--- a/common/strhelp.h	Thu Sep 18 15:43:22 2014 +0200
+++ b/common/strhelp.h	Thu Sep 18 15:43:48 2014 +0200
@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@
  **/
 wchar_t *utf8_to_wchar (const char *string, size_t len);
 
+/** @brief convert a local 8 bit (acp) string to utf16 wchar
+ *
+ * @param[in] string acp string. Must be at least len characters long.
+ * @param[in] len number of characters to be converted.
+ *
+ * @returns pointer to a newly allocated wchar array. NULL on error.
+ *
+ **/
+wchar_t *acp_to_wchar (const char *string, size_t len);
+
 /** @brief convert a utf16 string to utf8
  *
  * @param[in] string utf16 string. Must be at least len characters long.