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vivik



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vivik 24 Feb 2018, 08:32
Something like this:

wchar_t* filename = L"C:\\folder1\\folder2\\folder3\\",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0;

I need to reserve space for 16 more characters, how? I can just write another 16 characters of whatever, but I'd prefer them to be 0.


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alexfru



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alexfru 24 Feb 2018, 09:15
"...\0\0\0"
Or if you use an array, making it big enough will work:
wchar_t filename[100] = L"C:\\folder1\\folder2\\folder3\\";
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revolution 24 Feb 2018, 09:40
Use the constants that come with your OS. For Windows:
Code:
wchar_t filename[MAX_PATH] = L"C:\\folder1\\folder2\\folder3\\";    
There is no sense using more than MAX_PATH since the OS won't be able to use it. And always check that whatever you add to the buffer won't overflow it past MAX_PATH. It can cause some terrible bugs if you assume that your path length + 16 characters will never overflow past MAX_PATH.
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vivik



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vivik 24 Feb 2018, 13:54
It looks like this string ends up read-only. Can I make it writable? Compiler is VS2005.

I guess I'll just copy it somewhere for now, it's not important.
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shoorick



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shoorick 24 Feb 2018, 15:00
MAX_PATH may appear short for UNICODE functions. It is not bad to read this to clarify the subject.
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rugxulo



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rugxulo 24 Feb 2018, 22:30
vivik wrote:
It looks like this string ends up read-only. Can I make it writable? Compiler is VS2005.


readonly wrote:

wchar_t* filename = L"C:\\folder1\\folder2\\folder3\\",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0;


writeable? wrote:

wchar_t filename[100] = L"C:\\folder1\\folder2\\folder3\\";
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