fopen with unicode filename

Question

I have to use a library that accepts file names as strings (const char*). Internally files are opened with fopen. Is there a way to make this library to accept unicode file name? Can I use WideCharToMultiByte to convert unicode names into utf before passing them to the library?

One possible (undesirable) solution is to change library interface (char* -> wchar_t*) and replace fopen with windows specific _wopen. Another solution is to use create symbolic links to files and pass those to the library, but it is limited to NTFS volumes only.

Answer 1

Best way would be to rewrite the lib... Just my 2 Cents.

But if it is just about to open an existing file you can use GetShortPathName You find an existing discussion about this way here.