VC++ Win32 Unicode configurations?

[Robert William Vesterman <bo...@digitalarts.com>]

I just downloaded Xerces source and started compiling, using VC++ 6.0 on
Windows XP.  I noticed that, whereas Visual Studio automatically gives new
projects configurations such as "Win32 Debug", "Win32 Release", "Win32
Unicode Debug", et cetera, there were no "Unicode" ones in the Xerces
project.

My project that I want to use Xerces with must be compiled under "Win32
Unicode <whatever>".  I am guessing that Xerces' various configurations
actually correspond to the "Win32 Unicode <whatver>" configurations normally
generated by Visual Studio, as opposed to the "Win32 <whatever>" ones, and
that linking my (for example) "Win32 Unicode Debug" project to the Xerces
"Win32 Debug" project won't cause any problems.

However, I just want to make sure whether or not I am correct.  Am I? And if
not, any hints on how I can resolve this?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Bob Vesterman.

Re: VC++ Win32 Unicode configurations?

[Alberto Massari <am...@datadirect.com>]

Hi Robert,
the Visual Studio projects are not "Unicode" version, but that should 
not be a problem for you. The Unicode projects differ from the plain 
ones as they define the _UNICODE macro that appends a W to all the 
Windows API calls, and changes the mapping of the generic types 
(TCHAR, _T, LPCTSTR and so on).
Xerces uses just a bunch of Windows API, but it directly uses the 
Unicode version if available (e.g. CreateFileW vs CreateFileA); also, 
it doesn't use the TCHAR-related macros. So, if you like, you can add 
the _UNICODE macro to the project, but you don't have to.

Hope this helps,
Alberto

At 16.41 31/08/2005 -0400, Robert William Vesterman wrote:
>I just downloaded Xerces source and started compiling, using VC++ 6.0 on
>Windows XP.  I noticed that, whereas Visual Studio automatically gives new
>projects configurations such as "Win32 Debug", "Win32 Release", "Win32
>Unicode Debug", et cetera, there were no "Unicode" ones in the Xerces
>project.
>
>My project that I want to use Xerces with must be compiled under "Win32
>Unicode <whatever>".  I am guessing that Xerces' various configurations
>actually correspond to the "Win32 Unicode <whatver>" configurations normally
>generated by Visual Studio, as opposed to the "Win32 <whatever>" ones, and
>that linking my (for example) "Win32 Unicode Debug" project to the Xerces
>"Win32 Debug" project won't cause any problems.
>
>However, I just want to make sure whether or not I am correct.  Am I? And if
>not, any hints on how I can resolve this?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>Bob Vesterman.