AppendAscii cleanup

Change-Id: I7398272de0bd340ebfb5f31b314d32fcff007eec
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/3974
Reviewed-by: Fridrich Strba <fridrich@documentfoundation.org>
Tested-by: Fridrich Strba <fridrich@documentfoundation.org>

14 files changed, 97 insertions, 100 deletions

diff --git a/extensions/source/bibliography/datman.cxx b/extensions/source/bibliography/datman.cxx
index 3509dc0ca873..d3598d10019e 100644
--- a/extensions/source/bibliography/datman.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/bibliography/datman.cxx
@@ -178,9 +178,8 @@ Reference< XNameAccess >  getColumns(const Reference< XForm > & _rxForm)
             catch (const Exception& e)
             {
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-                String sMsg(OUString("::getColumns : catched an exception ("));
-                sMsg += String(e.Message);
-                sMsg.AppendAscii(") ...");
+                OUString sMsg( "::getColumns : catched an exception (" + e.Message + ") ..." );
+
                 OSL_FAIL(OUStringToOString(sMsg, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US ).getStr());
 #else
                 (void)e;
diff --git a/extensions/source/dbpilots/listcombowizard.cxx b/extensions/source/dbpilots/listcombowizard.cxx
index eea291394515..866a34e5227e 100644
--- a/extensions/source/dbpilots/listcombowizard.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/dbpilots/listcombowizard.cxx
@@ -184,13 +184,9 @@ namespace dbp
                 getContext().xObjectModel->setPropertyValue(OUString("BoundColumn"), makeAny((sal_Int16)1));
 
                 // build the statement to set as list source
-                String sStatement;
-                sStatement.AppendAscii("SELECT ");
-                sStatement += getSettings().sListContentField;
-                sStatement.AppendAscii(", ");
-                sStatement += getSettings().sLinkedListField;
-                sStatement.AppendAscii(" FROM ");
-                sStatement += getSettings().sListContentTable;
+                OUString sStatement = "SELECT " +
+                    OUString( getSettings().sListContentField ) +  ", " + OUString( getSettings().sLinkedListField ) +
+                    " FROM " + OUString( getSettings().sListContentTable );
                 Sequence< OUString > aListSource(1);
                 aListSource[0] = sStatement;
                 getContext().xObjectModel->setPropertyValue(OUString("ListSource"), makeAny(aListSource));
@@ -198,12 +194,10 @@ namespace dbp
             else
             {
                 // build the statement to set as list source
-                String sStatement;
-                sStatement.AppendAscii("SELECT DISTINCT ");
-                sStatement += getSettings().sListContentField;
-                sStatement.AppendAscii(" FROM ");
-                sStatement += getSettings().sListContentTable;
-                getContext().xObjectModel->setPropertyValue(OUString("ListSource"), makeAny(OUString(sStatement)));
+                OUString sStatement = "SELECT DISTINCT " +
+                    OUString( getSettings().sListContentField ) +
+                    " FROM " + OUString( getSettings().sListContentTable );
+                getContext().xObjectModel->setPropertyValue( "ListSource", makeAny(OUString(sStatement)));
             }
 
             // the bound field
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/browserline.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/browserline.cxx
index a8ec00ca0b77..ffc1968502c2 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/browserline.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/browserline.cxx
@@ -275,19 +275,19 @@ namespace pcr
     {
         if( m_pTheParent )
         {
-            String aText = m_aFtTitle.GetText();
+            OUStringBuffer aText( m_aFtTitle.GetText() );
 
-            while( m_pTheParent->GetTextWidth( aText ) < m_nNameWidth )
-                        aText.AppendAscii("...........");
+            while( m_pTheParent->GetTextWidth( aText.makeStringAndClear() ) < m_nNameWidth )
+                        aText.append("...........");
 
             // for Issue 69452
             if (Application::GetSettings().GetLayoutRTL())
             {
                 sal_Unicode cRTL_mark = 0x200F;
-                aText.Append(cRTL_mark);
+                aText.append( OUString(cRTL_mark) );
             }
 
-            m_aFtTitle.SetText(aText);
+            m_aFtTitle.SetText( aText.makeStringAndClear() );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/source/scanner/sanedlg.cxx b/extensions/source/scanner/sanedlg.cxx
index 2ccd4d94d432..f13b2434147b 100644
--- a/extensions/source/scanner/sanedlg.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/scanner/sanedlg.cxx
@@ -1244,8 +1244,12 @@ void SaneDlg::SaveState()
         return;
 
     const char* pEnv = getenv( "HOME" );
-    String aFileName( pEnv ? pEnv : "", osl_getThreadTextEncoding() );
-    aFileName.AppendAscii( "/.so_sane_state" );
+    OUString aFileName;
+
+    if( pEnv )
+        aFileName = OUString::createFromAscii(pEnv) + "/.so_sane_state";
+    else
+        aFileName = OStringToOUString("", osl_getThreadTextEncoding()) + "/.so_sane_state";
 
     Config aConfig( aFileName );
     aConfig.DeleteGroup( "SANE" );
diff --git a/linguistic/source/convdiclist.cxx b/linguistic/source/convdiclist.cxx
index 7183d82cc493..e2402fc49bb1 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/convdiclist.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/convdiclist.cxx
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ String GetConvDicMainURL( const String &rDicName, const String &rDirectoryURL )
 {
     // build URL to use for new (persistent) dictionaries
 
-    String aFullDicName( rDicName );
-    aFullDicName.AppendAscii( CONV_DIC_DOT_EXT );
+    OUString aFullDicName = OUString(rDicName) + CONV_DIC_DOT_EXT;
 
     INetURLObject aURLObj;
     aURLObj.SetSmartProtocol( INET_PROT_FILE );
diff --git a/padmin/source/helper.cxx b/padmin/source/helper.cxx
index 3b5e5f75cb47..a65915047f3b 100644
--- a/padmin/source/helper.cxx
+++ b/padmin/source/helper.cxx
@@ -250,8 +250,12 @@ Config& padmin::getPadminRC()
     if( ! pRC )
     {
         static const char* pEnv = getenv( "HOME" );
-        String aFileName( pEnv ? pEnv : "", osl_getThreadTextEncoding() );
-        aFileName.AppendAscii( "/.padminrc" );
+        OUString aFileName;
+        if( pEnv )
+            aFileName = OUString::createFromAscii( pEnv ) + "/.padminrc";
+        else
+            aFileName += OStringToOUString( "", osl_getThreadTextEncoding() ) + "/.padminrc";
+
         pRC = new Config( aFileName );
     }
     return *pRC;
diff --git a/sc/inc/editutil.hxx b/sc/inc/editutil.hxx
index c033415e7733..a4c7af899749 100644
--- a/sc/inc/editutil.hxx
+++ b/sc/inc/editutil.hxx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ScEditUtil
     static const char pCalcDelimiters[];
 
 public:
-    static String ModifyDelimiters( const String& rOld );
+    static OUString ModifyDelimiters( const OUString& rOld );
 
     /// Retrieves string with paragraphs delimited by spaces
     static String GetSpaceDelimitedString( const EditEngine& rEngine );
diff --git a/sc/source/core/tool/editutil.cxx b/sc/source/core/tool/editutil.cxx
index a004d8650477..bf0a7252ba21 100644
--- a/sc/source/core/tool/editutil.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/core/tool/editutil.cxx
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ const sal_Char ScEditUtil::pCalcDelimiters[] = "=()+-*/^&<>";
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-String ScEditUtil::ModifyDelimiters( const String& rOld )
+OUString ScEditUtil::ModifyDelimiters( const OUString& rOld )
 {
     // underscore is used in function argument names
-    String aRet = comphelper::string::remove(rOld, '_');
-    aRet.AppendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( pCalcDelimiters ) );
-    aRet.Append(ScCompiler::GetNativeSymbol(ocSep)); // argument separator is localized.
+    OUString aRet = OUString( comphelper::string::remove(rOld, '_') ) +
+        OUString::createFromAscii( pCalcDelimiters ) +
+        ScCompiler::GetNativeSymbol(ocSep); // argument separator is localized.
     return aRet;
 }
 
diff --git a/sc/source/core/tool/interpr1.cxx b/sc/source/core/tool/interpr1.cxx
index 53db8dcf4707..6fc4816c3cae 100644
--- a/sc/source/core/tool/interpr1.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/core/tool/interpr1.cxx
@@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ static inline bool lcl_FormatHasOpenPar( const SvNumberformat* pFormat )
 
 namespace {
 
-void getFormatString(SvNumberFormatter* pFormatter, sal_uLong nFormat, String& rFmtStr)
+void getFormatString(SvNumberFormatter* pFormatter, sal_uLong nFormat, OUString& rFmtStr)
 {
     bool        bAppendPrec = true;
     sal_uInt16  nPrec, nLeading;
@@ -2380,10 +2380,10 @@ void getFormatString(SvNumberFormatter* pFormatter, sal_uLong nFormat, String& r
 
     switch( pFormatter->GetType( nFormat ) )
     {
-        case NUMBERFORMAT_NUMBER:       rFmtStr = (bThousand ? ',' : 'F');  break;
-        case NUMBERFORMAT_CURRENCY:     rFmtStr = 'C';                      break;
-        case NUMBERFORMAT_SCIENTIFIC:   rFmtStr = 'S';                      break;
-        case NUMBERFORMAT_PERCENT:      rFmtStr = 'P';                      break;
+        case NUMBERFORMAT_NUMBER:       if(bThousand) rFmtStr = ","; else rFmtStr = "F"; break;
+        case NUMBERFORMAT_CURRENCY:     rFmtStr = "C";                                   break;
+        case NUMBERFORMAT_SCIENTIFIC:   rFmtStr = "S";                                   break;
+        case NUMBERFORMAT_PERCENT:      rFmtStr = "P";                                   break;
         default:
         {
             bAppendPrec = false;
@@ -2396,18 +2396,18 @@ void getFormatString(SvNumberFormatter* pFormatter, sal_uLong nFormat, String& r
                 case NF_DATE_SYS_DMMMYYYY:
                 case NF_DATE_DIN_DMMMYYYY:
                 case NF_DATE_SYS_DMMMMYYYY:
-                case NF_DATE_DIN_DMMMMYYYY: rFmtStr.AssignAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "D1" ) );  break;
-                case NF_DATE_SYS_DDMMM:     rFmtStr.AssignAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "D2" ) );  break;
-                case NF_DATE_SYS_MMYY:      rFmtStr.AssignAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "D3" ) );  break;
+                case NF_DATE_DIN_DMMMMYYYY: rFmtStr = "D1"; break;
+                case NF_DATE_SYS_DDMMM:     rFmtStr = "D2"; break;
+                case NF_DATE_SYS_MMYY:      rFmtStr = "D3"; break;
                 case NF_DATETIME_SYSTEM_SHORT_HHMM:
                 case NF_DATETIME_SYS_DDMMYYYY_HHMMSS:
-                                            rFmtStr.AssignAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "D4" ) );  break;
-                case NF_DATE_DIN_MMDD:      rFmtStr.AssignAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "D5" ) );  break;
-                case NF_TIME_HHMMSSAMPM:    rFmtStr.AssignAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "D6" ) );  break;
-                case NF_TIME_HHMMAMPM:      rFmtStr.AssignAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "D7" ) );  break;
-                case NF_TIME_HHMMSS:        rFmtStr.AssignAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "D8" ) );  break;
-                case NF_TIME_HHMM:          rFmtStr.AssignAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "D9" ) );  break;
-                default:                    rFmtStr = 'G';
+                                            rFmtStr = "D4"; break;
+                case NF_DATE_DIN_MMDD:      rFmtStr = "D5"; break;
+                case NF_TIME_HHMMSSAMPM:    rFmtStr = "D6"; break;
+                case NF_TIME_HHMMAMPM:      rFmtStr = "D7"; break;
+                case NF_TIME_HHMMSS:        rFmtStr = "D8"; break;
+                case NF_TIME_HHMM:          rFmtStr = "D9"; break;
+                default:                    rFmtStr = "G";
             }
         }
     }
@@ -2415,9 +2415,9 @@ void getFormatString(SvNumberFormatter* pFormatter, sal_uLong nFormat, String& r
         rFmtStr += OUString::number(nPrec);
     const SvNumberformat* pFormat = pFormatter->GetEntry( nFormat );
     if( lcl_FormatHasNegColor( pFormat ) )
-        rFmtStr += '-';
+        rFmtStr += "-";
     if( lcl_FormatHasOpenPar( pFormat ) )
-        rFmtStr.AppendAscii( RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM( "()" ) );
+        rFmtStr += "()";
 }
 
 }
@@ -2584,7 +2584,7 @@ void ScInterpreter::ScCell()
 // *** FORMATTING ***
             else if( aInfoType.EqualsAscii( "FORMAT" ) )
             {   // specific format code for standard formats
-                String aFuncResult;
+                OUString aFuncResult;
                 sal_uLong   nFormat = pDok->GetNumberFormat( aCellPos );
                 getFormatString(pFormatter, nFormat, aFuncResult);
                 PushString( aFuncResult );
@@ -2720,7 +2720,7 @@ void ScInterpreter::ScCellExternal()
     }
     else if ( aInfoType == "FORMAT" )
     {
-        String aFmtStr;
+        OUString aFmtStr;
         sal_uLong nFmt = aFmt.mbIsSet ? aFmt.mnIndex : 0;
         getFormatString(pFormatter, nFmt, aFmtStr);
         PushString(aFmtStr);
diff --git a/sc/source/filter/dif/difimp.cxx b/sc/source/filter/dif/difimp.cxx
index 734253a6de93..816b2216ba15 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/dif/difimp.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/dif/difimp.cxx
@@ -533,12 +533,9 @@ DATASET DifParser::GetNextDataset( void )
                 ReadNextLine( aTmpLine );
                 if ( eRet == D_SYNT_ERROR )
                 {   // for broken records write "#ERR: data" to cell
-                    String aTmp( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "#ERR: " ));
-                    aTmp += pAktBuffer;
-                    aTmp.AppendAscii( " (" );
-                    OSL_ENSURE( aTmpLine.getLength() <= STRING_MAXLEN - aTmp.Len() - 1, "GetNextDataset(): line doesn't fit into data");
-                    aTmp += aTmpLine;
-                    aTmp += sal_Unicode(')');
+                    OUString aTmp = "#ERR: " + OUString( pAktBuffer ) + " (";
+                    OSL_ENSURE( aTmpLine.getLength() <= STRING_MAXLEN - aTmp.getLength() - 1, "GetNextDataset(): line doesn't fit into data");
+                    aTmp += aTmpLine + ")";
                     aData = aTmp;
                     eRet = D_STRING;
                 }
diff --git a/sc/source/filter/excel/excrecds.cxx b/sc/source/filter/excel/excrecds.cxx
index fc8be48a3e57..3469b36efb7f 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/excel/excrecds.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/excel/excrecds.cxx
@@ -552,14 +552,14 @@ sal_Size ExcFilterCondition::GetTextBytes() const
     return pText ? (1 + pText->GetBufferSize()) : 0;
 }
 
-void ExcFilterCondition::SetCondition( sal_uInt8 nTp, sal_uInt8 nOp, double fV, String* pT )
+void ExcFilterCondition::SetCondition( sal_uInt8 nTp, sal_uInt8 nOp, double fV, OUString* pT )
 {
     nType = nTp;
     nOper = nOp;
     fVal = fV;
 
     delete pText;
-    pText = pT ? new XclExpString( *pT, EXC_STR_8BITLENGTH ) : NULL;
+    (pT) ? pText = new XclExpString( *pT, EXC_STR_8BITLENGTH ) : pText =  NULL;
 }
 
 void ExcFilterCondition::Save( XclExpStream& rStrm )
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ XclExpAutofilter::XclExpAutofilter( const XclExpRoot& rRoot, sal_uInt16 nC ) :
 }
 
 bool XclExpAutofilter::AddCondition( ScQueryConnect eConn, sal_uInt8 nType, sal_uInt8 nOp,
-                                     double fVal, String* pText, bool bSimple )
+                                     double fVal, OUString* pText, bool bSimple )
 {
     if( !aCond[ 1 ].IsEmpty() )
         return false;
@@ -675,28 +675,27 @@ bool XclExpAutofilter::AddEntry( const ScQueryEntry& rEntry )
         return AddMultiValueEntry(rEntry);
 
     bool bConflict = false;
-    String  sText;
+    OUString  sText;
     const ScQueryEntry::Item& rItem = rItems[0];
     const OUString& rQueryStr = rItem.maString;
     if (!rQueryStr.isEmpty())
     {
-        sText.Assign(rQueryStr);
+        sText = rQueryStr;
         switch( rEntry.eOp )
         {
             case SC_CONTAINS:
             case SC_DOES_NOT_CONTAIN:
             {
-                sText.InsertAscii( "*" , 0 );
-                sText.AppendAscii( "*" );
+                sText = "*" + sText + "*";
             }
             break;
             case SC_BEGINS_WITH:
             case SC_DOES_NOT_BEGIN_WITH:
-                sText.AppendAscii( "*" );
+                sText += "*";
             break;
             case SC_ENDS_WITH:
             case SC_DOES_NOT_END_WITH:
-                sText.InsertAscii( "*" , 0 );
+                sText = "*" + sText;
             break;
             default:
             {
@@ -705,7 +704,7 @@ bool XclExpAutofilter::AddEntry( const ScQueryEntry& rEntry )
         }
     }
 
-    bool bLen = sText.Len() > 0;
+    bool bLen = sText.getLength() > 0;
 
     // empty/nonempty fields
     if (rEntry.IsQueryByEmpty())
@@ -718,7 +717,8 @@ bool XclExpAutofilter::AddEntry( const ScQueryEntry& rEntry )
         double  fVal    = 0.0;
         sal_uInt32  nIndex  = 0;
         bool bIsNum  = bLen ? GetFormatter().IsNumberFormat( sText, nIndex, fVal ) : true;
-        String* pText   = bIsNum ? NULL : &sText;
+        OUString* pText;
+        (bIsNum) ? pText = NULL : pText = &sText;
 
         // top10 flags
         sal_uInt16 nNewFlags = 0x0000;
diff --git a/sc/source/filter/excel/xehelper.cxx b/sc/source/filter/excel/xehelper.cxx
index dc05fdac8635..a13b7fe3c51b 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/excel/xehelper.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/excel/xehelper.cxx
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ void XclExpHFConverter::AppendPortion( const EditTextObject* pTextObj, sal_Unico
     for( sal_Int32 nPara = 0; nPara < nParaCount; ++nPara )
     {
         ESelection aSel( nPara, 0 );
-        String aParaText;
+        OUString aParaText;
         sal_Int32 nParaHeight = 0;
         std::vector<sal_uInt16> aPosList;
         mrEE.GetPortions( nPara, aPosList );
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ void XclExpHFConverter::AppendPortion( const EditTextObject* pTextObj, sal_Unico
                                  (aFontData.mbItalic != aNewData.mbItalic);
                 if( bNewFont || (bNewStyle && pFontList) )
                 {
-                    aParaText.AppendAscii( "&\"" ).Append( aNewData.maName );
+                    aParaText = "&\"" + OUString(aNewData.maName);
                     if( pFontList )
                     {
                         FontInfo aFontInfo( pFontList->Get(
@@ -750,9 +750,9 @@ void XclExpHFConverter::AppendPortion( const EditTextObject* pTextObj, sal_Unico
                             aNewData.mbItalic ? ITALIC_NORMAL : ITALIC_NONE ) );
                         aNewData.maStyle = pFontList->GetStyleName( aFontInfo );
                         if( aNewData.maStyle.Len() )
-                            aParaText.Append( ',' ).Append( aNewData.maStyle );
+                            aParaText += "," + OUString(aNewData.maStyle);
                     }
-                    aParaText.Append( '"' );
+                    aParaText += "\"";
                 }
 
                 // height
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ void XclExpHFConverter::AppendPortion( const EditTextObject* pTextObj, sal_Unico
                 (aNewData.mnHeight += 10) /= 20;
                 bool bFontHtChanged = (aFontData.mnHeight != aNewData.mnHeight);
                 if( bFontHtChanged )
-                    aParaText.Append( '&' ).Append( OUString::number( aNewData.mnHeight ) );
+                    aParaText += "&" + OUString::number( aNewData.mnHeight );
                 // update maximum paragraph height, convert to twips
                 nParaHeight = ::std::max< sal_Int32 >( nParaHeight, aNewData.mnHeight * 20 );
 
@@ -779,13 +779,13 @@ void XclExpHFConverter::AppendPortion( const EditTextObject* pTextObj, sal_Unico
                 {
                     sal_uInt8 nTmpUnderl = (aNewData.mnUnderline == EXC_FONTUNDERL_NONE) ?
                         aFontData.mnUnderline : aNewData.mnUnderline;
-                    aParaText.AppendAscii( (nTmpUnderl == EXC_FONTUNDERL_SINGLE) ? "&U" : "&E" );
+                    (nTmpUnderl == EXC_FONTUNDERL_SINGLE)? aParaText += "&U" : aParaText += "&E";
                 }
 
                 // strikeout
                 aNewData.mbStrikeout = (aFont.GetStrikeout() != STRIKEOUT_NONE);
                 if( aFontData.mbStrikeout != aNewData.mbStrikeout )
-                    aParaText.AppendAscii( "&S" );
+                    aParaText += "&S";
 
                 // super/sub script
                 const SvxEscapementItem& rEscapeItem = GETITEM( aEditSet, SvxEscapementItem, EE_CHAR_ESCAPEMENT );
@@ -795,9 +795,9 @@ void XclExpHFConverter::AppendPortion( const EditTextObject* pTextObj, sal_Unico
                     switch(aNewData.mnEscapem)
                     {
                         // close the previous super/sub script.
-                        case EXC_FONTESC_NONE:  aParaText.AppendAscii( (aFontData.mnEscapem == EXC_FONTESC_SUPER) ? "&X" : "&Y" ); break;
-                        case EXC_FONTESC_SUPER: aParaText.AppendAscii( "&X" );  break;
-                        case EXC_FONTESC_SUB:   aParaText.AppendAscii( "&Y" );  break;
+                        case EXC_FONTESC_NONE:  (aFontData.mnEscapem == EXC_FONTESC_SUPER) ? aParaText += "&X" : aParaText += "&Y"; break;
+                        case EXC_FONTESC_SUPER: aParaText += "&X";  break;
+                        case EXC_FONTESC_SUB:   aParaText += "&Y";  break;
                         default: break;
                     }
                 }
@@ -813,30 +813,30 @@ void XclExpHFConverter::AppendPortion( const EditTextObject* pTextObj, sal_Unico
                     if( const SvxFieldData* pFieldData = static_cast< const SvxFieldItem* >( pItem )->GetField() )
                     {
                         if( pFieldData->ISA( SvxPageField ) )
-                            aParaText.AppendAscii( "&P" );
+                            aParaText += "&P";
                         else if( pFieldData->ISA( SvxPagesField ) )
-                            aParaText.AppendAscii( "&N" );
+                            aParaText += "&N";
                         else if( pFieldData->ISA( SvxDateField ) )
-                            aParaText.AppendAscii( "&D" );
+                            aParaText += "&D";
                         else if( pFieldData->ISA( SvxTimeField ) || pFieldData->ISA( SvxExtTimeField ) )
-                            aParaText.AppendAscii( "&T" );
+                            aParaText += "&T";
                         else if( pFieldData->ISA( SvxTableField ) )
-                            aParaText.AppendAscii( "&A" );
+                            aParaText += "&A";
                         else if( pFieldData->ISA( SvxFileField ) )  // title -> file name
-                            aParaText.AppendAscii( "&F" );
+                            aParaText += "&F";
                         else if( const SvxExtFileField* pFileField = PTR_CAST( SvxExtFileField, pFieldData ) )
                         {
                             switch( pFileField->GetFormat() )
                             {
                                 case SVXFILEFORMAT_NAME_EXT:
                                 case SVXFILEFORMAT_NAME:
-                                    aParaText.AppendAscii( "&F" );
+                                    aParaText += "&F";
                                 break;
                                 case SVXFILEFORMAT_PATH:
-                                    aParaText.AppendAscii( "&Z" );
+                                    aParaText += "&Z";
                                 break;
                                 case SVXFILEFORMAT_FULLPATH:
-                                    aParaText.AppendAscii( "&Z&F" );
+                                    aParaText += "&Z&F";
                                 break;
                                 default:
                                     OSL_FAIL( "XclExpHFConverter::AppendPortion - unknown file field" );
@@ -849,14 +849,14 @@ void XclExpHFConverter::AppendPortion( const EditTextObject* pTextObj, sal_Unico
                     String aPortionText( mrEE.GetText( aSel ) );
                     aPortionText.SearchAndReplaceAll( OUString('&'), OUString("&&") );
                     // #i17440# space between font height and numbers in text
-                    if( bFontHtChanged && aParaText.Len() && aPortionText.Len() )
+                    if( bFontHtChanged && aParaText.getLength() && aPortionText.Len() )
                     {
-                        sal_Unicode cLast = aParaText.GetChar( aParaText.Len() - 1 );
+                        sal_Unicode cLast = aParaText[ aParaText.getLength() - 1 ];
                         sal_Unicode cFirst = aPortionText.GetChar( 0 );
                         if( ('0' <= cLast) && (cLast <= '9') && ('0' <= cFirst) && (cFirst <= '9') )
-                            aParaText.Append( ' ' );
+                            aParaText += " ";
                     }
-                    aParaText.Append( aPortionText );
+                    aParaText += aPortionText;
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/sc/source/filter/inc/excrecds.hxx b/sc/source/filter/inc/excrecds.hxx
index fe70907bd330..426f0cfcd7b0 100644
--- a/sc/source/filter/inc/excrecds.hxx
+++ b/sc/source/filter/inc/excrecds.hxx
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ public:
     inline bool             HasEqual() const    { return (nOper == EXC_AFOPER_EQUAL); }
     sal_uLong               GetTextBytes() const;
 
-    void                    SetCondition( sal_uInt8 nTp, sal_uInt8 nOp, double fV, String* pT );
+    void                    SetCondition( sal_uInt8 nTp, sal_uInt8 nOp, double fV, OUString* pT );
 
     void                    Save( XclExpStream& rStrm );
     void                    SaveXml( XclExpXmlStream& rStrm );
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ private:
     std::vector<OUString> maMultiValues;
 
     bool                    AddCondition( ScQueryConnect eConn, sal_uInt8 nType,
-                                sal_uInt8 nOp, double fVal, String* pText,
+                                sal_uInt8 nOp, double fVal, OUString* pText,
                                 bool bSimple = false );
 
     virtual void            WriteBody( XclExpStream& rStrm );
diff --git a/sc/source/ui/app/inputhdl.cxx b/sc/source/ui/app/inputhdl.cxx
index 0f6ce7228342..aa761b7054eb 100644
--- a/sc/source/ui/app/inputhdl.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/ui/app/inputhdl.cxx
@@ -201,15 +201,15 @@ void ScInputHandler::InitRangeFinder( const String& rFormula )
     if ( !pActiveViewSh || !SC_MOD()->GetInputOptions().GetRangeFinder() )
         return;
 
-    String aDelimiters = ScEditUtil::ModifyDelimiters(
+    OUString aDelimiters = ScEditUtil::ModifyDelimiters(
                             OUString::createFromAscii( pMinDelimiters ) );
 
-    xub_StrLen nColon = aDelimiters.Search(':');
+    sal_Int32 nColon = aDelimiters.indexOf( ':' );
     if ( nColon != STRING_NOTFOUND )
-        aDelimiters.Erase( nColon, 1 );             // Delimiter ohne Doppelpunkt
-    xub_StrLen nDot = aDelimiters.Search(cSheetSep);
+        aDelimiters = aDelimiters.replaceAt( nColon, 1, "");             // Delimiter ohne Doppelpunkt
+    sal_Int32 nDot = aDelimiters.indexOf(cSheetSep);
     if ( nDot != STRING_NOTFOUND )
-        aDelimiters.Erase( nDot, 1 );               // Delimiter ohne Punkt
+        aDelimiters = aDelimiters.replaceAt( nDot, 1 , "");               // Delimiter ohne Punkt
 
     const sal_Unicode* pChar = rFormula.GetBuffer();
     xub_StrLen nLen = rFormula.Len();
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void ScInputHandler::InitRangeFinder( const String& rFormula )
     while ( nPos < nLen && nCount < RANGEFIND_MAX )
     {
         //  Trenner ueberlesen
-        while ( nPos<nLen && ScGlobal::UnicodeStrChr( aDelimiters.GetBuffer(), pChar[nPos] ) )
+        while ( nPos<nLen && ScGlobal::UnicodeStrChr( aDelimiters.getStr(), pChar[nPos] ) )
         {
             if ( pChar[nPos] == '"' )                       // String
             {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void ScInputHandler::InitRangeFinder( const String& rFormula )
         //  Text zwischen Trennern
         nStart = nPos;
 handle_r1c1:
-        while ( nPos<nLen && !ScGlobal::UnicodeStrChr( aDelimiters.GetBuffer(), pChar[nPos] ) )
+        while ( nPos<nLen && !ScGlobal::UnicodeStrChr( aDelimiters.getStr(), pChar[nPos] ) )
             ++nPos;
 
         // for R1C1 '-' in R[-]... or C[-]... are not delimiters