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void to_narrow( const CStringA &to_convert, char *out )
{
   ...
}

void to_narrow( const CStringW &to_convert, char *out )
{
   ...
}

std::vector<char> to_narrow( const CStringA &to_convert )
{
    const char *convert_start = to_convert;
    const char *convert_end   = convert_start + to_convert.GetLength() + 1;

    return std::vector<char>( convert_start, convert_end );
}

std::vector<char> to_narrow( const CStringW &to_convert )
{
    const wchar_t *convert_start = to_convert;

    std::vector<char> output( to_convert.GetLength() * 4 + 1 );
    output.resize( wcstombs( &output[ 0 ], to_convert, output.size() ) );
    return output;
}

Projects
   \3rdParty
      \bin      <- Libs, dlls
      \inc      <- Headers

ARopo wrote:

I had a simular problem and had to check for 2 messages WM_ENDSESSION or WM_QUERYENDSESSION. Then set a flag to indicate shutdown, this flag was then used in an OnClosing event that by default cancelled the close to minimize to the system tray

for( int i = 0; i < 4; ++i )
{
   if( 2 & i )
      std::cout << "b";
   else
      std::cout << "a";
   if( 1 & i )
      std::cout << "b";
   else
      std::cout << "a";
   std::cout << std::endl;
}

char c[2] = { 'a', 'b' };
for( int i = 0; i < 4; ++i )
{
   std::cout << c[1 & (i>>1)];
   std::cout << c[1 & i];
   std::cout << std::endl;
}