[ros-kernel] Re: Status of Explorer under ReactOS - Bug #42 (Iknowthe fix)

[Martin Fuchs]

On 14.11.2003 18:31:42 Diego Iastrubni wrote:
> I have tried using this unicode verion of win98. it does not load.
> however i remember that 98 does support unicode.
> 
> can anyone fix my conflict?

You should use the ANSI version on WIN98. UNICODE version uses 16 bit character size and calls wide character functions e.g. in USER32.DLL. This is only supported on the NT line of Windows (NT, 2000, XP).

There is a library called UNICOWS to support Unicode on those old WIN9x systems (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/mslu/winprog/compiling_your_application_with_the_microsoft_layer_for_unicode.asp). But Explorer does not use this library. And it would not be very meaningful to do this, because which Unicode information do you want to see in Explorer? File names are all ASCII in Win9x. There is no Unicode support for any file system used there.

Regards,

   Martin