How to Use 32-bit StampResource() Function in Windows NT 3.51

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StampResource() is prototyped in the 32-bit Setup Toolkit as follows:

   VOID StampResource(LPSTR szSect, LPSTR szKey, LPSTR szDst,
      int wResType, int wResId, LPSTR szData, int cbData);
				

Notice that the szData argument is prototyped as LPSTR. All string resource data in Windows NT must be stored in UNICODE(tm) form. Therefore, because StampResource() is writing directly into a binary file, you must convert the string data for StampResource() into wide-character format. That means you must make your szData string parameter type LPWSTR. The following example shows how this can be done:

   INT size;
   TCHAR buf[80], szName[40],szCompany[20],szProductID[20];
   LPWSTR wUnicodeString;

   lstrcpy(szName,"Bob Smith");
   lstrcpy(szCompany,"Microsoft");
   lstrcpy(szProductID,"123-45-6789");
   wsprintf(buf,"%c%s%c%s%c%s",lstrlen(szName),szName,lstrlen(szCompany),
      szCompany,lstrlen(szProductID),szProductID);
   size=MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP,MB_PRECOMPOSED,buf,-1,NULL,0);
   wUnicodeString=(LPWSTR)GlobalAlloc(GMEM_FIXED,sizeof(WCHAR)*size);
   MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP,MB_PRECOMPOSED,buf,-1,wUnicodeString,size);
   StampResource("Extra Files","Config","d:\\setup32\\stamp\\disks\\disk1",
      6,0x451,(LPSTR)wUnicodeString,sizeof(WCHAR)*size);
   GlobalFree((HGLOBAL)wUnicodeString);
				

In this example, the code performs these steps:

1. Convert the ASCII string "buf" to wide-character format by using the Win32 MultiByteToWideChar() function. This first call to this function retrieves the size, in wide characters, needed to store the resultant wide-character string.
2. Allocate memory for the resultant wide-character string and perform the actual conversion by calling MultiByteToWideChar() again.
3. Cast the wide-character string "wUnicodeString" to type LPSTR during the call to StampResource() to avoid a type mismatch warning message.

NOTE: this information does not apply to Windows 95. The 32-bit StampResource() function does not currently work in Windows 95 because it makes use of a Win32 API function that is not supported by Windows 95.