// in Unicode mode this is just what we need
ttText->lpszText = (wxChar *)ttip.c_str();
#else // !Unicode
+/*
MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, ttip, ttip.length()+1,
(wchar_t *)ttText->szText,
sizeof(ttText->szText) / sizeof(wchar_t));
+*/
+ // Fix by dimitrishortcut: see patch 771772
+
+ // FIXME: szText has a max of 80 bytes, so limit the tooltip string
+ // length accordingly. Ideally lpszText should be used, but who
+ // would be responsible for freeing the buffer?
+
+ // Maximum length of a tip is 39 characters. 39 is 80/2 minus 1 byte
+ // needed for NULL character.
+ size_t tipLength = wxMin(ttip.Len(), 39);
+
+ // Convert to WideChar without adding the NULL character. The NULL
+ // character is added afterwards (Could have used ttip.Left(tipLength)
+ // and a cchMultiByte parameter of tipLength+1, but this is more
+ //efficient.
+ ::MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, ttip, tipLength,
+ (wchar_t *)ttText->szText,
+ sizeof(ttText->szText) / sizeof(wchar_t));
+
+ // Add the NULL character.
+ ttText->szText[tipLength*2+0] = '\0';
+ ttText->szText[tipLength*2+1] = '\0';
+
#endif // Unicode/!Unicode
}