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In article <4djn2d$mps@earth.superlink.net>,
   ananda@mars.superlink.net (Ananda Subramaniam) wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have an OLE sample that I wrote and compiled in VC++ 2.0 without any 
problems.
>However, when I tried to compile in VC++ 4.0, I had trouble with the
>StringFromCLSID function. 
>
>I get a message "cannot convert 2nd parameter char ** to unsigned short**"
>
>....
>The compiler seems to think that LPOLESTR is of type unsigned short.
>To further confirm this, I changed the type of my string to LPOLESTR and the 
>compiler went past StringFromCLSID function but complained on the next line
>where I had AfxMessageBox(mystr).  The compiler said "non of the 2 overloads 
can
>covert parameter one from type unsigned short * "
>
>...

>I am running out of ideas, plus it does not help being the only C++ 
programmer
>in the office.   Any help will be appreciated.

>Ananda
>email: ananda@mars.superlink.net

Ananda,

One major change between VC++ 2.0 and VC++ 4.0 is the support for Unicode. All 
OLE functions require Unicode strings. That's why it wants and "unsigned 
short**". 2.x provided this translation for you, but 4.0 does not. Check out 
Tech Note 59. And if you need source examples, check out my FAQ under "General 
Questions"/"Converting from 2.0 to 4.0" at http://www.sky.net/~toma.

TwA