id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 3781 _MSC_VER is a MS compiler specific way to test for wide function availability in Windows Ari Jolma warmerdam "cpl_vsil_win32.cpp has several {{{ #if defined(WIN32) && _MSC_VER >= 1310 }}} tests for whether wide functions can be used in Windows. This does not work for MinGW, which would require something like {{{ #if defined(WIN32) && __MSVCRT_VERSION__ >= 0x0601 }}} see this email I sent to the list: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2010-October/026310.html I have tested the above in MinGW and it works. " defect closed normal default svn-trunk normal fixed