setting msvc 6 to use unicode strings

hey,

is it possible to make msvc6 interpret all literal strings in the code as unicode strings? if i #define UNICODE then all the literal strings blow up.

thanks.

(edit: without using the TEXT() macro. i'm trying to save time )

try L before the string e.g.

something = L "some string"

"L" is for Literal

hope that helps?

i guess i didn't explain myself properly. a friend came up with a solution, but thanks for trying anyway

Share the solution with everyone

gg

Yes, please do

oh, sure. its actually really simple and not particulary good.

what i had was this situation:

i had lots of existing code using literal strings, eg:

Code:

 SetName( "bob", "smith");

(btw, am i right calling these literal strings?)
I wanted to convert to unicode, since most pcs now use winXP.
so, i needed to change this to:

Code:

 SetName(TEXT("bob"). TEXT("smith"));

the solution? initially find and replace . I am also working on a program that will read .cpps and change all its strings correctly, hopefully leaving things such as #include "resource.h" intact. I could post it here when its done. tis a shame MSVC can't be made to do it automatically though when the -UNICODE compile option is used.

Now when someone stumbles on to this thread, they may learn something

For those wondering, the TEXT() macro will put an "L" in front of the string literal parameter if _UNICODE is defined - making it a wide character string.

I've had to port my code to CE in the past, a prgram like that would've been nice to have at the time

gg