ATL / WTL / STL

a.Format( L"%s", b ); // %s will be compiled as Unicode always
a.Format( TEXT("%s"), b ); // %s will be compiled as Unicode or ASCII depending on the project settings

bkelly13 wrote:

I really wish I was not the only one here working with C++.

bkelly13 wrote:

and they disdain C++.

bkelly13 wrote:

dropping WCHAR and going to wchar_t

swprintf_s( my_date, my_size, L"%S", build_date );

class widget{ ... }

p_widget = new widget;
...
delete_stuff( L"widget", p_widget );
...
void delete_stuff( WCHAR * name, void * item )
{
  delete *item;
  ... logging code not shown.
}

delete *item;
and
delete (*item);

Void Delete_Stuff( WCHAR * name, void * item )

// Object is a base class (that does not need to do anything)
class Object
{
public:
    Object()
    {
        cout << "Object constructor" << endl;
    };
    virtual ~Object()
    {
        cout << "Object destructor" << endl;
    };
};

// Widget, and all other classes need to inherit Object
class Widget : Object
{
public:
    Widget()
    {
        cout << "Widget constructor" << endl;
    };
    ~Widget()
    {
        cout << "Widget destructor" << endl;
    };
};

// Delete_Stuff takes an Object pointer as its second parameter
static void Delete_Stuff(char* name, Object* object)
{
    cout << "cleanup " << name << endl;

    // delete will now correctly delete any object
    delete object;
}