how can convert LPCSTR string into LPCTSTR string?

Question

i am trying to convert a LPCSTR string into LPCTSTR string. i want to concatenate two string,when i try like this

LPCTSTR str1 = L\"Ra         


        

Answer 1

LPCTSTR can be either plain char or wide characters depending on your project settings. Further, you cannot possibly concatenate a wide string and a plain char string. You need to convert one to a compatible form (wide to multibyte or vice versa) and then concatenate.

Assuming you want the target to be a wide string, you'd need to convert the "Kumar" to a wide character string. To do this use the MultiByteToWideChar function with appropriate code page.

Look up this KB article on MSDN and John's link.