UI: add a dialog that shows local hardware IDs

StringUtils.cpp

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+#include "StringUtils.h"
+#include <string>
+
+const char* StringUtils::wchar_to_char(const wchar_t* pwchar)
+{
+    if (pwchar == nullptr)
+    {
+        return "";
+    }
+    // get the number of characters in the string.
+    int currentCharIndex = 0;
+    char currentChar = pwchar[currentCharIndex];
+
+    while (currentChar != '\0')
+    {
+        currentCharIndex++;
+        currentChar = pwchar[currentCharIndex];
+    }
+
+    const int charCount = currentCharIndex + 1;
+
+    // allocate a new block of memory size char (1 byte) instead of wide char (2 bytes)
+    char* filePathC = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * charCount);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < charCount; i++)
+    {
+        // convert to char (1 byte)
+        char character = pwchar[i];
+
+        *filePathC = character;
+
+        filePathC += sizeof(char);
+
+    }
+    filePathC += '\0';
+
+    filePathC -= (sizeof(char) * charCount);
+
+    return filePathC;
+}