Error: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling application may fix this problem.

This error message is usually an indication that the VC++ runtime is missing on a system. Downloading and installing the Microsoft VC++ runtime that matches the version you need will fix this problem.  To find the redistributable at microsoft.com, Google using this search string “visual c++ redistributable 2005”.  Substitute “2008”, “2002”, or “2003” for different versions… For example, one recent […]

Chinese Character String Literals in VC++ 8, 9, 10, …

It is possible to use string literals within your C++ code — as long as you save your C++ source file using the utf-8 character encoding. For example, open a .cpp source file and add this line: CkString str1; str1.appendU(L”京”); When you try to save the .cpp source file, you may get a message such as: “Some Unicode characters in […]