Windows Sockets: Convert strings

This article and two other related articles explain some issues in Windows Sockets programming. This document describes how to convert strings. Other problems are described in Windows Sockets: blocking and Windows Sockets: byte sorting.

If you use the CAsyncSocket class or derive from it, you need to manage these issues on your own. If you use a CSocket class or derive from it, it is managed by MFC. Conversion string

If communication is performed between applications that use strings stored in different wide character formats (such as Unicode or multi-Byte Character Set MBCS, or you must useCAsyncSocketManage the conversion by yourself. AndCSocketObjects used togetherCArchiveThe object manages the conversion through the function of the CString class. For more information, see the Windows Sockets specification in Platform SDK.