convert wchar_t* to LPSTR {aka char*}

[alonso12]

Hello,


wchar_t buffer[50];
//wchar_t buffer[50] = {0};

GetModuleBaseName(hProcess, 0, buffer, 50);

The compile error I get is :-
cannot convert 'wchar_t*' to 'LPSTR {aka char*}' for argument '3' to 'DWORD GetModuleBaseNameA(HANDLE, HMODULE, LPSTR, DWORD)' GetModuleBaseName(hProcess, 0, buffer, 50);

Can someone suggest a solution?

Regards

[helios]

char buffer[50];

GetModuleBaseName(hProcess, 0, buffer, 50);

wchar_t buffer[50];

GetModuleBaseNameW(hProcess, 0, buffer, 50);

[Thomas1965]

  TCHAR buffer[50] = {0};
  GetModuleBaseName(hProcess, 0, buffer, 50);

[alonso12]

Hello,

Thanks for your replies, gives me something to play with.

Regards

[KingCow]

if your prefer to write your own conversions rather than using libraries, heres something that will work on any platform.

//pass in wchar pointer and wchar length

char * buff = new char[wcharLength+1];//alloc space for conversion plus 1, null terminate
buff[wcharLength] = 0;
for ( ;; )
{
	*buff++ = (wCharBuff) *wCharBuff;
	if(!*wCharBuff++)break;
}

forgot to mention this will only display properly if your using non unicode, if you need that and your using windows you could use WideCharToMultiByte