2001-12-22 Gary R. Van Sickle <g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net>

[cygwin-apps/setup.git] / cistring.cc

/*\r
 * Copyright (c) 2001, Gary R. Van Sickle.\r
 *\r
 *     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify\r
 *     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by\r
 *     the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or\r
 *     (at your option) any later version.\r
 *\r
 *     A copy of the GNU General Public License can be found at\r
 *     http://www.gnu.org/\r
 *\r
 * Written by Gary R. Van Sickle <g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net>\r
 *\r
 */\r
\r
// Yep, another string class\r
\r
#include "cistring.h"\r
#include <stdlib.h>\r
\r
DWORD\r
cistring::Format (UINT i, ...)\r
{\r
  TCHAR FormatStringBuffer[256];\r
  TCHAR *Buff;\r
  va_list arglist;\r
  DWORD numchars;\r
\r
  // Get the string from the stringtable (FormatMessage() can only work with\r
  // literal strings or *message*table entries, which are different for some\r
  // inexplicable reason).\r
  LoadString (GetModuleHandle (NULL), i, FormatStringBuffer, 256);\r
\r
  va_start (arglist, i);\r
  numchars =::\r
    FormatMessage (FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |\r
		   FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_STRING, FormatStringBuffer, i, 0,\r
		   (LPTSTR) & Buff, 0, &arglist);\r
  va_end (arglist);\r
\r
  if (numchars == 0)\r
    {\r
      // Something went wrong.\r
      return 0;\r
    }\r
\r
  buffer = new TCHAR[(numchars + 1) * sizeof (TCHAR)];\r
  memcpy (buffer, Buff, (numchars + 1) * sizeof (TCHAR));\r
  LocalFree (Buff);\r
\r
  return numchars;\r
}\r