#define __T(x)      L ## x

Found in code from one of the MFC source header file. It is mostly used for converting strings to ........ (I don't know what). If I am correct it converts strings to LPCTSTR...don't know what that type is either...

I can't seem to convert char* into LPCTSTR. While MFC file handling, the following code will always return error while trying to open the file...

    char* filepath = "C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\BITMAPS\\STYLES\\GLOBE.WMF";

    if( !file.Open((LPCTSTR)filepath , CFile::modeRead, &fexp) )
    {
        fexp.ReportError();
        return 1;
    }

But instead if I wrote it this way, it doesn't give error:

    if( !file.Open( _T("C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\BITMAPS\\STYLES\\GLOBE.WMF") , CFile::modeRead, &fexp) )
    {
        fexp.ReportError();
        return 1;
    }

I am looking at passing a variable as the first argument to the CFile::Open() method.