C / C++ / MFC

LPWSTR lpszMsg;<br />
[...].br />
// First calculation of the size needed to store the converted string<br />
int iCharSize = WideCharToMultiByte(CODE_PAGE, 0, lpszMsg, -1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);<br />
// Alloc a ANSI string<br />
LPSTR formatANSI = (LPSTR) HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, sizeof(char) * iCharSize);<br />
// convert<br />
WideCharToMultiByte(CODE_PAGE, 0, lpszMsg, -1, formatANSI, iCharSize, NULL, NULL);<br />
//...<br />
// use FormatAnsi there<br />
//...<br />
// Free the ANSI string<br />
HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, formatANSI);