UTF code point to UTF-8

[Fab]

Hi,

Before I try to write my own UTF code point (U+XXXXXX) to UTF-8 function I was wondering if there was already some functions written in the win API that could do this for me.
What I need it to do is convert a UTF code point into its 1,2,3 or 4 byte UTF-8 equivalent

I had a quick look at WideCharToMultiByte. but its says "Maps a UTF-16 (wide character) string to a new character string"
Does that mean UTF-16 has a direct correlation to UTF code points? if that is the case, and UTF-16 is just a 2byte wide character, how could this function handle any code points above U+FFFF ?

any help, even just pointing me in the right direction would be great! It's all abit confusing  :dazzled:

Thanks  :wink

[donkey]

You can use the codepage parameter in WideCharToMultiByte to change what the output will be. In Win32 surrogate pairs are supported extending the number of allowable values beyond the 65,536 characters allowed in the BMP.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd374081%28VS.85%29.aspx