lptstr to char*

Would anyone hapen to know how to convert a LPTSTR to a char* in c++?

Thanks in advance, workinprogress.

From stackoverflow

• Here are a lot of ways to do this. MFC or ATL's CString, ATL macros, or Win32 API.

  LPTSTR szString = _T("Testing");
  char* pBuffer;
  

  You can use ATL macros to convert:

  USES_CONVERSION;
  pBuffer = T2A(szString);
  

  CString:

  CStringA cstrText(szString);
  

  or the Win32 API WideCharToMultiByte if UNICODE is defined.

• Depends if it is Unicode or not it appears. LPTSTR is char* if not Unicode, or w_char* if so.

  Discussed better here (accepted answer worth reading)

• char * pCopy = NULL;
  if (sizeof(TCHAR) == sizeof(char))
  {
      size_t size = strlen(pOriginal);
      pCopy = new char[size + 1];
      strcpy(pCopy, pOriginal);
  }
  else
  {
      size_t size = wcstombs(NULL, pOriginal, 0);
      pCopy = new char[size + 1];
      wcstombs(pCopy, pOriginal, size + 1);
  }
  

• Thanks for the help!