Re: A VC++ 2005 printf() question.

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:06:50 -0400
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<quincy451@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5dffe4e3-eab4-4c55-969b-c7a7d7294d09@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com

Ok I run the following program in VC++ 2005 and C++Builder 6.0 and I
get different results:

The microsoft VC 2005 output:
load_library_test microsoft_isdn.dll init_hardware
LoadLibrary(m) successful
GetProcAddress(i) failed GetLastError()=127

The more typicall borland output:
loadlibrary_test microsoft_isdn.dll init_hardware
LoadLibrary(microsoft_isdn.dll) successful
GetProcAddress(init_hardware) failed GetLastError()=127


You are building Unicode build with VC, but ANSI build with C++Builder.
printf("%s") expects a narrow (ANSI) string, but your VC program passes
a wide (Unicode) string instead.
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