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also since _bstr_t's have operator (char *) and operator (wchar_t *) if you have included comutil.h, you can use it to do your conversion.char * source = "this is my source" ;_bstr_t converter_temp(source) ;wstring target ;target = wstring(converter_temp) ;... and the other way...
inline std::wstring AsciiToUnicode(std::string text){ // Could do some DEBUG check here to ensure it is really ASCII. // Also, if in the future, it is found, it is not the case, // it would much easier to update code. // Same as jean Davy here... return...
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