{

wstring result;

const int bufferLength = 256;

uint16_t buffer[bufferLength];

int length = input->Length();

result.reserve(length);

int read = 0;

while (read < length)

{

int toread = min(bufferLength, length - read);

int actual = input->Write(buffer, read, toread);

result.append(reinterpret_cast<const wchar_t*>(buffer), actual);

read += actual;

}

return result;

{

vector<char> messageBuffer;

int length = ::WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, input, -1, nullptr, 0, nullptr, nullptr);

if (length > 0)

{

// length includes null terminator

messageBuffer.resize(length);

::WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, input, -1, messageBuffer.data(), messageBuffer.size(), nullptr, nullptr);

}

return string(messageBuffer.data());