How Can I Open a Text File as Unicode?

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/apr06/hey0419.mspx
How Can I Open a Text File as Unicode?
with that in mind here’s a script that will open the Unicode file and correctly echo back the contents:

Const ForReading = 1
Const TriStateTrue = -1

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("c:\scripts\test.txt", ForReading,False,TriStateTrue)

strText = objFile.ReadAll
objFile.Close

Wscript.Echo strText

Banned API in Windows

http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/e/b/2ebac853-63b7-49b4-b66f-9fd85f37c0f5/banned.h
/***
* banned.h - list of Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle banned APIs
*
* Purpose:
* This include file contains a list of banned API which should not be used in new code and
* removed from legacy code over time
* History
* 01-Jan-2006 - mikehow - Initial Version
* 22-Apr-2008 - mikehow - Updated to SDL 4.1, commented out recommendations and added memcpy
*
***/
#ifndef _INC_BANNED
# define _INC_BANNED
#endif
#ifdef _MSC_VER
// Some of these functions are Windows specific
# pragma once
# pragma deprecated (strcpy, strcpyA, strcpyW, wcscpy, _tcscpy, _mbscpy, StrCpy, StrCpyA, StrCpyW, lstrcpy, lstrcpyA, lstrcpyW, _tccpy, _mbccpy)
# pragma deprecated (strcat, strcatA, strcatW, wcscat, _tcscat, _mbscat, StrCat, StrCatA, StrCatW, lstrcat, lstrcatA, lstrcatW, StrCatBuff, StrCatBuffA, StrCatBuffW, StrCatChainW, _tccat, _mbccat)
# pragma deprecated (wnsprintf, wnsprintfA, wnsprintfW, sprintfW, sprintfA, wsprintf, wsprintfW, wsprintfA, sprintf, swprintf, _stprintf, _snwprintf, _snprintf, _sntprintf)
# pragma deprecated (wvsprintf, wvsprintfA, wvsprintfW, vsprintf, _vstprintf, vswprintf)
# pragma deprecated (_vsnprintf, _vsnwprintf, _vsntprintf, wvnsprintf, wvnsprintfA, wvnsprintfW)
# pragma deprecated (strncpy, wcsncpy, _tcsncpy, _mbsncpy, _mbsnbcpy, StrCpyN, StrCpyNA, StrCpyNW, StrNCpy, strcpynA, StrNCpyA, StrNCpyW, lstrcpyn, lstrcpynA, lstrcpynW)
# pragma deprecated (strncat, wcsncat, _tcsncat, _mbsncat, _mbsnbcat, StrCatN, StrCatNA, StrCatNW, StrNCat, StrNCatA, StrNCatW, lstrncat, lstrcatnA, lstrcatnW, lstrcatn)
# pragma deprecated (strtok, _tcstok, wcstok, _mbstok)
# pragma deprecated (makepath, _tmakepath, _makepath, _wmakepath)
# pragma deprecated (_splitpath, _tsplitpath, _wsplitpath)
# pragma deprecated (scanf, wscanf, _tscanf, sscanf, swscanf, _stscanf, snscanf, snwscanf, _sntscanf)
//# pragma deprecated (_itoa, _itow, _i64toa, _i64tow, _ui64toa, _ui64tot, _ui64tow, _ultoa, _ultot, _ultow)
# pragma deprecated (gets, _getts, _gettws)
# pragma deprecated (IsBadWritePtr, IsBadHugeWritePtr, IsBadReadPtr, IsBadHugeReadPtr, IsBadCodePtr, IsBadStringPtr)
# pragma deprecated (CharToOem, CharToOemA, CharToOemW, OemToChar, OemToCharA, OemToCharW, CharToOemBuffA, CharToOemBuffW)
//# pragma deprecated (alloca, _alloca)
# pragma deprecated (strlen, wcslen, _mbslen, _mbstrlen, StrLen, lstrlen)
# pragma deprecated (memcpy, RtlCopyMemory, CopyMemory)
#else
#ifdef __GNUC__
// Some of these functions are Windows specific, so you may want to add *nix specific banned function calls
# pragma GCC poison strcpy strcpyA strcpyW wcscpy _tcscpy _mbscpy StrCpy StrCpyA StrCpyW lstrcpy lstrcpyA lstrcpyW _tccpy _mbccpy
# pragma GCC poison strcat strcatA strcatW wcscat _tcscat _mbscat StrCat StrCatA StrCatW lstrcat lstrcatA lstrcatW StrCatBuff StrCatBuffA StrCatBuffW StrCatChainW _tccat _mbccat
# pragma GCC poison wnsprintf wnsprintfA wnsprintfW sprintfW sprintfA wsprintf wsprintfW wsprintfA sprintf swprintf _stprintf _snwprintf _snprintf _sntprintf
# pragma GCC poison wvsprintf wvsprintfA wvsprintfW vsprintf _vstprintf vswprintf
# pragma GCC poison _vsnprintf _vsnwprintf _vsntprintf wvnsprintf wvnsprintfA wvnsprintfW
# pragma GCC poison strncpy wcsncpy _tcsncpy _mbsncpy _mbsnbcpy StrCpyN StrCpyNA StrCpyNW StrNCpy strcpynA StrNCpyA StrNCpyW lstrcpyn lstrcpynA lstrcpynW
# pragma GCC poison strncat wcsncat _tcsncat _mbsncat _mbsnbcat StrCatN StrCatNA StrCatNW StrNCat StrNCatA StrNCatW lstrncat lstrcatnA lstrcatnW lstrcatn
# pragma GCC poison strtok _tcstok wcstok _mbstok
# pragma GCC poison makepath _tmakepath _makepath _wmakepath
# pragma GCC poison _splitpath _tsplitpath _wsplitpath
# pragma GCC poison scanf wscanf _tscanf sscanf swscanf _stscanf snscanf snwscanf _sntscanf
//# pragma GCC poison _itoa _itow _i64toa _i64tow _ui64toa _ui64tot _ui64tow _ultoa _ultot _ultow
# pragma GCC poison gets _getts _gettws
# pragma GCC poison IsBadWritePtr IsBadHugeWritePtr IsBadReadPtr IsBadHugeReadPtr IsBadCodePtr IsBadStringPtr
# pragma GCC poison CharToOem CharToOemA CharToOemW OemToChar OemToCharA OemToCharW CharToOemBuffA CharToOemBuffW
//# pragma GCC poison alloca _alloca
# pragma GCC poison strlen wcslen _mbslen _mbstrlen StrLen lstrlen
# pragma GCC poison memcpy RtlCopyMemory CopyMemory
#endif
#endif /* _INC_BANNED */

Error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "char * __stdcall _com_util::ConvertBSTRToString(wchar_t *)"

Error 2 error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "char * __stdcall _com_util::ConvertBSTRToString(wchar_t *)" (?ConvertBSTRToString@_com_util@@YGPADPA_W@Z) referenced in function "public: char const * __thiscall _bstr_t::Data_t::GetString(void)const " (?GetString@Data_t@_bstr_t@@QBEPBDXZ) main.obj CPUTest

I met this error when programming a WMI C++ query application.

Research:
MSDN Says :When calling a function in a static library or DLL that takes a wchar_t type (note that BSTR and LPWSTR resolve to wchar_t*), you may get an LNK2001 unresolved external symbol error.This error is caused by the /Zc:wchar_t compiler option, which is set to on by default in new MFC projects. This option causes the compiler to treat wchar_t as a native type. Before Visual C++ .NET, wchar_t was treated as an unsigned short.If the main project and library do not use the same setting for /Zc:wchar_t, this will cause a mismatch of function signatures. To avoid this problem, rebuild the library with the /Zc:wchar_t compiler option, or turn it off in the main project using the Treat wchar_t as Built-in Type setting on the Language property page in the Property Pages dialog box.

Solution:
Add this:
#ifdef _DEBUG
# pragma comment(lib, "comsuppwd.lib")
#else
# pragma comment(lib, "comsuppw.lib")
#endif
# pragma comment(lib, "wbemuuid.lib")


Reference:
ConvertStringToBSTR
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t58y75c0.aspx

Display JPG in ATL

• Tools: VC2005 (ATL8.0)

• 2 possible ways:
1. using the OleLoadPicture function and the IPicture interface
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc301454.aspx
2. ATL CImage Class
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bwea7by5(VS.80).aspx
CImage calls GDIPlus in the end... Gdiplus.dll is included with Windows XP, which is also included in Win2000SP4.

• How to package the ActiveX ATL in a Web page
1. Use the depends.exe to check dependency
2. Pack VC2005 redistrubution package...
[C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper\Packages\vcredist_x86\ vcredist_x86.exe]
3. ReferenceHow to package MFC controls in a Web page[KB167158]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/167158/
http://topic.csdn.net/u/20071024/16/f820f776-ff31-4e25-954c-195f2c7e40b0.html

[msvcr80.dll]
FileVersion=8,00,50727,42
hook=mfc80installer

[mfc80installer]
file-win32-x86=http://192.168.1.117/helloactivex/mfc80.cab run=%EXTRACT_DIR%vcredist_x86.exe