Reading File in AEIO plugin.

Question

I know this is really basic, but I'm not sure how to actually open and read from a file using the SDK API.
For example in the VerifyFileImportable() function, a const A_UTF16Char is passed in contating the file path. How can I use this file path to open the file. Does the SDK provide functions for opening and reading a file, or are traditional fopen and fstream functions used? If the latter is true, then how can a A_UTF16Char be converted to a char string?
Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks!!

Answer 1

it up to you to open and read the file.
fopen, fread, and fclose will do the job.
as for conversion of the utf16 to a char:
char buffer8[1024] = {'\0'};//i like to initiate arrays. you don't have to.
char *char8 = buffer8;
A_UTF16Char *char16 = thatUTF16String;
while(*char16)     {
     *char8++ = *char16++;
char8 = NULL;
that's it. buffer8 is now filled with the string from the utf16, and is null terminated.
either make sure that the size of the buffer is big enough to contain the largest path you might get, or add a counter to the while loop to see you don't exceed the buffer size.