ANSI to Unicode

You may find that you have quite a body of Win16 and/or DOS code that you have ported to use Win32. However you may be compiling this code as MBCS so that you do not need to convert all the text strings to the unicode syntax, which uses _TEXT() and _T() macros. This program will perform this conversion for you, prompting you for each conversion.

On Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP, all functions take UNICODE strings, with compatability functions provided that take MBCS strings. These functions provide the conversions for you, but such conversions have a performance penalty. Converting these applications to UNICODE will remove this performance penalty.

Of course you can also use this function to convert any strings that you simply forgot to encode as _T().

This program is provided with source code. If you find any bugs with this program, please let us know: bugs@objmedia.demon.co.uk.

You use this program at your own risk. Object Media will not be responsible for any loss or damage that may arise from using this program or a derivative of this program.

Download the source code.

Download the executable and the common files installer.

Information about using the program can be found on the help page.

Last Updated 7 February, 2008.