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