UNICODE and windows.h help

[nextus]

ok...in the windows.h they say if UNICODE is #define then the TCHAR and PTCHAR will be define as WCHAR and WCHAR*, and if it is not defined then TCHAR and PTCHAR will be define as char and char*..so if i include the windows.h header file under it do i have to put #define UNICODE for it to be unicode

like so
[code]
#include <windows.h>
#define UNICODE
//this is for it to be UNICODE
[/code[

#include <windows.h>
//this is ASCII or is this ANSI..still need explanation

thanks for help

[Fordy]

I always put the define before the header...and also define "_UNICODE" as well....some conditional compilations use that too

[nextus]

ok then i did this

#define UNICODE
#define _UNICODE
#include <window.h>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
PTCHAR a = "happy";
return 0;
}

it's giving me an error for the assignment statement..any helps? it says trying to store an array into an usigned short*

[Fordy]

Try

PTCHAR a = TEXT("happy");