffer pointed to by lpMultiByteStr.
If this value is -1, lpMultiByteStr is assumed to be null-terminated and the length is
calculated automatically and will include the null-terminator.
cchWideChar is the wide-character size of the buffer pointed to by lpWideCharStr.
If this value is 0, MultibyteToWideChar returns the number of bytes
required for the translated string and does not modify the lpWideCharStr buffer.
See the MSDN Library
for more information.
I18n Issues
Formulate the correct code page to pass into MultibyteToWideChar,
which, in an internationalized application, may be independent of any system settings.
Also, ensure that cchWideChar is set to a WCHAR length, and
cbMultiByte is set to a byte length. See Locale-Sensitive Length Functions for a discussion on multibyte
and wide character sizes.
Recommended Replacements*
There are no variations of this function.
*If you're already using the recommended function, see I18n Issues for other reasons why Globalyzer is detecting the function.
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