convert char array to CString

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  1. answerme

    answerme New Member

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    How should i convert char array to CString
    Code:
    In my user.cpp file 
    char  Spread_name[20, Private_group[20];
    CString a;
    a.Format(_T("User: connected to localhost;%s with private group %s\n"), Spread_name, Private_group );

    In Spread_name, Private_group value are coming all right (showing proper string)
    but after giving a breakpoint my a.format value out put is some what like this

    Code:
    User: connected to localhost;[][][][][[][][][][] with private group[][][]][[]][][]][]
    Does anyone knows the solution
     
  2. Gene Poole

    Gene Poole New Member

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    You're probably using a UNICODE build so CString is a CStringW and its Format member expects wide string arguments (wchar_t and not char). You an convert it in the format string though by using a capital 'S' as so:
    Code:
    char  Spread_name[20], Private_group[20];
    CString a;
    a.Format(_T("User: connected to localhost;%S with private group %S\n"), Spread_name, Private_group );
    
    or just use wchar_t instead of char:

    Code:
    wchar_t  Spread_name[20, Private_group[20];
    CString a;
    a.Format(_T("User: connected to localhost;%s with private group %s\n"), Spread_name, Private_group );
    
    or just use the TCHAR type to let the compiler decide based on the _UNICODE setting:
    Code:
    TCHAR  Spread_name[20, Private_group[20];
    CString a;
    a.Format(_T("User: connected to localhost;%s with private group %s\n"), Spread_name, Private_group );
    
     

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