Setting Character set : - Unicode / Multibyte charecter set

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Hello,
I have two .cpp files under my "Windows Form Application project" say a.cpp and b.cpp . Character set in my "project prop->configuration->general->charecter set= Multibyte char support".
Now for a.cpp i want "Multibyte char support" (which is achieved from proj prop)
and for b.cpp i want "Unicode char support"
How can do both things simulteneously?

Posted 26-Apr-11 2:50am

MartinTaylor

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Hans Dietrich · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-26T03:05:00

There are two things to keep in mind when you are doing a "hybrid" app that deals with both ANSI and Unicode.

1. The data type - typically, you would want to use TCHAR, LPCTSTR, etc. But when you want to deal with ANSI, you can switch to using char.

2. The functions - for TCHAR data, use the the corresponding TCHAR functions: strlen --> _tcslen, etc. Some of the Win32 APIs also have two versions, A and W; example: GetFileAttributesA(), GetFileAttributesW().

As long as you keep these two things straight in your code, you should have no problems.