wchar_t vs QString support with QT IPC server and Windows Natice IPC Client

all i have a QT app that opens a IPC port on windows and waits for a connection from a client... when i connect with QT client its fine, however a native windows app, it fails to get the proper data. I am convinced its a character encoding issue. But im unsure as to the *best* way to address it... i can alter either the QT app or the Native windows app..This will only run on windows, so portability isnt a concern. The Client MUST be native windows, so i cant do all QT... (i wish believe me)

I see the count of the data received in the client as "READ(30)", so i know data is going...

QT IPC Socket Code

Code:

void LocalSocketIpcServer::returnPrinter(QString printer)
{
 
	PRN_DEBUG() << "Returning: " << printer;
 
	QByteArray block;
    QDataStream out(&block, QIODevice::ReadWrite);
    out.setVersion(QDataStream::Qt_4_0);
    out << (quint16)0;
	out << printer;
    out.device()->seek(0);
    out << (quint16)(block.size() - sizeof(quint16));
 
    QLocalSocket *clientConnection = m_server->nextPendingConnection();
 
    connect(clientConnection, SIGNAL(disconnected()),
            clientConnection, SLOT(deleteLater()));
 
    clientConnection->write(block);
    clientConnection->flush();
	clientConnection->disconnectFromServer();
 
	emit finishedSending();
}

Native Windows client

Code:

#include <windows.h>
    #include <conio.h>
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
 
    const wchar_t cszPipeName[] = L"\\\\.\\pipe\\TestPort";
 
    int main(int argc, wchar_t* argv[])
    {
		HANDLE hPipe = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 
		do {
 
			// Get handle to a read only pipe that must exists.
			hPipe = CreateFileW(
								cszPipeName,
								GENERIC_READ, // | GENERIC_WRITE,
								0,
								NULL,
								OPEN_EXISTING,
								0,
								NULL
								);
 
			if( hPipe == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ){
				cerr << "CreateFile fail. Err: " << GetLastError() << endl;
				break;
				}
 
			cout << "Press any key to exit" << endl;
 
			wchar_t szMessage[256] = {0};
 
			// Keep buffer null terminated. Don't use last element.
			DWORD dwMsgSize = (sizeof(szMessage)-1)*sizeof(wchar_t);
 
			//while(!_kbhit()) {
 
				// Read messages until an error on the pipe happen
				// or the user press any key on the keyboard.
				DWORD dwRead = 0;
				BOOL bRet = ReadFile(
									hPipe,
									szMessage,
									dwMsgSize,
									&dwRead,
									NULL
								);
				if(!bRet) {
 
						cerr << "Read fail. Err: " << GetLastError() << endl;
						break;
				}
 
				wcout << "READ (" << dwRead << ") " << szMessage << endl;
 
			//} // end while
 
		} while(false);  // end do
 
		if(hPipe != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
			CloseHandle(hPipe);
		}
 
    return 0;
    }