I was thinking more of a user reading the code and deeming the content to be malicious, than them actually running the content.If you were the first to read and you ran it without checking, then, whoops.

You did not answer my question, I guess I didn't make it clear but I assumed you had some knowledge about what you were doing. led mike wrote: What are you compiling to? Since the subject of this discussion is character sets that's what that question is about. Are you compiling to _UNICODE or what? You should check out the example of MultiByteToWideChar in this article[^] Try to look for the differences in your code, there an obvious difference. Next I strongly urge you to study this subject thoroughly before you attempt your implementation. My experience is that working with conversion requires a sound understanding of this subject. I believe there are great articles here on Code Project that cover this topic well.

That actually sounds reasonable... :confused: Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Velopers, Develprs, Developers! We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP Linkify!|Fold With Us!

Yes Ryan "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"