+ return false;
+#else // wxUSE_UNICODE_MSLU
+ // and the MSLU DLL must also be available
+ HMODULE hmod = ::LoadLibraryA("unicows.dll");
+ if ( !hmod )
+ {
+ ::MessageBox
+ (
+ NULL,
+ L"This program uses Unicode and requires unicows.dll to work "
+ L"under current operating system.\n"
+ L"\n"
+ L"Please install unicows.dll and relaunch the program.",
+ ERROR_STRING,
+ MB_ICONERROR | MB_OK
+ );
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ // this is not really necessary but be tidy
+ ::FreeLibrary(hmod);
+
+ // finally do the last check: has unicows.lib initialized correctly?
+ hmod = ::LoadLibraryW(L"unicows.dll");
+ if ( !hmod )
+ {
+ ::MessageBox
+ (
+ NULL,
+ L"This program uses Unicode but is not using unicows.dll\n"
+ L"correctly and so cannot work under current operating system.\n"
+ L"Please contact the program author for an updated version.\n"
+ L"\n"
+ L"Program aborted.",
+ ERROR_STRING,
+ MB_ICONERROR | MB_OK
+ );
+
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ ::FreeLibrary(hmod);
+#endif // !wxUSE_UNICODE_MSLU
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+#endif // NEED_UNICODE_CHECK
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Windows-specific wxEntry
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// helper function used to clean up in wxEntry() just below
+//
+// notice that argv elements are supposed to be allocated using malloc() while
+// argv array itself is allocated with new
+static void wxFreeArgs(int argc, wxChar **argv)
+{
+ for ( int i = 0; i < argc; i++ )
+ {
+ free(argv[i]);