wchar_t*

[fergmj]

I have a question about wchar_t*

My program doesn't compile. I get this error:

[C++ Error] Unit1.cpp(25): E2034 Cannot convert 'char *' to 'wchar_t *'

This is the line:

Edit3->Text = Mp3Enc1->Open("c:\test.wav", "c:\test.mp3"

Apparently the filenames are char. How do I get them to wchar_t*?

Thanks

 

[2ffat]

Try this: "C:\\test.wav" and "C:\\test.mp3". Failing that, what happens if you do:

AnsiString File1 = "C:\\test.wav";
AnsiString File2 = "C:\\test.mp3";
Edit3->Text = Mp3Enc1->Open(File1, File2);
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[wimvanherp]

maybe just cast them to wchar_t *

Edit3->Text = Mp3Enc1->Open((wchar_t*)"c:\test.wav",(wchar_t*) "c:\test.mp3"


if your open function requires wchar_t* I don't think it will accept AnsiString as an input.



Wim Vanherp
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[2ffat]

I didn't make myself very clear, sorry. Anytime you use the "\" mark, C/C++ expects the next character to a special character. In the above example, "\t" become a tab. For files, you have to have two slashes "\\", that may be the problem.

Wim,
You may be correct about the AnsiString, I'm not familar with that particular component. James P. Cottingham

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I have done so much with so little
for so long that I am now qualified
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[fergmj]

2ffat -

I understand escape characters, it just didn't work in this case. I needed to cast them to wchar_t*

Thanks

Mindy