Reading files using Windows API

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Published on 2011-03-11T15:57:09Z Indexed on 2011/03/11 16:10 UTC
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Hi

I'm trying to write a console program that reads characters from a file. i want it to be able to read from a Unicode file as well as an ANSI one.

how should i address this issue? do i need to programatically distinguish the type of file and read acoordingly? or can i somehow use the windows API data types like TCHAR and stuff like that.

The only differnce between reading from the files is that in Unicode i have to read 2 bytes for a character and in ASNSI its 1 byte?

im a little lost with this windows API. would appretiate any help thanks

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