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The MultiByteToWideChar function maps a character string to a wide-character (Unicode) string. The character string mapped by this function is not necessarily from a multibyte character set.

int MultiByteToWideChar(

    UINT CodePage,

// code page

    DWORD dwFlags,

// character-type options

    LPCSTR lpMultiByteStr,

// address of string to map

    int cchMultiByte,

// number of characters in string

    LPWSTR lpWideCharStr,

// address of wide-character buffer

    int cchWideChar 

// size of buffer

   );

Parameters

CodePage
Specifies the code page to be used to perform the conversion. This parameter can be given the value of any code page that is installed or available in the system. You can also specify one of the following values:

Value

Meaning

CP_ACP

ANSI code page

CP_MACCP

Macintosh code page

CP_OEMCP

OEM code page

CP_UTF7

Translate using UTF-7

CP_UTF8

Translate using UTF-8

dwFlags
A set of bit flags that indicate whether to translate to precomposed or composite wide characters (if a composite form exists), whether to use glyph characters in place of control characters, and how to deal with invalid characters. You can specify a combination of the following flag constants:

Value

Meaning

MB_PRECOMPOSED

Always use precomposed characters ¾ that is, characters in which a base character and a nonspacing character have a single character value. This is the default translation option. Cannot be used with MB_COMPOSITE.

MB_COMPOSITE

Always use composite characters ¾ that is, characters in which a base character and a nonspacing character have different character values. Cannot be used with MB_PRECOMPOSED.

MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS

If the function encounters an invalid input character, it fails and GetLastError returns ERROR_NO_UNICODE_TRANSLATION.

MB_USEGLYPHCHARS

Use glyph characters instead of control characters.

A composite character consists of a base character and a nonspacing character, each having different character values. A precomposed character has a single character value for a base/non-spacing character combination. In the character è, the e is the base character and the accent grave mark is the nonspacing character.

The function’s default behavior is to translate to the precomposed form. If a precomposed form does not exist, the function attempts to translate to a composite form.

The flags MB_PRECOMPOSED and MB_COMPOSITE are mutually exclusive. The MB_USEGLYPHCHARS flag and the MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS can be set regardless of the state of the other flags.

lpMultiByteStr
Points to the character string to be converted.
cchMultiByte
Specifies the size in bytes of the string pointed to by the lpMultiByteStr parameter. If this value is -1, the string is assumed to be null terminated and the length is calculated automatically.
lpWideCharStr
Points to a buffer that receives the translated string.
cchWideChar
Specifies the size, in wide characters, of the buffer pointed to by the lpWideCharStr parameter. If this value is zero, the function returns the required buffer size, in wide characters, and makes no use of the lpWideCharStr buffer.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, and cchWideChar is nonzero, the return value is the number of wide characters written to the buffer pointed to by lpWideCharStr.

If the function succeeds, and cchWideChar is zero, the return value is the required size, in wide characters, for a buffer that can receive the translated string.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. GetLastError may return one of the following error codes:

ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER

ERROR_INVALID_FLAGS

ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER

ERROR_NO_UNICODE_TRANSLATION

Remarks

The lpMultiByteStr and lpWideCharStr pointers must not be the same. If they are the same, the function fails, and GetLastError returns the value ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.

The function fails if MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS is set and it encounters an invalid character in the source string. An invalid character is one that would translate to the default character if MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS was not set, but is not the default character in the source string, or when a lead byte is found in a string and there is no valid trail byte for DBCS strings. When an invalid character is found, and MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS is set, the function returns 0 and sets GetLastError with the error ERROR_NO_UNICODE_TRANSLATION.

See Also

WideCharToMultiByte 

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