[python-win32] win32file.CreateFile versus win32file.CreateFileW

[Amaury Forgeot d'Arc]

2012/2/6 Scott Leerssen <sleerssen at gmail.com>

> I'm trying to open files with names that contain Japanese characters, and
> found that win32file.CreateFile would raise an exception indicating that
> 'The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect'.  I
> found win32file.CreateFileW (documented to deal with 'unicode'), and that
> did return a handle for me.  What puzzles me is that both functions take a
> PyUNICODE filename, so I just assumed that CreateFile would deal with the
> unicode pathname I was giving it.  So, my question is, should I just use
> win32file.CreateFileW instead of win32file.CreateFile, and is it safe to
> use for all file handles, including those that do not have wide characters?
>

Yes, win32file.CreateFileW will accept all file names: unicode strings are
passed as is to the C function,
and byte strings are properly converted to a wide string.
But do you really need CreateFile? the plain open() function also accept
unicode with Japanese characters...

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Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
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