_Utf82Unicode & _Unicode2Asc Question

[jezzzzy]

Using these 2 functions like this:

$wTrayTitle = _Unicode2Asc(_Utf82Unicode(StringStripWS($wTitle[0],7)))

However the function for _Utf82Unicode has a line in it that uses StringLeft. This is stripping needed characters from my string.

Func _Utf82Unicode($Utf8String)
    Local $BufferSize = StringLen($Utf8String) * 2
    Local $Buffer = DllStructCreate("byte[" & $BufferSize & "]")
    Local $Return = DllCall("Kernel32.dll", "int", "MultiByteToWideChar", _
        "int", 65001, _
        "int", 0, _
        "str", $Utf8String, _
        "int", StringLen($Utf8String), _
        "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($Buffer), _
        "int", $BufferSize)
   ;Local $UnicodeString = StringLeft(DllStructGetData($Buffer, 1), $Return[0] * 2)
    Local $UnicodeString = DllStructGetData($Buffer, 1)
    $Buffer = 0
    Return $UnicodeString 
EndFunc

Is there any problem with removing the StringLeft function like this:?

Local $UnicodeString = DllStructGetData($Buffer, 1)

I'm guessing that StringLeft is there to prevent some kind of overflow. Seems to be working fine without it. Just wanted to make sure that I'm not going to be creating some problem by modifying it.

[MrCreatoR]

I am not sure if this is the same, but here is function to convert UTF8 to Ansi:

Func _UTF8ToAnsi($sUTF8)
    Local $iLen = StringLen($sUTF8)
    Local $stBuf = DllStructCreate("byte[" & $iLen * 2 & "];byte[2]")
    
    Local $aRet = DllCall("Kernel32.dll", "int", "MultiByteToWideChar", _
        "int", 65001, "int", 0, _
        "str", $sUTF8, "int", -1, _
        "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($stBuf), "int", $iLen * 2 + 2)
    
    Local $stOut = DllStructCreate("char[" & $iLen & "];char")
    
    $aRet = DllCall("kernel32.dll", "int", "WideCharToMultiByte", _
        "int", 0, "int", 0, _
        "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($stBuf), "int", -1, _
        "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($stOut), "int", $iLen + 1, _
        "int", 0, "int", 0)
    
    Return DllStructGetData($stOut, 1)
EndFunc

[jezzzzy]

Not really the same. I just needed to know if my function modification will cause any adverse effects.

[SmOke_N]

Not really the same. I just needed to know if my function modification will cause any adverse effects.

Did you ask the original author?

Edit:

How many chars is it not putting in that you expect it to?

I would have suspected it to be maybe 1?

Edited May 8, 2008 by SmOke_N

[jezzzzy]

I couldn't remember who the original author was. I'm pretty sure this code was given to me by you or maybe gary. Was hoping the author would stumble upon this post.

It seems to trim off a different number of characters based on the length of the string. Right now it's trimming off 15 characters of a 29 character string.

[SmOke_N]

I couldn't remember who the original author was. I'm pretty sure this code was given to me by you or maybe gary. Was hoping the author would stumble upon this post.

It seems to trim off a different number of characters based on the length of the string. Right now it's trimming off 15 characters of a 29 character string.

Makes no sense to me that the String* function is even in there at all. I don't see an issue with removing it and leaving it as you have it.

[jezzzzy]

Ok. Great. I'll leave the original line there commented out in case the author replies with some clarification to the contrary. Thanks smoke.