2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/o3d/utils/cross/file_path_utils.cc b/o3d/utils/cross/file_path_utils.cc
index bea30de..257ac0c 100644
--- a/o3d/utils/cross/file_path_utils.cc
+++ b/o3d/utils/cross/file_path_utils.cc
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ FilePath UTF8ToFilePath(const String& input) {
 #endif
 }
 
+FilePath::StringType UTF8ToFilePathStringType(const String& input) {
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+  return UTF8ToWide(input);
+#else
+  return input;
+#endif
+}
+
 bool AbsolutePath(FilePath* absolute_path) {
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
   return file_util::AbsolutePath(absolute_path);
diff --git a/o3d/utils/cross/file_path_utils.h b/o3d/utils/cross/file_path_utils.h
index 7398e8b..463b47de 100644
--- a/o3d/utils/cross/file_path_utils.h
+++ b/o3d/utils/cross/file_path_utils.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ std::wstring FilePathToWide(const FilePath& input);
 FilePath WideToFilePath(const std::wstring& input);
 String FilePathToUTF8(const FilePath& input);
 FilePath UTF8ToFilePath(const String& input);
+FilePath::StringType UTF8ToFilePathStringType(const String& input);
 
 // On Windows, this is just the same as file_util::AbsolutePath.
 // On the Posix implementation of file_util::AbsolutePath,