Data Type Mappings
These data-type mappings are defined in TCHAR.H and depend on whether the constant _UNICODE or _MBCS has been defined in your program.
For related information, see Using TCHAR.H Data Types with _MBCS Code.
Generic-Text Data Type Mappings
| Generic-Text Data Type Name |
SBCS (_UNICODE, _MBCS Not Defined) |
_MBCS Defined |
_UNICODE Defined |
| _TCHAR | char | char | wchar_t |
| _TINT | int | int | wint_t |
| _TSCHAR | signed char | signed char | wchar_t |
| _TUCHAR | unsigned char | unsigned char | wchar_t |
| _TXCHAR | char | unsigned char | wchar_t |
| _T or _TEXT | No effect (removed by preprocessor) | No effect (removed by preprocessor) | L (converts following character or string to its Unicode counterpart) |
See Also Generic-text mappings, Constants and global variable mappings, Routine mappings, A sample generic-text program, Using generic-text mappings