291635 - nsAbWinHelper.cpp fails to compile with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Address Book & Contacts, defect)

Description

[Stephen Walker]

c:/Mozilla/mozilla/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAbWinHelper.cpp(567) : error C2440:
'const_cast' : cannot convert from 'const PRUnichar *' to 'WO
RD *'
        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast,
C-style cast or function-style cast
c:/Mozilla/mozilla/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAbWinHelper.cpp(595) : error C2440:
'const_cast' : cannot convert from 'const nsAString::char_typ
e *' to 'WORD *'
        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast,
C-style cast or function-style cast
c:/Mozilla/mozilla/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAbWinHelper.cpp(684) : error C2440:
'const_cast' : cannot convert from 'const nsAString::char_typ
e *' to 'WORD *'
        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast,
C-style cast or function-style cast
c:/Mozilla/mozilla/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAbWinHelper.cpp(747) : error C2440:
'const_cast' : cannot convert from 'const nsAString::char_typ
e *' to 'WORD *'
        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast,
C-style cast or function-style cast

Comment 1

[Bernard Alleysson]

This can be solved by replacing "WORD *" with "WCHAR *" (LPWSTR should work also)

Comment 2

[Stephen Walker]

Attachment: Use WCHAR * rather than WORD *

Comment 3

[Stephen Walker]

Comment on attachment 182211 [details] [diff] [review]
Use WCHAR * rather than WORD *

Low risk patch to allow Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 to build addrbook.

Comment 4

[chris hofmann]

Comment on attachment 182211 [details] [diff] [review]
Use WCHAR * rather than WORD *

a=chofmann

Comment 5

[Stephen Walker]

checked in by db48x