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# I18N_MULTIBYTETOWIDECHAR

This Windows-only function converts an a string from its multibyte representation in the operating system's default encoding to an unsigned integer value representing a UTF-16, wide-character string (Unicode).

Note: The input encoding is the system default Windows ANSI code page.

For more information, see Internationalizing Code.

## Syntax

Wide_Uint = I18N_MULTIBYTETOWIDECHAR(Multibyte_String)

## Return Value

Returns an array of unsigned integer values representing a wide-character string.

## Argument

### Multibyte_string

The multibyte string to be converted.

## Properties

None

## Version History

8.1 | Introduced

## See Also

I18N_MULTIBYTETOUTF8, I18N_UTF8TOMULTIBYTE, I18N_WIDECHARTOMULTIBYTE