Question

i have a STR16 (psString) that i want to add too.

something like this:

sprintf(psString,"%s 500 Left",psString);

but VS says STR16 is incompatible with sprintf

what’s a way i can modify this STR16 and end up a STR16 ?

thanks.

Answer 1

Use swprintf instead, since it deals with 16-bit wide characters rather than 8-bit characters. Windows provides a similar version called wsprintf. You can also use _stprintf and the preprocessor will convert it either 8 or 16 bit-wide characters based on the TCHAR definition.

Note that this function is considered unsafe. The wsprintf link above contains information on potential replacements, such as StringCbPrintfEx .