String > WideString

{:Converts Ansi string to Unicode string using specified code page.
  @param   s        Ansi string.
  @param   codePage Code page to be used in conversion.
  @returns Converted wide string.
}
function StringToWideString(const s: AnsiString; codePage: Word): WideString;
var
  l: integer;
begin
  if s = '' then
    Result := ''
  else 
  begin
    l := MultiByteToWideChar(codePage, MB_PRECOMPOSED, PChar(@s[1]), - 1, nil, 0);
    SetLength(Result, l - 1);
    if l > 1 then
      MultiByteToWideChar(CodePage, MB_PRECOMPOSED, PChar(@s[1]),
        - 1, PWideChar(@Result[1]), l - 1);
  end;
end; { StringToWideString }

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