How to add UNICODE configuration

[paulina_lui]

Normally when you start a project in vc++ 6 , is has two configurations Win32 Relase and Win32 Build.

I have seem some projects with modes like UNICODE Build/Release as well.

Now I can new configuartion by going to Build->Configurations-> Add
but then All I am doing is adding a new name for the same configuration as cannot define the configuration options there.

So how do I define a unicode configuration. DO I have to manually go to project settings and do some stuff.

If yes, some hints will be great.


thanks

Pauli

[vicodin451]

Originally posted by paulina_lui
DO I have to manually go to project settings and do some stuff.

When I need to this, I usually copy an existing config (DEBUG or RELEASE) and give it a new name (UNICODE_DEBUG, UNICODE_RELEASE perhaps).
Then I make the UNICODE config the active one, and add the following preprocessor definitions to the C/C++ tab of the project settings:
UNICODE
_UNICODE

That's about it.

[paulina_lui]

How do I copy an existing configuration into a new project...


I have some projects with UNICODE configuration though which I would like to use to copy.


Pauli

[vicodin451]

Originally posted by paulina_lui
How do I copy an existing configuration into a new project...


I have some projects with UNICODE configuration though which I would like to use to copy.


Pauli

You mean you have a ProjectB with a UNICODE config, that you would like to copy to ProjectA? I would consider this to be a major pain, and it would likely be easier to just create a new config for ProjectA and modify it. Else, you would most likely have to copy settings from one DSP to another. Not terrible, but by the time you are done with it you could have probably made the appropriate changes to ProjectA's new config, and then some...