Problem with Japanese system

[nidhish9]

Hi,
I am facing trouble in a Japanese systems.

I am trying to create a shortcut/file on to user desktop. Its failing with out any clue.

I am creating a short cut in "C:\\Documents and Settings\\username\\デスクトップ\\link.lnk"

Where デスクトップ is the string "Desktop" equivalent in Japanese. I am storing the path using wchar_t data type. The problem I feel is that we are not able to access the デスクトップ folder. I am getting an error telling that the file name, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. All the Windows API call using this path is failing. I am able to create files and shortcuts in C:\\Documents and Settings\\username" but not inside C:\\Documents and Settings\\username\\デスクトップ" folder. The API is working fine it has got something to do with the data representation.


Normal file creation is also failing. The code extract is

wchar_t name[MAX_PATH];
mbstowcs( name, "C:\\Documents and Settings\\username\\デスクトップ\\link.lnk", MAX_PATH);
CreateFileW( name, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL );

What am I missing out. Thanks for your help and suggestions..

[Codeplug]

It's not a good idea to put characters outside the "basic" character set in your source code. You can read more about that here: http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showpo...8&postcount=14.

Why not use SHGetFolderPathW(), or the like, with CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY?

gg

[nidhish9]

Yes I am using SHGetSpecialFolderLocation only. I am using the following code to get the desktop directory

LPITEMIDLIST itemList;
HRESULT hres;
hres = SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(NULL, CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY, &itemList);

if(hres != S_OK)
{
return hres;
}

char desktopDir[MAX_PATH];
if(!SHGetPathFromIDList(itemList, desktopDir))
{
}

aftre this I am using desktopDir and converiutng it in to wchar_t. It is working perfectly in Windows English system. Its giving problem only in Japanese system.

[Codeplug]

Don't use any char strings. Just use wide API's.
And use code tags when posting code.

    ITEMIDLIST_ABSOLUTE *itemList;
    HRESULT hres;
    hres = SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(NULL, CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY, &itemList);
    if (hres != S_OK)
        return hres;

    wchar_t desktopDir[MAX_PATH];
    BOOL bHaveDir = SHGetPathFromIDListW(itemList, desktopDir);
    CoTaskMemFree(itemList);
    if (!bHaveDir)
    {
    }

gg