[fpc-devel] Unicode resource strings

[Michael Schnell]

On 08/21/2012 11:22 AM, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
>
> Lazarus does not force "unicodestring" to anything for the simple
> reason, that it does not use it. It only provides some functions for
> converting UTF-8 to/from unicodestring.
>
> At the moment Lazarus does not even use UTF8String, because the RTL
> does not use it.
>
AFAIK, all the GUI related LCL calls use UTF8 in the parameters and 
results. OTOH all Delphi VCL GUI calls use 16 bit string encoding in the 
parameters and results.

-Michael