Translation Between String Types

The functions listed in the following table translate character strings from one string type to another.

Function	Description
FoldString	Translates one character string to another.
LCMapString	Maps a character string by locale.
ToUnicode	Translates a virtual key code into a Unicode character.
MultiByteToWideChar	Maps a multibyte string to a Unicode string.
WideCharToMultiByte	Maps a Unicode string to a multibyte string.

 

The WideCharToMultiByte and MultiByteToWideChar functions are particularly useful for applications that support several string types. ANSI C also defines the conversion functions wcstombs and mbstowcs, but they can only convert to and from the character set supported by the standard C library.

Related topics

Unicode in the Windows API