Kernel32WideCharToMultiByte(CodePage, WideCharConversionType, String, Int32, StringBuilder, Int32, String, Boolean) Method

[DllImportAttribute("Kernel32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)]
public static int WideCharToMultiByte(
	CodePage codePage,
	WideCharConversionType flags,
	string wideCharStr,
	int wideCharStrSize,
	StringBuilder multiByteStr,
	int multiByteStrSize,
	string defaultChar,
	out bool refUsedDefaultChar
)

<DllImportAttribute("Kernel32.dll", ExactSpelling := true, SetLastError := true>]
Public Shared Function WideCharToMultiByte ( 
	codePage As CodePage,
	flags As WideCharConversionType,
	wideCharStr As String,
	wideCharStrSize As Integer,
	<OutAttribute> multiByteStr As StringBuilder,
	multiByteStrSize As Integer,
	defaultChar As String,
	<OutAttribute> ByRef refUsedDefaultChar As Boolean
) As Integer

Dim codePage As CodePage
Dim flags As WideCharConversionType
Dim wideCharStr As String
Dim wideCharStrSize As Integer
Dim multiByteStr As StringBuilder
Dim multiByteStrSize As Integer
Dim defaultChar As String
Dim refUsedDefaultChar As Boolean

Dim returnValue As Integer

returnValue = Kernel32.WideCharToMultiByte(codePage, 
	flags, wideCharStr, wideCharStrSize, 
	multiByteStr, multiByteStrSize, 
	defaultChar, refUsedDefaultChar)

public:
[DllImportAttribute(L"Kernel32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)]
static int WideCharToMultiByte(
	CodePage codePage, 
	WideCharConversionType flags, 
	[InAttribute] String^ wideCharStr, 
	int wideCharStrSize, 
	[OutAttribute] StringBuilder^ multiByteStr, 
	int multiByteStrSize, 
	[InAttribute] String^ defaultChar, 
	[OutAttribute] bool% refUsedDefaultChar
)

[<DllImportAttribute("Kernel32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)>]
static member WideCharToMultiByte : 
        codePage : CodePage * 
        flags : WideCharConversionType * 
        wideCharStr : string * 
        wideCharStrSize : int * 
        multiByteStr : StringBuilder byref * 
        multiByteStrSize : int * 
        defaultChar : string * 
        refUsedDefaultChar : bool byref -> int 

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Parameters

codePage  CodePage

Code page to use in performing the conversion.

flags  WideCharConversionType

Flags indicating the conversion type.

wideCharStr  String

Pointer to the Unicode string to convert.

wideCharStrSize  Int32

Size, in characters, of the string indicated by wideCharStr.

Alternatively, this parameter can be set to -1 if the string is null-terminated.

If wideCharStrSize is set to 0, the function fails.

If this parameter is -1, the function processes the entire input string, including the terminating null character. Therefore, the resulting character string has a terminating null character, and the length returned by the function includes this character.

If this parameter is set to a positive integer, the function processes exactly the specified number of characters.

If the provided size does not include a terminating null character, the resulting character string is not null-terminated, and the returned length does not include this character.

multiByteStr  StringBuilder

Pointer to a buffer that receives the converted string.

multiByteStrSize  Int32

Size, in bytes, of the buffer indicated by multiByteStr.

If this parameter is set to 0, the function returns the required buffer size for multiByteStr and makes no use of the output parameter itself.

defaultChar  String

Pointer to the character to use if a character cannot be represented in the specified code page.

The application sets this parameter to if the function is to use a system default value.

To obtain the system default character, the application can call the GetCPInfo or GetCPInfoEx function.

If you specify the UTF7 or UTF8 value for codePage parameter, this parameter must be set to . Otherwise, the function fails with ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.

refUsedDefaultChar  Boolean

Pointer to a flag that indicates if the function has used a default character in the conversion.

The flag is set to if one or more characters in the source string cannot be represented in the specified code page. Otherwise, the flag is set to .

This parameter can be et to . If you specify the UTF7 or UTF8 value for codePage parameter, this parameter must be set to . Otherwise, the function fails with ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.

Return Value

If the function succeeds and multiByteStrSize is 0, the return value is the required size, in bytes, for the buffer indicated by multiByteStr.

The function returns 0 (zero) if it does not succeed.

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