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_tmain() , _tprintf(), ... --> '_t' ?

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Chris - 18 Sep 2004 09:25 GMT

Hi,

why use '_tmain()' as entry point of the program in a console-application ?

why is _tmain() used instead of main() ?
_tprintf() instead of printf() ?

why '_t' ?

thnx
Chris

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Jochen Kalmbach - 18 Sep 2004 10:57 GMT

> why '_t' ?

See: <tchar.h>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vccore/html/
_core_generic.2d.text_mappings_in_tchar..h.asp

In short:
It is usefull if you make programs for ANSI/MBCS and UNICODE charsets.

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David Lowndes - 18 Sep 2004 10:59 GMT

>why use '_tmain()' as entry point of the program in a console-application ?
>
>why is _tmain() used instead of main() ?
>_tprintf() instead of printf() ?
>
>why '_t' ?

Chris,

Have a look at the topic titled "Using Generic-Text Mappings" in MSDN.

Dave

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