So the output of the function GetUserName() gives the username as a LPTSTR. I need to convert this to a LPCSTR, as I want the username to be the name of the an ftpdirectory.
TCHAR id [UNLEN+1];
DWORD size = UNLEN+1;
GetUserName(id, &size); // this is an LPTSTR
FtpCreateDirectory(hFtpSession,id) // 2d parameter should be an LPCSTR
The problem is that I need to convert the LPTSTR string to a LPCSTR string. Now I know that:
LPTSTR is a (non-const) TCHAR string and LPCSTR is a const string.
But how do I convert a TCHAR to a const string?
I should note I don't have a rich programming/C++ background, I should also note that I'm compiling in multi-byte, not unicode.
Answer
As you are compiling for multi-byte, not unicode you don't have to do anything. LPTSTR will convert implicitly to LPCSTR as it's just a char* to const char* conversion.