added the helper functions

src/common/common.cpp

@@ -385,6 +385,25 @@ std::wstring get_resource_string(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance, const wch
   }
 }
 
+// function to return the string as a to a wchar_t* (to enable localization in cases where the return type did not accept wstring)
+wchar_t* get_resource_string_wchar(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance)
+{
+    wchar_t* text_ptr;
+    unsigned int length = LoadStringW(instance, resource_id, reinterpret_cast<wchar_t*>(&text_ptr), 0);
+    std::wstring res_string = { *reinterpret_cast<wchar_t**>(&text_ptr), length };
+    length++;
+
+    if (length > 1)
+    {
+        wchar_t* tmp_res_ptr;
+        tmp_res_ptr = new wchar_t[length];
+        wmemcpy(tmp_res_ptr, res_string.c_str(), length);
+        return tmp_res_ptr;
+    }
+
+    return (wchar_t*)L"test";
+}
+
 std::wstring get_module_filename(HMODULE mod)
 {
     wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH + 1];

src/common/common.h

@@ -77,4 +77,16 @@ std::wstring get_resource_string(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance, const wch
 // Requires that
 //  extern "C" IMAGE_DOS_HEADER __ImageBase;
 // is added to the .cpp file.
-#define GET_RESOURCE_STRING(resource_id) get_resource_string(resource_id, reinterpret_cast<HINSTANCE>(&__ImageBase), L#resource_id)
+#define GET_RESOURCE_STRING(resource_id) get_resource_string(resource_id, reinterpret_cast<HINSTANCE>(&__ImageBase), L#resource_id)
+
+// Function which takes a pointer ptr and allocates space before populating it with the string from the resource table
+// using this approach as wstring cannot be cast to PCWSTR without allocating space
+// hence, we have to malloc and free the pointer after each use
+wchar_t* get_resource_string_wchar(UINT resource_id, HINSTANCE instance);
+
+// Wrapper for getting a string from the resource file.
+// Requires that
+//  extern "C" IMAGE_DOS_HEADER __ImageBase;
+// is added to the .cpp file.
+// used when the return type must be a wchar_t* instead of a wstring.
+#define GET_RES_STRING_WCHAR(resource_id) get_resource_string_wchar(resource_id, reinterpret_cast<HINSTANCE>(&__ImageBase))

src/modules/powerrename/dll/dllmain.cpp

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #include <settings.h>
 #include <trace.h>
 #include <common/settings_objects.h>
-
+#include <common/common.h>
+#include "resource.h"
 #include <atomic>
 
 std::atomic<DWORD> g_dwModuleRefCount = 0;
@@ -160,12 +161,14 @@ class PowerRenameModule : public PowertoyModuleIface
 private:
     // Enabled by default
     bool m_enabled = true;
+    wchar_t* app_name;
 
 public:
     // Return the display name of the powertoy, this will be cached
     virtual PCWSTR get_name() override
     {
-        return L"PowerRename";
+        app_name = GET_RES_STRING_WCHAR(IDS_POWERRENAME);
+        return app_name;
     }
 
     // Enable the powertoy
@@ -299,6 +302,11 @@ public:
     {
         init_settings();
     }
+
+    ~PowerRenameModule()
+    {
+        delete app_name;
+    }
 };
 
 extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) PowertoyModuleIface* __cdecl powertoy_create()