Data Type Mappings

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These data-type mappings are defined in TCHAR.H and depend on whether the constant _UNICODE or _MBCS has been defined in your program.

Generic-text data type name	SBCS (_UNICODE, _MBCS not defined)	_MBCS defined	_UNICODE defined
`_TCHAR`	`char`	`char`	`wchar_t`
`_tfinddata_t`	`_finddata_t`	`_finddata_t`	`_wfinddata_t`
`_tfinddata64_t`	`__finddata64_t`	`__finddata64_t`	`__wfinddata64_t`
`_tfinddatai64_t`	`_finddatai64_t`	`_finddatai64_t`	`_wfinddatai64_t`
`_TINT`	`int`	`int`	`wint_t`
`_TSCHAR`	`signed char`	`signed char`	`wchar_t`
`_TUCHAR`	`unsigned char`	`unsigned char`	`wchar_t`
`_TXCHAR`	`char`	`unsigned char`	`wchar_t`
`_T` or `_TEXT`	No effect (removed by preprocessor)	No effect (removed by preprocessor)	`L` (converts following character or string to its Unicode counterpart)

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