L_OcrEncoding_ToUTF8

Summary

Maps a UTF-16 (wide character) string to a new character string. The new character string is not necessarily from a multibyte character set.

Syntax

L_LTOCR_API L_INT EXT_FUNCTION L_OcrEncoding_ToUTF8(source, sourceCount, dest, destCount)

Parameters

const L_WCHAR* source

Pointer to the Unicode string to convert.

L_UINT sourceCount

Size, in characters, of the string indicated by 'source'.

L_CHAR* dest

Pointer to a buffer that receives the converted string.

L_UINT destCount

Size, in bytes, of the buffer indicated by 'dest'.

Returns

Comments

Maps a UTF-16 (wide character) string to a new character string. The new character string is not necessarily from a multibyte character set.

This function internally calls WideCharToMultiByte function to do the conversion, so for more information about this function, refer to MSDN.

Required DLLs and Libraries

• LTOCR
• For a listing of the exact DLLs and Libraries needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application.

See Also

Functions

• L_OcrEncoding_FromUTF8

Topics

• Programming with LEADTOOLS OCR Module - LEAD Engine
• Starting and Shutting Down the OCR Engine

Example

This example shows how to map a UTF-16 (wide character) string to a new character string.
The new character string is not necessarily from a multi-byte character set.

L_INT L_OcrEncoding_ToUTF8Example(const L_WCHAR* source, L_UINT sourceCount, L_CHAR* dest, L_UINT destCount) 
{ 
   L_OcrEncoding_ToUTF8(source, sourceCount, dest, destCount); 
   return SUCCESS; 
}