Wide char vs. ANSI char

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I want to add wide char support to my software. If I do this, I will need to change a lot of code. If the software is changed to wide char, does this wide char software can handle ANSI char as it used to be?

Is there any advice or good experience?

Thanks,

Posted 15-May-09 7:32am

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Updated 20-Jan-11 17:13pm

Yusuf

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2009-05-15T07:49:00

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See [^].
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Posted 15-May-09 7:49am

CPallini

Rajesh R Subramanian · Answer 2 · 2009-05-16T00:20:00

I am not sure what do you mean by "handle" ANSI char. Note that everything is represented as Unicode, in an application that is built for Unicode. There is a two part article at CP, that you might want to read:
The Complete Guide to C++ Strings, Part I - Win32 Character Encodings[^]
The Complete Guide to C++ Strings, Part II - String Wrapper Classes[^]

Also, if you write an application in ANSI, Windows will still have to convert everything to Unicode internally to work with it. So, theoretically your application must be faster if it is built for Unicode.