[Solved] OUString to String and back

[saleem145]

Hello,

Quick question -- how do I convert or cast an OUString to string and vice versa??

Thanks,

Saleem

[Charlie Young]

Hello,

Quick question -- how do I convert or cast an OUString to string and vice versa??

Thanks,

Saleem

Working with c++ and OpenOffice, class OUString is your friend. It's often easier to manipulate OUStrings than char *s.

To go back and forth there are a number of tricks.

To make an OUString from a literal there is a macro

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OUString ou = OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("literal"));

from a char * do

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char *myName = "Saleem";

OUString OUName = OUString::createFromAscii(myName);

OUString::createFromAscii also works with literals, but the macro is a bit more efficient in that case.

To go the other way, there is an intermediary called oString

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OUString myOUName = OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Saleem"))

OString o = OUStringToOString( myOUName, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US );
char *c = o.pData->buffer;

[karsten.burger]

But how about wide-character strings? How do I get a std::wstring from an OUString?

[Charlie Young]

But how about wide-character strings? How do I get a std::wstring from an OUString?

I just did a quick test, and I'm not sure I understand it, but it appears you can just do a direct assignment:

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wstring wstr;
OUString ouStr;

ouStr = OUString::createFromAscii("I'm an OUString");
		
wstr = ouStr;

And the other direction:

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wstr = L"Hi there!";
ouStr = wstr.data();