- // get the size of required buffer
- UINT lenAnsi = strlen(sz);
- #ifdef __MWERKS__
- UINT lenWide = lenAnsi * 2 ;
- #else
- UINT lenWide = mbstowcs(NULL, sz, lenAnsi);
- #endif
-
- if ( lenWide > 0 ) {
- m_wzBuf = new OLECHAR[lenWide + 1];
- mbstowcs(m_wzBuf, sz, lenAnsi);
- m_wzBuf[lenWide] = L'\0';
- }
- else {
- m_wzBuf = NULL;
- }
+ Init(sz);
+}
+
+// ctor takes an ANSI or Unicode string and transforms it to Unicode
+wxBasicString::wxBasicString(const wxString& str)
+{
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+ m_wzBuf = new OLECHAR[str.Length() + 1];
+ memcpy(m_wzBuf, str.c_str(), str.Length()*2);
+ m_wzBuf[str.Length()] = L'\0';
+#else
+ Init(str.c_str());
+#endif
+}
+
+// Takes an ANSI string and transforms it to Unicode
+void wxBasicString::Init(const char *sz)
+{
+ // get the size of required buffer
+ UINT lenAnsi = strlen(sz);
+#ifdef __MWERKS__
+ UINT lenWide = lenAnsi * 2 ;
+#else
+ UINT lenWide = mbstowcs(NULL, sz, lenAnsi);
+#endif
+
+ if ( lenWide > 0 ) {
+ m_wzBuf = new OLECHAR[lenWide + 1];
+ mbstowcs(m_wzBuf, sz, lenAnsi);
+ m_wzBuf[lenWide] = L'\0';
+ }
+ else {
+ m_wzBuf = NULL;
+ }