char * -> LPWSTR

I'm currently trying to add listview groups to my listview control and for some reason the parameter asked is LPWSTR and not the regular LPSTR.

Any way to convert so I can add my regular text to the item.

LVGROUP lvg;
char gtext[256];
....

lvg.pszHeader = gtext;

ERROR: c:\VCPP_Projects NET\DCX\ListView.cpp(58): error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'char [256]' to 'LPWSTR'

Using regular WIN32 API and C/C++ to build the code.

Thanx
David

Hi ClickHeRe,

Try below. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...otes_tn059.asp.

Jeff

Code:

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USES_CONVERSION
WCHAR* psz = A2W( "Test" );

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Originally Posted by ClickHeRe

I'm currently trying to add listview groups to my listview control and for some reason the parameter asked is LPWSTR and not the regular LPSTR.

Any way to convert so I can add my regular text to the item.

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That reason is most likely that you are building a UNICODE project (with UNICODE and _UNICODE #defined in your preprocessor settings). So either switch to non-UNICODE (if you don't need it), or supply a wide string instead:

Code:

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WCHAR gtext[256];

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Better yet, use TCHAR instead of WCHAR, and your code will compile for both UNICODE and non-UNICODE builds.