Some more loplugin:cstylecast: vcl

Change-Id: I74d35630b9fcdaa97af0b1f1e6d1e5c72488964d

91 files changed, 410 insertions, 407 deletions

diff --git a/vcl/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx b/vcl/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx
index 839a722aeda3..edc6035bf0af 100644
--- a/vcl/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx
+++ b/vcl/generic/fontmanager/fontconfig.cxx
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ namespace
         bool nHaveB = FcPatternGetString(b, FC_FAMILY, 0, &pNameB) == FcResultMatch;
 
         if (nHaveA && nHaveB)
-            return strcmp((const char*)pNameA, (const char*)pNameB);
+            return strcmp(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(pNameA), reinterpret_cast<const char*>(pNameB));
 
         return int(nHaveA) - int(nHaveB);
     }
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ namespace
         bool found_fallback_englishname = false;
         for( std::vector<lang_and_element>::const_iterator aIter = elements.begin(); aIter != aEnd; ++aIter )
         {
-            const char *pLang = (const char*)aIter->first;
+            const char *pLang = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(aIter->first);
             if( rtl_str_compare( pLang, sFullMatch.getStr() ) == 0)
             {
                 // both language and country match
@@ -319,12 +319,12 @@ void FontCfgWrapper::cacheLocalizedFontNames(const FcChar8 *origfontname, const
     std::vector<lang_and_element>::const_iterator aEnd = lang_and_elements.end();
     for (std::vector<lang_and_element>::const_iterator aIter = lang_and_elements.begin(); aIter != aEnd; ++aIter)
     {
-        const char *candidate = (const char*)(aIter->second);
-        if (rtl_str_compare(candidate, (const char*)bestfontname) != 0)
-            m_aFontNameToLocalized[OString(candidate)] = OString((const char*)bestfontname);
+        const char *candidate = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(aIter->second);
+        if (rtl_str_compare(candidate, reinterpret_cast<const char*>(bestfontname)) != 0)
+            m_aFontNameToLocalized[OString(candidate)] = OString(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(bestfontname));
     }
-    if (rtl_str_compare((const char*)origfontname, (const char*)bestfontname) != 0)
-        m_aLocalizedToCanonical[OString((const char*)bestfontname)] = OString((const char*)origfontname);
+    if (rtl_str_compare(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(origfontname), reinterpret_cast<const char*>(bestfontname)) != 0)
+        m_aLocalizedToCanonical[OString(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(bestfontname))] = OString(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(origfontname));
 }
 
 FcResult FontCfgWrapper::LocalizedElementFromPattern(FcPattern* pPattern, FcChar8 **element,
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ void PrintFontManager::countFontconfigFonts( std::unordered_map<OString, int, OS
             // see if this font is already cached
             // update attributes
             std::list< PrintFont* > aFonts;
-            OString aDir, aBase, aOrgPath( (sal_Char*)file );
+            OString aDir, aBase, aOrgPath( reinterpret_cast<char*>(file) );
             splitPath( aOrgPath, aDir, aBase );
 
             o_rVisitedPaths[aDir] = 1;
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ void PrintFontManager::countFontconfigFonts( std::unordered_map<OString, int, OS
                 // not described by fontconfig (e.g. alias names, PSName)
                 if (eFormatRes != FcResultMatch)
                     format = NULL;
-                analyzeFontFile( nDirID, aBase, aFonts, (const char*)format );
+                analyzeFontFile( nDirID, aBase, aFonts, reinterpret_cast<char*>(format) );
 #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
                 if( aFonts.empty() )
                     fprintf( stderr, "Warning: file \"%s\" is unusable to psprint\n", aOrgPath.getStr() );
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ void PrintFontManager::countFontconfigFonts( std::unordered_map<OString, int, OS
                 continue;
             }
 
-            int nFamilyName = m_pAtoms->getAtom( ATOM_FAMILYNAME, OStringToOUString( OString( (sal_Char*)family ), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 ), true );
+            int nFamilyName = m_pAtoms->getAtom( ATOM_FAMILYNAME, OStringToOUString( OString( reinterpret_cast<char*>(family) ), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 ), true );
             PrintFont* pUpdate = aFonts.front();
             std::list<PrintFont*>::const_iterator second_font = aFonts.begin();
             ++second_font;
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ void PrintFontManager::countFontconfigFonts( std::unordered_map<OString, int, OS
                     pUpdate->m_eItalic = convertSlant(slant);
                 if( eStyleRes == FcResultMatch )
                 {
-                    pUpdate->m_aStyleName = OStringToOUString( OString( (sal_Char*)style ), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
+                    pUpdate->m_aStyleName = OStringToOUString( OString( reinterpret_cast<char*>(style) ), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
                 }
 
                 // update font cache
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ bool PrintFontManager::addFontconfigDir( const OString& rDirName )
     if( nVersion <= 20400 )
         return false;
     const char* pDirName = (const char*)rDirName.getStr();
-    bool bDirOk = (FcConfigAppFontAddDir(FcConfigGetCurrent(), (FcChar8*)pDirName ) == FcTrue);
+    bool bDirOk = (FcConfigAppFontAddDir(FcConfigGetCurrent(), reinterpret_cast<FcChar8 const *>(pDirName) ) == FcTrue);
 
 #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
     fprintf( stderr, "FcConfigAppFontAddDir( \"%s\") => %d\n", pDirName, bDirOk );
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ bool PrintFontManager::addFontconfigDir( const OString& rDirName )
     {
         fclose( pCfgFile);
         bool bCfgOk = FcConfigParseAndLoad(FcConfigGetCurrent(),
-                        (FcChar8*)aConfFileName.getStr(), FcTrue);
+                        reinterpret_cast<FcChar8 const *>(aConfFileName.getStr()), FcTrue);
         if( !bCfgOk )
             fprintf( stderr, "FcConfigParseAndLoad( \"%s\") => %d\n", aConfFileName.getStr(), bCfgOk );
     }
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ static void addtopattern(FcPattern *pPattern,
         }
         FcPatternAddInteger(pPattern, FC_SPACING, nSpacing);
         if (nSpacing == FC_MONO)
-            FcPatternAddString(pPattern, FC_FAMILY, (FcChar8*)"monospace");
+            FcPatternAddString(pPattern, FC_FAMILY, reinterpret_cast<FcChar8 const *>("monospace"));
     }
 }
 
@@ -786,13 +786,13 @@ namespace
         OString sLangAttrib;
 
         sLangAttrib = OUStringToOString(rLangTag.getBcp47(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8).toAsciiLowerCase();
-        if (FcStrSetMember(xLangSet.get(), (const FcChar8*)sLangAttrib.getStr()))
+        if (FcStrSetMember(xLangSet.get(), reinterpret_cast<const FcChar8*>(sLangAttrib.getStr())))
         {
             return sLangAttrib;
         }
 
         sLangAttrib = OUStringToOString(rLangTag.getLanguageAndScript(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8).toAsciiLowerCase();
-        if (FcStrSetMember(xLangSet.get(), (const FcChar8*)sLangAttrib.getStr()))
+        if (FcStrSetMember(xLangSet.get(), reinterpret_cast<const FcChar8*>(sLangAttrib.getStr())))
         {
             return sLangAttrib;
         }
@@ -803,13 +803,13 @@ namespace
         if (!sRegion.isEmpty())
         {
             sLangAttrib = sLang + OString('-') + sRegion;
-            if (FcStrSetMember(xLangSet.get(), (const FcChar8*)sLangAttrib.getStr()))
+            if (FcStrSetMember(xLangSet.get(), reinterpret_cast<const FcChar8*>(sLangAttrib.getStr())))
             {
                 return sLangAttrib;
             }
         }
 
-        if (FcStrSetMember(xLangSet.get(), (const FcChar8*)sLang.getStr()))
+        if (FcStrSetMember(xLangSet.get(), reinterpret_cast<const FcChar8*>(sLang.getStr())))
         {
             return sLang;
         }
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ bool PrintFontManager::Substitute( FontSelectPattern &rPattern, OUString& rMissi
     FcPatternAddBool(pPattern, FC_SCALABLE, FcTrue);
 
     const OString aTargetName = OUStringToOString( rPattern.maTargetName, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
-    const FcChar8* pTargetNameUtf8 = (FcChar8*)aTargetName.getStr();
+    const FcChar8* pTargetNameUtf8 = reinterpret_cast<FcChar8 const *>(aTargetName.getStr());
     FcPatternAddString(pPattern, FC_FAMILY, pTargetNameUtf8);
 
     LanguageTag aLangTag(rPattern.meLanguage);
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ bool PrintFontManager::Substitute( FontSelectPattern &rPattern, OUString& rMissi
     }
 
     if (!aLangAttrib.isEmpty())
-        FcPatternAddString(pPattern, FC_LANG, (FcChar8*)aLangAttrib.getStr());
+        FcPatternAddString(pPattern, FC_LANG, reinterpret_cast<FcChar8 const *>(aLangAttrib.getStr()));
 
     addtopattern(pPattern, rPattern.GetSlant(), rPattern.GetWeight(),
         rPattern.GetWidthType(), rPattern.GetPitch());
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ bool PrintFontManager::Substitute( FontSelectPattern &rPattern, OUString& rMissi
                 nCollectionEntry = 0;
             if( eFileRes == FcResultMatch )
             {
-                OString aDir, aBase, aOrgPath( (sal_Char*)file );
+                OString aDir, aBase, aOrgPath( reinterpret_cast<char*>(file) );
                 splitPath( aOrgPath, aDir, aBase );
                 int nDirID = getDirectoryAtom( aDir, true );
                 fontID aFont = findFontFileID( nDirID, aBase, nCollectionEntry );
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ bool PrintFontManager::Substitute( FontSelectPattern &rPattern, OUString& rMissi
                 // get the family name
                 if( eFamilyRes == FcResultMatch )
                 {
-                    OString sFamily((sal_Char*)family);
+                    OString sFamily(reinterpret_cast<char*>(family));
                     std::unordered_map< OString, OString, OStringHash >::const_iterator aI =
                         rWrapper.m_aFontNameToLocalized.find(sFamily);
                     if (aI != rWrapper.m_aFontNameToLocalized.end())
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ ImplFontOptions* PrintFontManager::getFontOptions(
     if (aI != rWrapper.m_aLocalizedToCanonical.end())
         sFamily = aI->second;
     if( !sFamily.isEmpty() )
-        FcPatternAddString(pPattern, FC_FAMILY, (FcChar8*)sFamily.getStr());
+        FcPatternAddString(pPattern, FC_FAMILY, reinterpret_cast<FcChar8 const *>(sFamily.getStr()));
 
     addtopattern(pPattern, rInfo.m_eItalic, rInfo.m_eWeight, rInfo.m_eWidth, rInfo.m_ePitch);
     FcPatternAddDouble(pPattern, FC_PIXEL_SIZE, nSize);
@@ -1253,11 +1253,11 @@ bool PrintFontManager::matchFont( FastPrintFontInfo& rInfo, const com::sun::star
     const LanguageTag aLangTag(rLocale);
     const OString aLangAttrib = mapToFontConfigLangTag(aLangTag);
     if (!aLangAttrib.isEmpty())
-        FcPatternAddString(pPattern, FC_LANG, (FcChar8*)aLangAttrib.getStr());
+        FcPatternAddString(pPattern, FC_LANG, reinterpret_cast<FcChar8 const *>(aLangAttrib.getStr()));
 
     OString aFamily = OUStringToOString( rInfo.m_aFamilyName, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
     if( !aFamily.isEmpty() )
-        FcPatternAddString(pPattern, FC_FAMILY, (FcChar8*)aFamily.getStr());
+        FcPatternAddString(pPattern, FC_FAMILY, reinterpret_cast<FcChar8 const *>(aFamily.getStr()));
 
     addtopattern(pPattern, rInfo.m_eItalic, rInfo.m_eWeight, rInfo.m_eWidth, rInfo.m_ePitch);
 
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ bool PrintFontManager::matchFont( FastPrintFontInfo& rInfo, const com::sun::star
                 nCollectionEntry = 0;
             if( eFileRes == FcResultMatch )
             {
-                OString aDir, aBase, aOrgPath( (sal_Char*)file );
+                OString aDir, aBase, aOrgPath( reinterpret_cast<char*>(file) );
                 splitPath( aOrgPath, aDir, aBase );
                 int nDirID = getDirectoryAtom( aDir, true );
                 fontID aFont = findFontFileID( nDirID, aBase, nCollectionEntry );
diff --git a/vcl/generic/fontmanager/fontmanager.cxx b/vcl/generic/fontmanager/fontmanager.cxx
index 142179fa1068..736513a46248 100644
--- a/vcl/generic/fontmanager/fontmanager.cxx
+++ b/vcl/generic/fontmanager/fontmanager.cxx
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ OUString PrintFontManager::convertTrueTypeName( void* pRecord ) const
     }
     else if( pNameRecord->platformID == 1 )
     {
-        OString aName((const sal_Char*)(pNameRecord->sptr), pNameRecord->slen);
+        OString aName(reinterpret_cast<char*>(pNameRecord->sptr), pNameRecord->slen);
         rtl_TextEncoding eEncoding = RTL_TEXTENCODING_DONTKNOW;
         switch (pNameRecord->encodingID)
         {
diff --git a/vcl/generic/fontmanager/helper.cxx b/vcl/generic/fontmanager/helper.cxx
index aadfa0f29beb..ecd4cca6cfdc 100644
--- a/vcl/generic/fontmanager/helper.cxx
+++ b/vcl/generic/fontmanager/helper.cxx
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ bool psp::convertPfbToPfa( ::osl::File& rInFile, ::osl::File& rOutFile )
         {
             // this might be a pfa font already
             if( ! rInFile.read( buffer+6, 9, nRead ) && nRead == 9 &&
-                ( ! std::strncmp( (char*)buffer, "%!FontType1-", 12 ) ||
-                  ! std::strncmp( (char*)buffer, "%!PS-AdobeFont-", 15 ) ) )
+                ( ! std::strncmp( reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer), "%!FontType1-", 12 ) ||
+                  ! std::strncmp( reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer), "%!PS-AdobeFont-", 15 ) ) )
             {
                 sal_uInt64 nWrite = 0;
                 if( rOutFile.write( buffer, 15, nWrite ) || nWrite != 15 )
diff --git a/vcl/generic/glyphs/gcach_ftyp.cxx b/vcl/generic/glyphs/gcach_ftyp.cxx
index bdbc0b64146a..635abb30a671 100644
--- a/vcl/generic/glyphs/gcach_ftyp.cxx
+++ b/vcl/generic/glyphs/gcach_ftyp.cxx
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ bool FtFontFile::Map()
             return false;
         }
         mnFileSize = aStat.st_size;
-        mpFileMap = (const unsigned char*)
+        mpFileMap = (unsigned char*)
             mmap( NULL, mnFileSize, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, nFile, 0 );
         if( mpFileMap == MAP_FAILED )
             mpFileMap = NULL;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ void FtFontFile::Unmap()
     if( (--mnRefCount > 0) || (mpFileMap == NULL) )
         return;
 
-    munmap( (char*)mpFileMap, mnFileSize );
+    munmap( mpFileMap, mnFileSize );
     mpFileMap = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ bool ServerFont::GetGlyphBitmap1( sal_GlyphId aGlyphId, RawBitmap& rRawBitmap )
     if( pGlyphFT->format != FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_BITMAP )
     {
         if( pGlyphFT->format == FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_OUTLINE )
-            ((FT_OutlineGlyphRec*)pGlyphFT)->outline.flags |= FT_OUTLINE_HIGH_PRECISION;
+            reinterpret_cast<FT_OutlineGlyphRec*>(pGlyphFT)->outline.flags |= FT_OUTLINE_HIGH_PRECISION;
         FT_Render_Mode nRenderMode = FT_RENDER_MODE_MONO;
 
         rc = FT_Glyph_To_Bitmap( &pGlyphFT, nRenderMode, NULL, true );
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ bool ServerFont::GetGlyphBitmap8( sal_GlyphId aGlyphId, RawBitmap& rRawBitmap )
     }
 
     if( pGlyphFT->format == FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_OUTLINE )
-        ((FT_OutlineGlyph)pGlyphFT)->outline.flags |= FT_OUTLINE_HIGH_PRECISION;
+        reinterpret_cast<FT_OutlineGlyph>(pGlyphFT)->outline.flags |= FT_OUTLINE_HIGH_PRECISION;
 
     bool bEmbedded = (pGlyphFT->format == FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_BITMAP);
     if( !bEmbedded )
diff --git a/vcl/generic/glyphs/gcach_ftyp.hxx b/vcl/generic/glyphs/gcach_ftyp.hxx
index beee3328a867..590fb90d2727 100644
--- a/vcl/generic/glyphs/gcach_ftyp.hxx
+++ b/vcl/generic/glyphs/gcach_ftyp.hxx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ private:
                             FtFontFile( const OString& rNativeFileName );
 
     const OString    maNativeFileName;
-    const unsigned char*    mpFileMap;
+    unsigned char*   mpFileMap;
     int                     mnFileSize;
     int                     mnRefCount;
     int                     mnLangBoost;
diff --git a/vcl/generic/glyphs/gcach_layout.cxx b/vcl/generic/glyphs/gcach_layout.cxx
index 8719844a3622..ae4a2f7d402e 100644
--- a/vcl/generic/glyphs/gcach_layout.cxx
+++ b/vcl/generic/glyphs/gcach_layout.cxx
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static hb_blob_t *getFontTable(hb_face_t* /*face*/, hb_tag_t nTableTag, void* pU
 
     hb_blob_t* pBlob = NULL;
     if (pBuffer != NULL)
-        pBlob = hb_blob_create((const char*) pBuffer, nLength, HB_MEMORY_MODE_READONLY, (void*) pBuffer, NULL);
+        pBlob = hb_blob_create(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(pBuffer), nLength, HB_MEMORY_MODE_READONLY, (void*) pBuffer, NULL);
 
     return pBlob;
 }
diff --git a/vcl/generic/print/genpspgraphics.cxx b/vcl/generic/print/genpspgraphics.cxx
index 1e63ab0faf31..f9a6e3a5bec0 100644
--- a/vcl/generic/print/genpspgraphics.cxx
+++ b/vcl/generic/print/genpspgraphics.cxx
@@ -424,20 +424,20 @@ void GenPspGraphics::drawRect( long nX, long nY, long nDX, long nDY )
 
 void GenPspGraphics::drawPolyLine( sal_uInt32 nPoints, const SalPoint *pPtAry )
 {
-    m_pPrinterGfx->DrawPolyLine (nPoints, (Point*)pPtAry);
+    m_pPrinterGfx->DrawPolyLine (nPoints, reinterpret_cast<Point const *>(pPtAry));
 }
 
 void GenPspGraphics::drawPolygon( sal_uInt32 nPoints, const SalPoint* pPtAry )
 {
     // Point must be equal to SalPoint! see vcl/inc/salgtype.hxx
-    m_pPrinterGfx->DrawPolygon (nPoints, (Point*)pPtAry);
+    m_pPrinterGfx->DrawPolygon (nPoints, reinterpret_cast<Point const *>(pPtAry));
 }
 
 void GenPspGraphics::drawPolyPolygon( sal_uInt32           nPoly,
                                    const sal_uInt32   *pPoints,
                                    PCONSTSALPOINT  *pPtAry )
 {
-    m_pPrinterGfx->DrawPolyPolygon (nPoly, pPoints, (const Point**)pPtAry);
+    m_pPrinterGfx->DrawPolyPolygon (nPoly, pPoints, reinterpret_cast<const Point**>(pPtAry));
 }
 
 bool GenPspGraphics::drawPolyPolygon( const ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon&, double /*fTransparency*/ )
@@ -459,13 +459,13 @@ bool GenPspGraphics::drawPolyLine(
 
 bool GenPspGraphics::drawPolyLineBezier( sal_uInt32 nPoints, const SalPoint* pPtAry, const sal_uInt8* pFlgAry )
 {
-    m_pPrinterGfx->DrawPolyLineBezier (nPoints, (Point*)pPtAry, pFlgAry);
+    m_pPrinterGfx->DrawPolyLineBezier (nPoints, reinterpret_cast<Point const *>(pPtAry), pFlgAry);
     return true;
 }
 
 bool GenPspGraphics::drawPolygonBezier( sal_uInt32 nPoints, const SalPoint* pPtAry, const sal_uInt8* pFlgAry )
 {
-    m_pPrinterGfx->DrawPolygonBezier (nPoints, (Point*)pPtAry, pFlgAry);
+    m_pPrinterGfx->DrawPolygonBezier (nPoints, reinterpret_cast<Point const *>(pPtAry), pFlgAry);
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ bool GenPspGraphics::drawPolyPolygonBezier( sal_uInt32 nPoly,
                                              const sal_uInt8* const* pFlgAry )
 {
     // Point must be equal to SalPoint! see vcl/inc/salgtype.hxx
-    m_pPrinterGfx->DrawPolyPolygonBezier (nPoly, pPoints, (Point**)pPtAry, (sal_uInt8**)pFlgAry);
+    m_pPrinterGfx->DrawPolyPolygonBezier (nPoly, pPoints, reinterpret_cast<Point const * const *>(pPtAry), (sal_uInt8**)pFlgAry);
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/vcl/generic/print/glyphset.cxx b/vcl/generic/print/glyphset.cxx
index 30946a374ae3..b3314ab5e4ab 100644
--- a/vcl/generic/print/glyphset.cxx
+++ b/vcl/generic/print/glyphset.cxx
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ GlyphSet::ImplDrawText (PrinterGfx &rGfx, const Point& rPoint,
         OString aPSName( OUStringToOString( rGfx.GetFontMgr().getPSName( mnFontID ), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ISO_8859_1 ) );
         OString aBytes( OUStringToOString( OUString( pStr, nLen ), mnBaseEncoding ) );
         rGfx.PSSetFont( aPSName, mnBaseEncoding );
-        rGfx.PSShowText( (const unsigned char*)aBytes.getStr(), nLen, aBytes.getLength() );
+        rGfx.PSShowText( reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(aBytes.getStr()), nLen, aBytes.getLength() );
         return;
     }
 
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ GlyphSet::ImplDrawText (PrinterGfx &rGfx, const Point& rPoint,
         OString aBytes( OUStringToOString( OUString( pStr, nLen ), mnBaseEncoding ) );
         rGfx.PSMoveTo( rPoint );
         rGfx.PSSetFont( aPSName, mnBaseEncoding );
-        rGfx.PSShowText( (const unsigned char*)aBytes.getStr(), nLen, aBytes.getLength(), pDeltaArray );
+        rGfx.PSShowText( reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(aBytes.getStr()), nLen, aBytes.getLength(), pDeltaArray );
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/vcl/generic/print/psputil.cxx b/vcl/generic/print/psputil.cxx
index 9d47556fb3d4..ecea28f1b886 100644
--- a/vcl/generic/print/psputil.cxx
+++ b/vcl/generic/print/psputil.cxx
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ ConverterFactory::Convert (const sal_Unicode *pText, int nTextLen,
     rtl_UnicodeToTextContext   aContext   = rtl_createUnicodeToTextContext (aConverter);
 
     sal_Size nSize = rtl_convertUnicodeToText (aConverter, aContext,
-                                               pText, nTextLen, (sal_Char*)pBuffer, nBufferSize,
+                                               pText, nTextLen, reinterpret_cast<char*>(pBuffer), nBufferSize,
                                                nCvtFlags, &nCvtInfo, &nCvtChars);
 
     rtl_destroyUnicodeToTextContext (aConverter, aContext);
diff --git a/vcl/inc/unx/gtk/gtkdata.hxx b/vcl/inc/unx/gtk/gtkdata.hxx
index 235c599ad8da..e890580b6544 100644
--- a/vcl/inc/unx/gtk/gtkdata.hxx
+++ b/vcl/inc/unx/gtk/gtkdata.hxx
@@ -119,10 +119,7 @@ public:
     virtual void ErrorTrapPush() SAL_OVERRIDE;
     virtual bool ErrorTrapPop( bool bIgnoreError ) SAL_OVERRIDE;
 
-    inline GtkSalDisplay *GetGtkDisplay() const
-    {
-        return (GtkSalDisplay *)GetDisplay();
-    }
+    inline GtkSalDisplay *GetGtkDisplay() const;
 };
 
 class GtkSalFrame;
@@ -193,6 +190,11 @@ inline GdkDisplay *GtkData::GetGdkDisplay()
     return GetGtkDisplay()->GetGdkDisplay();
 }
 
+GtkSalDisplay *GtkData::GetGtkDisplay() const
+{
+    return static_cast<GtkSalDisplay *>(GetDisplay());
+}
+
 #endif // INCLUDED_VCL_INC_UNX_GTK_GTKDATA_HXX
 
 /* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/vcl/qa/cppunit/complextext.cxx b/vcl/qa/cppunit/complextext.cxx
index 10f0a40d8f13..a6330e4880c8 100644
--- a/vcl/qa/cppunit/complextext.cxx
+++ b/vcl/qa/cppunit/complextext.cxx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void VclComplexTextTest::testArabic()
         0x86, 0x20, 0xd8, 0xab, 0xd9, 0x84, 0xd8, 0xa7,
         0xd8, 0xab, 0xd8, 0xa9, 0xd9, 0x8c, 0x00
     };
-    OUString aOneTwoThree( (sal_Char *)pOneTwoThreeUTF8,
+    OUString aOneTwoThree( reinterpret_cast<char const *>(pOneTwoThreeUTF8),
                            SAL_N_ELEMENTS( pOneTwoThreeUTF8 ) - 1,
                            RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
     vcl::Window* pWin = new WorkWindow( (vcl::Window *)NULL );
diff --git a/vcl/source/app/dbggui.cxx b/vcl/source/app/dbggui.cxx
index a07b72010422..523b2f7674b7 100644
--- a/vcl/source/app/dbggui.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/app/dbggui.cxx
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ void DbgDialogTest( vcl::Window* pWindow )
     if ( !pGetChild )
         return;
 
-    boost::scoped_array<Rectangle> pRectAry((Rectangle*)new long[(sizeof(Rectangle)*nChildCount)/sizeof(long)]);
+    boost::scoped_array<Rectangle> pRectAry(reinterpret_cast<Rectangle*>(new long[(sizeof(Rectangle)*nChildCount)/sizeof(long)]));
     memset( pRectAry.get(), 0, sizeof(Rectangle)*nChildCount );
 
     if ( pWindow->IsDialog() )
diff --git a/vcl/source/app/svapp.cxx b/vcl/source/app/svapp.cxx
index c02f0a93a138..19890e7c1e2a 100644
--- a/vcl/source/app/svapp.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/app/svapp.cxx
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ UnoWrapperBase* Application::GetUnoWrapper( bool bCreateIfNotExist )
         aTkLib.loadRelative(&thisModule, aLibName, SAL_LOADMODULE_DEFAULT);
         if (aTkLib.is())
         {
-            FN_TkCreateUnoWrapper fnCreateWrapper = (FN_TkCreateUnoWrapper)aTkLib.getFunctionSymbol("CreateUnoWrapper");
+            FN_TkCreateUnoWrapper fnCreateWrapper = reinterpret_cast<FN_TkCreateUnoWrapper>(aTkLib.getFunctionSymbol("CreateUnoWrapper"));
             if ( fnCreateWrapper )
             {
                 pSVData->mpUnoWrapper = fnCreateWrapper();
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/graphicfilter.cxx b/vcl/source/filter/graphicfilter.cxx
index 0a3c6be29298..0ca46985bd08 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/graphicfilter.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/graphicfilter.cxx
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static void KillDirEntry( const OUString& rMainUrl )
 
 // Helper functions
 
-sal_uInt8* ImplSearchEntry( sal_uInt8* pSource, sal_uInt8* pDest, sal_uLong nComp, sal_uLong nSize )
+sal_uInt8* ImplSearchEntry( sal_uInt8* pSource, sal_uInt8 const * pDest, sal_uLong nComp, sal_uLong nSize )
 {
     while ( nComp-- >= nSize )
     {
@@ -506,8 +506,8 @@ static bool ImpPeekGraphicFormat( SvStream& rStream, OUString& rFormatExtension,
     if( !bTest || rFormatExtension.startsWith( "EPS" ) )
     {
         bSomethingTested = true;
-        if ( ( nFirstLong == 0xC5D0D3C6 ) || ( ImplSearchEntry( sFirstBytes, (sal_uInt8*)"%!PS-Adobe", 10, 10 ) &&
-             ImplSearchEntry( &sFirstBytes[15], (sal_uInt8*)"EPS", 3, 3 ) ) )
+        if ( ( nFirstLong == 0xC5D0D3C6 ) || ( ImplSearchEntry( sFirstBytes, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("%!PS-Adobe"), 10, 10 ) &&
+             ImplSearchEntry( &sFirstBytes[15], reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("EPS"), 3, 3 ) ) )
         {
             rFormatExtension = "EPS";
             return true;
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ static bool ImpPeekGraphicFormat( SvStream& rStream, OUString& rFormatExtension,
     if( !bTest || rFormatExtension.startsWith( "DXF" ) )
     {
         // Binary DXF File Format
-        if( strncmp( (const char*) sFirstBytes, "AutoCAD Binary DXF", 18 ) == 0 )
+        if( strncmp( reinterpret_cast<char*>(sFirstBytes), "AutoCAD Binary DXF", 18 ) == 0 )
         {
             rFormatExtension = "DXF";
             return true;
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ static bool ImpPeekGraphicFormat( SvStream& rStream, OUString& rFormatExtension,
             while( i<256 && sFirstBytes[i]<=32 )
                 ++i;
 
-            if (i+7<256 && (strncmp((const char*)(sFirstBytes+i),"SECTION",7)==0))
+            if (i+7<256 && (strncmp(reinterpret_cast<char*>(sFirstBytes+i),"SECTION",7)==0))
             {
                 rFormatExtension = "DXF";
                 return true;
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static bool ImpPeekGraphicFormat( SvStream& rStream, OUString& rFormatExtension,
     if( !bTest )
     {
         bSomethingTested = true;
-        if( ImplSearchEntry( sFirstBytes, (sal_uInt8*)"/* XPM */", 256, 9 ) )
+        if( ImplSearchEntry( sFirstBytes, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("/* XPM */"), 256, 9 ) )
         {
             rFormatExtension = "XPM";
             return true;
@@ -624,11 +624,11 @@ static bool ImpPeekGraphicFormat( SvStream& rStream, OUString& rFormatExtension,
 
         rStream.Seek( nStreamPos );
         rStream.Read( pBuf.get(), nSize );
-        sal_uInt8* pPtr = ImplSearchEntry( pBuf.get(), (sal_uInt8*)"#define", nSize, 7 );
+        sal_uInt8* pPtr = ImplSearchEntry( pBuf.get(), reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("#define"), nSize, 7 );
 
         if( pPtr )
         {
-            if( ImplSearchEntry( pPtr, (sal_uInt8*)"_width", pBuf.get() + nSize - pPtr, 6 ) )
+            if( ImplSearchEntry( pPtr, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("_width"), pBuf.get() + nSize - pPtr, 6 ) )
             {
                 rFormatExtension = "XBM";
                 return true;
@@ -670,20 +670,20 @@ static bool ImpPeekGraphicFormat( SvStream& rStream, OUString& rFormatExtension,
 
         // check for Xml
         // #119176# SVG files which have no xml header at all have shown up this is optional
-        if( ImplSearchEntry(pCheckArray, (sal_uInt8*)"<?xml", nCheckSize, 5 ) // is it xml
-            && ImplSearchEntry(pCheckArray, (sal_uInt8*)"version", nCheckSize, 7 )) // does it have a version (required for xml)
+        if( ImplSearchEntry(pCheckArray, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("<?xml"), nCheckSize, 5 ) // is it xml
+            && ImplSearchEntry(pCheckArray, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("version"), nCheckSize, 7 )) // does it have a version (required for xml)
         {
 
             // check for DOCTYPE svg combination
-            if( ImplSearchEntry(pCheckArray, (sal_uInt8*)"DOCTYPE", nCheckSize, 7 ) // 'DOCTYPE' is there
-                && ImplSearchEntry(pCheckArray, (sal_uInt8*)"svg", nCheckSize, 3 )) // 'svg' is there
+            if( ImplSearchEntry(pCheckArray, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("DOCTYPE"), nCheckSize, 7 ) // 'DOCTYPE' is there
+                && ImplSearchEntry(pCheckArray, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("svg"), nCheckSize, 3 )) // 'svg' is there
             {
                 bIsSvg = true;
             }
         }
 
         // check for svg element in 1st 256 bytes
-        if(!bIsSvg && ImplSearchEntry(pCheckArray, (sal_uInt8*)"<svg", nCheckSize, 4 )) // '<svg'
+        if(!bIsSvg && ImplSearchEntry(pCheckArray, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("<svg"), nCheckSize, 4 )) // '<svg'
         {
             bIsSvg = true;
         }
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static bool ImpPeekGraphicFormat( SvStream& rStream, OUString& rFormatExtension,
                 nCheckSize = rStream.Read(sExtendedOrDecompressedFirstBytes, nCheckSize);
             }
 
-            if(ImplSearchEntry(pCheckArray, (sal_uInt8*)"<svg", nCheckSize, 4)) // '<svg'
+            if(ImplSearchEntry(pCheckArray, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("<svg"), nCheckSize, 4)) // '<svg'
             {
                 bIsSvg = true;
             }
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ PFilterCall ImpFilterLibCacheEntry::GetImportFunction()
     if( !mpfnImport )
     {
 #ifndef DISABLE_DYNLOADING
-        mpfnImport = (PFilterCall) maLibrary.getFunctionSymbol(OUString(IMPORT_FUNCTION_NAME));
+        mpfnImport = reinterpret_cast<PFilterCall>(maLibrary.getFunctionSymbol(OUString(IMPORT_FUNCTION_NAME)));
 #else
         if( maFiltername.equalsAscii( "icd" ) )
             mpfnImport = icdGraphicImport;
@@ -2114,7 +2114,7 @@ sal_uInt16 GraphicFilter::ExportGraphic( const Graphic& rGraphic, const OUString
                 OUString aPhysicalName( ImpCreateFullFilterPath( aFilterPath.getToken(i, ';'), aFilterName ) );
                 osl::Module aLibrary( aPhysicalName );
 
-                PFilterCall pFunc = (PFilterCall) aLibrary.getFunctionSymbol(OUString(EXPORT_FUNCTION_NAME));
+                PFilterCall pFunc = reinterpret_cast<PFilterCall>(aLibrary.getFunctionSymbol(OUString(EXPORT_FUNCTION_NAME)));
                 // Execute dialog in DLL
 #else
                 PFilterCall pFunc = NULL;
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/graphicfilter2.cxx b/vcl/source/filter/graphicfilter2.cxx
index 4d8e5c32a81f..7f35629468cd 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/graphicfilter2.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/graphicfilter2.cxx
@@ -915,8 +915,8 @@ bool GraphicDescriptor::ImpDetectEPS( SvStream& rStm, bool )
     rStm.Read( &nFirstBytes, 20 );
 
     if ( ( nFirstLong == 0xC5D0D3C6 ) || aPathExt.startsWith( "eps" ) ||
-        ( ImplSearchEntry( nFirstBytes, (sal_uInt8*)"%!PS-Adobe", 10, 10 )
-            && ImplSearchEntry( &nFirstBytes[15], (sal_uInt8*)"EPS", 3, 3 ) ) )
+        ( ImplSearchEntry( nFirstBytes, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("%!PS-Adobe"), 10, 10 )
+            && ImplSearchEntry( &nFirstBytes[15], reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("EPS"), 3, 3 ) ) )
     {
         nFormat = GFF_EPS;
         bRet = true;
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/graphicfilter_internal.hxx b/vcl/source/filter/graphicfilter_internal.hxx
index 3e27c30aa62b..8f3931ec2994 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/graphicfilter_internal.hxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/graphicfilter_internal.hxx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "tools/solar.h"
 
-sal_uInt8* ImplSearchEntry( sal_uInt8* , sal_uInt8* , sal_uLong , sal_uLong  );
+sal_uInt8* ImplSearchEntry( sal_uInt8*, sal_uInt8 const *, sal_uLong, sal_uLong );
 
 extern bool isPCT(SvStream& rStream, sal_uLong nStreamPos, sal_uLong nStreamLen);
 
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/igif/gifread.cxx b/vcl/source/filter/igif/gifread.cxx
index 7b87230ced2c..0b14c77d820f 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/igif/gifread.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/igif/gifread.cxx
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ bool GIFReader::ReadLocalHeader()
         SvMemoryStream  aMemStm;
         BitmapPalette*  pPal;
 
-        aMemStm.SetBuffer( (char*) pBuf, 9, false, 9 );
+        aMemStm.SetBuffer( pBuf, 9, false, 9 );
         aMemStm.ReadUInt16( nImagePosX );
         aMemStm.ReadUInt16( nImagePosY );
         aMemStm.ReadUInt16( nImageWidth );
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/ixpm/xpmread.cxx b/vcl/source/filter/ixpm/xpmread.cxx
index 81c13f210f74..06e1d97ea02d 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/ixpm/xpmread.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/ixpm/xpmread.cxx
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ bool XPMReader::ImplGetColSub( sal_uInt8* pDest )
                 if ( std::strlen(pRGBTable[i].name) > mnParaSize &&
                         pRGBTable[ i ].name[ mnParaSize ] == 0 )
                 {
-                    if ( ImplCompare ( (unsigned char*)pRGBTable[ i ].name,
+                    if ( ImplCompare ( reinterpret_cast<unsigned char const *>(pRGBTable[ i ].name),
                             mpPara, mnParaSize, XPMCASENONSENSITIVE ) )
                     {
                         bColStatus = true;
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ sal_uLong XPMReader::ImplGetULONG( sal_uLong nPara )
     else return 0;
 }
 
-bool XPMReader::ImplCompare( sal_uInt8* pSource, sal_uInt8* pDest, sal_uLong nSize, sal_uLong nMode )
+bool XPMReader::ImplCompare( sal_uInt8 const * pSource, sal_uInt8 const * pDest, sal_uLong nSize, sal_uLong nMode )
 {
     bool bRet = true;
 
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/ixpm/xpmread.hxx b/vcl/source/filter/ixpm/xpmread.hxx
index ad9911a06c44..c8f7636bca7f 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/ixpm/xpmread.hxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/ixpm/xpmread.hxx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ private:
     bool                ImplGetColKey( sal_uInt8 );
     void                ImplGetRGBHex( sal_uInt8*, sal_uLong );
     bool                ImplGetPara( sal_uLong numb );
-    bool                ImplCompare( sal_uInt8*, sal_uInt8*, sal_uLong, sal_uLong nmode = XPMCASENONSENSITIVE );
+    bool                ImplCompare( sal_uInt8 const *, sal_uInt8 const *, sal_uLong, sal_uLong nmode = XPMCASENONSENSITIVE );
     sal_uLong               ImplGetULONG( sal_uLong nPara );
 
 public:
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/Exif.cxx b/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/Exif.cxx
index a39c2dbda9fc..fc59664192cb 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/Exif.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/Exif.cxx
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ bool Exif::processIFD(sal_uInt8* pExifData, sal_uInt16 aLength, sal_uInt16 aOffs
 
     while (aOffset <= aLength - 12 && aNumberOfTags > 0)
     {
-        ifd = (ExifIFD*) &pExifData[aOffset];
+        ifd = reinterpret_cast<ExifIFD*>(&pExifData[aOffset]);
         sal_uInt16 tag = ifd->tag;
         if (bSwap)
         {
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ bool Exif::processExif(SvStream& rStream, sal_uInt16 aSectionLength, bool bSetVa
     // Exif detected
     mbExifPresent = true;
 
-    TiffHeader* aTiffHeader = (TiffHeader*) &aExifData[0];
+    TiffHeader* aTiffHeader = reinterpret_cast<TiffHeader*>(&aExifData[0]);
 
     bool bIntel = aTiffHeader->byteOrder == 0x4949;      //big-endian
     bool bMotorola = aTiffHeader->byteOrder == 0x4D4D;   //little-endian
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/JpegReader.cxx b/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/JpegReader.cxx
index 1d400a5d55cb..78c2ae81b381 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/JpegReader.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/JpegReader.cxx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct SourceManagerStruct {
  */
 extern "C" void init_source (j_decompress_ptr cinfo)
 {
-    SourceManagerStruct * source = (SourceManagerStruct *) cinfo->src;
+    SourceManagerStruct * source = reinterpret_cast<SourceManagerStruct *>(cinfo->src);
 
     /* We reset the empty-input-file flag for each image,
      * but we don't clear the input buffer.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ long StreamRead( SvStream* pStream, void* pBuffer, long nBufferSize )
 
 extern "C" boolean fill_input_buffer (j_decompress_ptr cinfo)
 {
-    SourceManagerStruct * source = (SourceManagerStruct *) cinfo->src;
+    SourceManagerStruct * source = reinterpret_cast<SourceManagerStruct *>(cinfo->src);
     size_t nbytes;
 
     nbytes = StreamRead(source->stream, source->buffer, BUFFER_SIZE);
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ extern "C" boolean fill_input_buffer (j_decompress_ptr cinfo)
 
 extern "C" void skip_input_data (j_decompress_ptr cinfo, long numberOfBytes)
 {
-    SourceManagerStruct * source = (SourceManagerStruct *) cinfo->src;
+    SourceManagerStruct * source = reinterpret_cast<SourceManagerStruct *>(cinfo->src);
 
     /* Just a dumb implementation for now.  Could use fseek() except
      * it doesn't work on pipes.  Not clear that being smart is worth
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ void jpeg_svstream_src (j_decompress_ptr cinfo, void* input)
     if (cinfo->src == NULL)
     { /* first time for this JPEG object? */
         cinfo->src = (jpeg_source_mgr *)
-            (*cinfo->mem->alloc_small) ((j_common_ptr) cinfo, JPOOL_PERMANENT, sizeof(SourceManagerStruct));
-        source = (SourceManagerStruct *) cinfo->src;
+            (*cinfo->mem->alloc_small) (reinterpret_cast<j_common_ptr>(cinfo), JPOOL_PERMANENT, sizeof(SourceManagerStruct));
+        source = reinterpret_cast<SourceManagerStruct *>(cinfo->src);
         source->buffer = (JOCTET *)
-            (*cinfo->mem->alloc_small) ((j_common_ptr) cinfo, JPOOL_PERMANENT, BUFFER_SIZE * sizeof(JOCTET));
+            (*cinfo->mem->alloc_small) (reinterpret_cast<j_common_ptr>(cinfo), JPOOL_PERMANENT, BUFFER_SIZE * sizeof(JOCTET));
     }
 
-    source = (SourceManagerStruct *) cinfo->src;
+    source = reinterpret_cast<SourceManagerStruct *>(cinfo->src);
     source->pub.init_source = init_source;
     source->pub.fill_input_buffer = fill_input_buffer;
     source->pub.skip_input_data = skip_input_data;
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/JpegWriter.cxx b/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/JpegWriter.cxx
index 09a52500e951..16e6ccf17d63 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/JpegWriter.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/JpegWriter.cxx
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ struct DestinationManagerStruct
 
 extern "C" void init_destination (j_compress_ptr cinfo)
 {
-    DestinationManagerStruct * destination = (DestinationManagerStruct *) cinfo->dest;
+    DestinationManagerStruct * destination = reinterpret_cast<DestinationManagerStruct *>(cinfo->dest);
 
     /* Allocate the output buffer -- it will be released when done with image */
     destination->buffer = (JOCTET *)
-        (*cinfo->mem->alloc_small) ((j_common_ptr) cinfo, JPOOL_IMAGE, BUFFER_SIZE * sizeof(JOCTET));
+        (*cinfo->mem->alloc_small) (reinterpret_cast<j_common_ptr>(cinfo), JPOOL_IMAGE, BUFFER_SIZE * sizeof(JOCTET));
 
     destination->pub.next_output_byte = destination->buffer;
     destination->pub.free_in_buffer = BUFFER_SIZE;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ extern "C" void init_destination (j_compress_ptr cinfo)
 
 extern "C" boolean empty_output_buffer (j_compress_ptr cinfo)
 {
-    DestinationManagerStruct * destination = (DestinationManagerStruct *) cinfo->dest;
+    DestinationManagerStruct * destination = reinterpret_cast<DestinationManagerStruct *>(cinfo->dest);
 
     if (destination->stream->Write(destination->buffer, BUFFER_SIZE) != (size_t) BUFFER_SIZE)
     {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ extern "C" boolean empty_output_buffer (j_compress_ptr cinfo)
 
 extern "C" void term_destination (j_compress_ptr cinfo)
 {
-    DestinationManagerStruct * destination = (DestinationManagerStruct *) cinfo->dest;
+    DestinationManagerStruct * destination = reinterpret_cast<DestinationManagerStruct *>(cinfo->dest);
     size_t datacount = BUFFER_SIZE - destination->pub.free_in_buffer;
 
     /* Write any data remaining in the buffer */
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ void jpeg_svstream_dest (j_compress_ptr cinfo, void* output)
     if (cinfo->dest == NULL)
     {    /* first time for this JPEG object? */
         cinfo->dest = (jpeg_destination_mgr*)
-        (*cinfo->mem->alloc_small) ((j_common_ptr) cinfo, JPOOL_PERMANENT, sizeof(DestinationManagerStruct));
+        (*cinfo->mem->alloc_small) (reinterpret_cast<j_common_ptr>(cinfo), JPOOL_PERMANENT, sizeof(DestinationManagerStruct));
     }
 
-    destination = (DestinationManagerStruct *) cinfo->dest;
+    destination = reinterpret_cast<DestinationManagerStruct *>(cinfo->dest);
     destination->pub.init_destination = init_destination;
     destination->pub.empty_output_buffer = empty_output_buffer;
     destination->pub.term_destination = term_destination;
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/jpegc.cxx b/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/jpegc.cxx
index 411b17bd1644..2c9908b07d44 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/jpegc.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/jpeg/jpegc.cxx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ struct ErrorManagerStruct
 
 extern "C" void errorExit (j_common_ptr cinfo)
 {
-    ErrorManagerStruct * error = (ErrorManagerStruct *) cinfo->err;
+    ErrorManagerStruct * error = reinterpret_cast<ErrorManagerStruct *>(cinfo->err);
     (*cinfo->err->output_message) (cinfo);
     longjmp(error->setjmp_buffer, 1);
 }
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/sgfbram.cxx b/vcl/source/filter/sgfbram.cxx
index 0d104922239e..57faee330d13 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/sgfbram.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/sgfbram.cxx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ SgfHeader::SgfHeader()
 
 SvStream& ReadSgfHeader(SvStream& rIStream, SgfHeader& rHead)
 {
-    rIStream.Read((char*)&rHead.Magic,SgfHeaderSize);
+    rIStream.Read(&rHead.Magic, SgfHeaderSize);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     rHead.Magic  =OSL_SWAPWORD(rHead.Magic  );
     rHead.Version=OSL_SWAPWORD(rHead.Version);
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ SgfEntry::SgfEntry()
 
 SvStream& ReadSgfEntry(SvStream& rIStream, SgfEntry& rEntr)
 {
-    rIStream.Read((char*)&rEntr.Typ,SgfEntrySize);
+    rIStream.Read(&rEntr.Typ, SgfEntrySize);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     rEntr.Typ  =OSL_SWAPWORD(rEntr.Typ  );
     rEntr.iFrei=OSL_SWAPWORD(rEntr.iFrei);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ sal_uInt32 SgfEntry::GetOffset()
 
 SvStream& ReadSgfVector(SvStream& rIStream, SgfVector& rVect)
 {
-    rIStream.Read((char*)&rVect,sizeof(rVect));
+    rIStream.Read(&rVect, sizeof(rVect));
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     rVect.Flag =OSL_SWAPWORD(rVect.Flag );
     rVect.x    =OSL_SWAPWORD(rVect.x    );
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ SvStream& WriteBmpFileHeader(SvStream& rOStream, BmpFileHeader& rHead)
     rHead.OfsLo   =OSL_SWAPWORD(rHead.OfsLo   );
     rHead.OfsHi   =OSL_SWAPWORD(rHead.OfsHi   );
 #endif
-    rOStream.Write((char*)&rHead,sizeof(rHead));
+    rOStream.Write(&rHead, sizeof(rHead));
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     rHead.Typ     =OSL_SWAPWORD(rHead.Typ     );
     rHead.SizeLo  =OSL_SWAPWORD(rHead.SizeLo  );
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ SvStream& WriteBmpInfoHeader(SvStream& rOStream, BmpInfoHeader& rInfo)
     rInfo.ColUsed =OSL_SWAPDWORD (rInfo.ColUsed );
     rInfo.ColMust =OSL_SWAPDWORD (rInfo.ColMust );
 #endif
-    rOStream.Write((char*)&rInfo,sizeof(rInfo));
+    rOStream.Write(&rInfo, sizeof(rInfo));
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     rInfo.Size    =OSL_SWAPDWORD (rInfo.Size    );
     rInfo.Width   =OSL_SWAPDWORD (rInfo.Width   );
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ SvStream& WriteBmpInfoHeader(SvStream& rOStream, BmpInfoHeader& rInfo)
 
 SvStream& WriteRGBQuad(SvStream& rOStream, const RGBQuad& rQuad)
 {
-    rOStream.Write((char*)&rQuad,sizeof(rQuad));
+    rOStream.Write(&rQuad, sizeof(rQuad));
     return rOStream;
 }
 
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ sal_uInt8 PcxExpand::GetByte(SvStream& rInp)
     if (Count>0) {
         Count--;
     } else {
-        rInp.Read((char*)&Data,1);
+        rInp.Read(&Data, 1);
         if ((Data & 0xC0) == 0xC0) {
             Count=(Data & 0x3F) -1;
-            rInp.Read((char*)&Data,1);
+            rInp.Read(&Data, 1);
         }
     }
     return Data;
@@ -247,14 +247,14 @@ bool SgfFilterBMap(SvStream& rInp, SvStream& rOut, SgfHeader& rHead, SgfEntry&)
         WriteRGBQuad( rOut, RGBQuad(0xFF,0xFF,0xFF) ); // white
         nOfs=rOut.Tell();
         for (j=0;j<rHead.Ysize;j++)
-            rOut.Write((char*)pBuf.get(),nWdtOut);  // fill file with zeroes
+            rOut.Write(pBuf.get(), nWdtOut); // fill file with zeroes
         for (j=0;j<rHead.Ysize;j++) {
             for(i=0;i<nWdtInp;i++) {
                 pBuf[i]=aPcx.GetByte(rInp);
             }
             for(i=nWdtInp;i<nWdtOut;i++) pBuf[i]=0;     // up to 3 bytes
             rOut.Seek(nOfs+((sal_uLong)rHead.Ysize-j-1L)*(sal_uLong)nWdtOut); // write backwards
-            rOut.Write((char*)pBuf.get(),nWdtOut);
+            rOut.Write(pBuf.get(), nWdtOut);
         }
     } else if (nColors==16) {
         sal_uInt8 pl2= 0;     // planes' masks
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ bool SgfFilterBMap(SvStream& rInp, SvStream& rOut, SgfHeader& rHead, SgfEntry&)
 
         nOfs=rOut.Tell();
         for (j=0;j<rHead.Ysize;j++)
-            rOut.Write((char*)pBuf.get(),nWdtOut);  // fill file with zeroes
+            rOut.Write(pBuf.get(), nWdtOut); // fill file with zeroes
         for (j=0;j<rHead.Ysize;j++) {
             memset(pBuf.get(),0,nWdtOut);
             for(k=0;k<4;k++) {
@@ -302,27 +302,27 @@ bool SgfFilterBMap(SvStream& rInp, SvStream& rOut, SgfHeader& rHead, SgfEntry&)
             }
             for(i=nWdtInp*4;i<nWdtOut;i++) pBuf[i]=0;            // up to 3 bytes
             rOut.Seek(nOfs+((sal_uLong)rHead.Ysize-j-1L)*(sal_uLong)nWdtOut); // write backwards
-            rOut.Write((char*)pBuf.get(),nWdtOut);
+            rOut.Write(pBuf.get(), nWdtOut);
         }
     } else if (nColors==256) {
         cRGB[3]=0;                      // fourth palette entry for BMP
         for (i=0;i<256;i++) {           // copy palette
-            rInp.Read((char*)cRGB,3);
+            rInp.Read(cRGB, 3);
             pl1=cRGB[0];                // switch red and blue
             cRGB[0]=cRGB[2];
             cRGB[2]=pl1;
-            rOut.Write((char*)cRGB,4);
+            rOut.Write(cRGB, 4);
         }
 
         nOfs=rOut.Tell();
         for (j=0;j<rHead.Ysize;j++)
-            rOut.Write((char*)pBuf.get(),nWdtOut);  // fill file with zeroes
+            rOut.Write(pBuf.get(), nWdtOut); // fill file with zeroes
         for (j=0;j<rHead.Ysize;j++) {
             for(i=0;i<rHead.Xsize;i++)
                 pBuf[i]=aPcx.GetByte(rInp);
             for(i=rHead.Xsize;i<nWdtOut;i++) pBuf[i]=0;          // up to 3 bytes
             rOut.Seek(nOfs+((sal_uLong)rHead.Ysize-j-1L)*(sal_uLong)nWdtOut); // write backwards
-            rOut.Write((char*)pBuf.get(),nWdtOut);
+            rOut.Write(pBuf.get(), nWdtOut);
         }
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/vcl/source/filter/sgvmain.cxx b/vcl/source/filter/sgvmain.cxx
index 956b8c049f2d..4e130e5213e2 100644
--- a/vcl/source/filter/sgvmain.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/filter/sgvmain.cxx
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ sal_uInt16 MulDiv(sal_uInt16 a, sal_uInt16 Mul, sal_uInt16 Div)
 
 SvStream& ReadDtHdType(SvStream& rIStream, DtHdType& rDtHd)
 {
-    rIStream.Read((char*)&rDtHd.Reserved[0],DtHdSize);
+    rIStream.Read(&rDtHd.Reserved[0], DtHdSize);
     return rIStream;
 }
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ PageType::PageType()
 
 SvStream& ReadPageType(SvStream& rIStream, PageType& rPage)
 {
-    rIStream.Read((char*)&rPage.Next,PageSize);
+    rIStream.Read(&rPage.Next, PageSize);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     SWAPPAGE(rPage);
 #endif
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ SvStream& ReadObjkType(SvStream& rInp, ObjkType& rObjk)
     // fileposition in stream is not changed!
     sal_uLong nPos;
     nPos=rInp.Tell();
-    rInp.Read((char*)&rObjk.Last,ObjkSize);
+    rInp.Read(&rObjk.Last, ObjkSize);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     SWAPOBJK(rObjk);
 #endif
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ SvStream& ReadObjkType(SvStream& rInp, ObjkType& rObjk)
 }
 SvStream& ReadStrkType(SvStream& rInp, StrkType& rStrk)
 {
-    rInp.Read((char*)&rStrk.Last,StrkSize);
+    rInp.Read(&rStrk.Last, StrkSize);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     SWAPOBJK (rStrk);
     SWAPLINE (rStrk.L);
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ SvStream& ReadStrkType(SvStream& rInp, StrkType& rStrk)
 }
 SvStream& ReadRectType(SvStream& rInp, RectType& rRect)
 {
-    rInp.Read((char*)&rRect.Last,RectSize);
+    rInp.Read(&rRect.Last, RectSize);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     SWAPOBJK (rRect);
     SWAPLINE (rRect.L);
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ SvStream& ReadRectType(SvStream& rInp, RectType& rRect)
 }
 SvStream& ReadPolyType(SvStream& rInp, PolyType& rPoly)
 {
-    rInp.Read((char*)&rPoly.Last,PolySize);
+    rInp.Read(&rPoly.Last, PolySize);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     SWAPOBJK (rPoly);
     SWAPLINE (rPoly.L);
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ SvStream& ReadPolyType(SvStream& rInp, PolyType& rPoly)
 }
 SvStream& ReadSplnType(SvStream& rInp, SplnType& rSpln)
 {
-    rInp.Read((char*)&rSpln.Last,SplnSize);
+    rInp.Read(&rSpln.Last, SplnSize);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     SWAPOBJK (rSpln);
     SWAPLINE (rSpln.L);
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ SvStream& ReadSplnType(SvStream& rInp, SplnType& rSpln)
 }
 SvStream& ReadCircType(SvStream& rInp, CircType& rCirc)
 {
-    rInp.Read((char*)&rCirc.Last,CircSize);
+    rInp.Read(&rCirc.Last, CircSize);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     SWAPOBJK (rCirc);
     SWAPLINE (rCirc.L);
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ SvStream& ReadCircType(SvStream& rInp, CircType& rCirc)
 }
 SvStream& ReadTextType(SvStream& rInp, TextType& rText)
 {
-    rInp.Read((char*)&rText.Last,TextSize);
+    rInp.Read(&rText.Last, TextSize);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     SWAPOBJK (rText);
     SWAPTEXT (rText.T);
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ SvStream& ReadTextType(SvStream& rInp, TextType& rText)
 }
 SvStream& ReadBmapType(SvStream& rInp, BmapType& rBmap)
 {
-    rInp.Read((char*)&rBmap.Last,BmapSize);
+    rInp.Read(&rBmap.Last, BmapSize);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     SWAPOBJK (rBmap);
     SWAPAREA (rBmap.F);
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ SvStream& ReadBmapType(SvStream& rInp, BmapType& rBmap)
 }
 SvStream& ReadGrupType(SvStream& rInp, GrupType& rGrup)
 {
-    rInp.Read((char*)&rGrup.Last,GrupSize);
+    rInp.Read(&rGrup.Last, GrupSize);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
     SWAPOBJK (rGrup);
     rGrup.SbLo     =OSL_SWAPWORD(rGrup.SbLo     );
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ void DrawObjkList( SvStream& rInp, OutputDevice& rOut )
                     ReadTextType( rInp, aText );
                     if (!rInp.GetError()) {
                         aText.Buffer=new UCHAR[aText.BufSize+1]; // add one for LookAhead at CK-separation
-                        rInp.Read((char* )aText.Buffer,aText.BufSize);
+                        rInp.Read(aText.Buffer, aText.BufSize);
                         if (!rInp.GetError()) aText.Draw(rOut);
                         delete[] aText.Buffer;
                     }
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ void DrawObjkList( SvStream& rInp, OutputDevice& rOut )
                     ReadPolyType( rInp, aPoly );
                     if (!rInp.GetError()) {
                         aPoly.EckP=new PointType[aPoly.nPoints];
-                        rInp.Read((char*)aPoly.EckP,4*aPoly.nPoints);
+                        rInp.Read(aPoly.EckP, 4*aPoly.nPoints);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
                         for(short i=0;i<aPoly.nPoints;i++) SWAPPOINT(aPoly.EckP[i]);
 #endif
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ void DrawObjkList( SvStream& rInp, OutputDevice& rOut )
                     ReadSplnType( rInp, aSpln );
                     if (!rInp.GetError()) {
                         aSpln.EckP=new PointType[aSpln.nPoints];
-                        rInp.Read((char*)aSpln.EckP,4*aSpln.nPoints);
+                        rInp.Read(aSpln.EckP, 4*aSpln.nPoints);
 #if defined OSL_BIGENDIAN
                         for(short i=0;i<aSpln.nPoints;i++) SWAPPOINT(aSpln.EckP[i]);
 #endif
diff --git a/vcl/source/fontsubset/cff.cxx b/vcl/source/fontsubset/cff.cxx
index 1d22d09ea9af..0d8fb69971c7 100644
--- a/vcl/source/fontsubset/cff.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/fontsubset/cff.cxx
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ void Type1Emitter::emitAllCrypted( void)
     // apply t1crypt
     for( char* p = maBuffer; p < mpPtr; ++p) {
         *p ^= (mnEECryptR >> 8);
-        mnEECryptR = (*(U8*)p + mnEECryptR) * 52845 + 22719;
+        mnEECryptR = (*reinterpret_cast<U8*>(p) + mnEECryptR) * 52845 + 22719;
     }
 
     // emit the t1crypt result
diff --git a/vcl/source/fontsubset/sft.cxx b/vcl/source/fontsubset/sft.cxx
index 737a7a716f9b..921aa090b3ad 100644
--- a/vcl/source/fontsubset/sft.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/fontsubset/sft.cxx
@@ -1096,12 +1096,12 @@ typedef struct _subHeader2 {
 } subHeader2;
 
 static sal_uInt32 getGlyph2(const sal_uInt8 *cmap, const sal_uInt32 nMaxCmapSize, sal_uInt32 c) {
-    sal_uInt16 *CMAP2 = (sal_uInt16 *) cmap;
+    sal_uInt16 const *CMAP2 = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt16 const *>(cmap);
     sal_uInt8 theHighByte;
 
     sal_uInt8 theLowByte;
-    subHeader2* subHeader2s;
-    sal_uInt16* subHeader2Keys;
+    subHeader2 const * subHeader2s;
+    sal_uInt16 const * subHeader2Keys;
     sal_uInt16 firstCode;
     int k = -1;
     sal_uInt32 ToReturn;
@@ -1109,24 +1109,24 @@ static sal_uInt32 getGlyph2(const sal_uInt8 *cmap, const sal_uInt32 nMaxCmapSize
     theHighByte = (sal_uInt8)((c >> 8) & 0x00ff);
     theLowByte = (sal_uInt8)(c & 0x00ff);
     subHeader2Keys = CMAP2 + 3;
-    subHeader2s = (subHeader2 *)(subHeader2Keys + 256);
-    if(reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(&subHeader2Keys[theHighByte]) - cmap < int(nMaxCmapSize - 2))
+    subHeader2s = reinterpret_cast<subHeader2 const *>(subHeader2Keys + 256);
+    if(reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>(&subHeader2Keys[theHighByte]) - cmap < int(nMaxCmapSize - 2))
     {
         k = Int16FromMOTA(subHeader2Keys[theHighByte]) / 8;
         // check if the subheader record fits into available space
-        if((k >= 0) && (reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(&subHeader2s[k]) - cmap >= int(nMaxCmapSize - sizeof(subHeader2))))
+        if((k >= 0) && (reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>(&subHeader2s[k]) - cmap >= int(nMaxCmapSize - sizeof(subHeader2))))
             k = -1;
     }
 
     if(k == 0) {
         firstCode = Int16FromMOTA(subHeader2s[0].firstCode);
         if(theLowByte >= firstCode && theLowByte < (firstCode + Int16FromMOTA(subHeader2s[k].entryCount))) {
-            sal_uInt16* const pGlyph = (&(subHeader2s[0].idRangeOffset))
+            sal_uInt16 const * pGlyph = (&(subHeader2s[0].idRangeOffset))
                      + (Int16FromMOTA(subHeader2s[0].idRangeOffset)/2)             /* + offset        */
                      + theLowByte                                                  /* + to_look       */
                      - firstCode
                      ;
-            if (reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pGlyph) - cmap < int(nMaxCmapSize) - 4)
+            if (reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>(pGlyph) - cmap < int(nMaxCmapSize) - 4)
                 return *pGlyph;
             else
                 return MISSING_GLYPH_INDEX;
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ static sal_uInt32 getGlyph2(const sal_uInt8 *cmap, const sal_uInt32 nMaxCmapSize
 
 static sal_uInt32 getGlyph6(const sal_uInt8 *cmap, sal_uInt32, sal_uInt32 c) {
     sal_uInt16 firstCode, lastCode, count;
-    sal_uInt16 *CMAP6 = (sal_uInt16 *) cmap;
+    sal_uInt16 const *CMAP6 = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt16 const *>(cmap);
 
     firstCode = Int16FromMOTA(*(CMAP6 + 3));
     count = Int16FromMOTA(*(CMAP6 + 4));
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ static sal_uInt32 getGlyph6(const sal_uInt8 *cmap, sal_uInt32, sal_uInt32 c) {
     }
 }
 
-static sal_uInt16 GEbinsearch(sal_uInt16 *ar, sal_uInt16 length, sal_uInt16 toSearch) {
+static sal_uInt16 GEbinsearch(sal_uInt16 const *ar, sal_uInt16 length, sal_uInt16 toSearch) {
     signed int low, high, lastfound = 0xffff;
     sal_uInt16 res;
     if(length == (sal_uInt16)0 || length == (sal_uInt16)0xFFFF) {
@@ -1192,13 +1192,13 @@ static sal_uInt32 getGlyph4(const sal_uInt8 *cmap, const sal_uInt32 nMaxCmapSize
     sal_uInt16  i;
     int ToReturn;
     sal_uInt16  segCount;
-    sal_uInt16 * startCode;
-    sal_uInt16 * endCode;
-    sal_uInt16 * idDelta;
+    sal_uInt16 const * startCode;
+    sal_uInt16 const * endCode;
+    sal_uInt16 const * idDelta;
     /* sal_uInt16 * glyphIdArray; */
-    sal_uInt16 * idRangeOffset;
+    sal_uInt16 const * idRangeOffset;
     /*sal_uInt16 * glyphIndexArray;*/
-    sal_uInt16  *CMAP4 = (sal_uInt16 *) cmap;
+    sal_uInt16 const *CMAP4 = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt16 const *>(cmap);
     /* sal_uInt16  GEbinsearch(sal_uInt16 *ar, sal_uInt16 length, sal_uInt16 toSearch); */
 
     segCount = Int16FromMOTA(*(CMAP4 + 3))/2;
@@ -1210,16 +1210,16 @@ static sal_uInt32 getGlyph4(const sal_uInt8 *cmap, const sal_uInt32 nMaxCmapSize
     }
     startCode = endCode + segCount + 1;
 
-    if((reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(&startCode[i]) - cmap >= int(nMaxCmapSize - 2)) || Int16FromMOTA(startCode[i]) > c) {
+    if((reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>(&startCode[i]) - cmap >= int(nMaxCmapSize - 2)) || Int16FromMOTA(startCode[i]) > c) {
         return MISSING_GLYPH_INDEX;
     }
     idDelta = startCode + segCount;
     idRangeOffset = idDelta + segCount;
     /*glyphIndexArray = idRangeOffset + segCount;*/
 
-    if((reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(&idRangeOffset[i]) - cmap < int(nMaxCmapSize - 2)) && Int16FromMOTA(idRangeOffset[i]) != 0) {
-        sal_uInt16 * pGlyphOffset = &(idRangeOffset[i]) + (Int16FromMOTA(idRangeOffset[i])/2 + (c - Int16FromMOTA(startCode[i])));
-        if(reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pGlyphOffset) - cmap >= int(nMaxCmapSize - 2))
+    if((reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>(&idRangeOffset[i]) - cmap < int(nMaxCmapSize - 2)) && Int16FromMOTA(idRangeOffset[i]) != 0) {
+        sal_uInt16 const * pGlyphOffset = &(idRangeOffset[i]) + (Int16FromMOTA(idRangeOffset[i])/2 + (c - Int16FromMOTA(startCode[i])));
+        if(reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>(pGlyphOffset) - cmap >= int(nMaxCmapSize - 2))
             return MISSING_GLYPH_INDEX;
         c = Int16FromMOTA(*pGlyphOffset);
     }
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ static sal_uInt32 getGlyph4(const sal_uInt8 *cmap, const sal_uInt32 nMaxCmapSize
 }
 
 static sal_uInt32 getGlyph12(const sal_uInt8 *pCmap, sal_uInt32, sal_uInt32 cChar) {
-    const sal_uInt32* pCMAP12 = (const sal_uInt32*)pCmap;
+    const sal_uInt32* pCMAP12 = reinterpret_cast<const sal_uInt32*>(pCmap);
     int nLength = Int32FromMOTA( pCMAP12[1] );
     int nGroups = Int32FromMOTA( pCMAP12[3] );
     int nLower = 0;
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ static int doOpenTTFont( sal_uInt32 facenum, TrueTypeFont* t )
                 if( nDelta )
                     for( int j = 0; j < NUM_TAGS; ++j )
                         if( t->tables[j] )
-                            *(char**)&t->tables[j] -= nDelta;
+                            *reinterpret_cast<char const **>(&t->tables[j]) -= nDelta;
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ void CloseTTFont(TrueTypeFont *ttf)
 {
 #if !defined(WIN32)
     if( ttf->fname )
-        munmap((char *) ttf->ptr, ttf->fsize);
+        munmap(ttf->ptr, ttf->fsize);
 #endif
     free(ttf->fname);
     free(ttf->goffsets);
@@ -2008,7 +2008,7 @@ int  CreateTTFromTTGlyphs(TrueTypeFont  *ttf,
            newname.slen = name[i].slen + strlen(suffix);
         */
         const sal_uInt8 ptr[] = {0,'T',0,'r',0,'u',0,'e',0,'T',0,'y',0,'p',0,'e',0,'S',0,'u',0,'b',0,'s',0,'e',0,'t'};
-        NameRecord n1 = {1, 0, 0, 6, 14, (sal_uInt8*)"TrueTypeSubset"};
+        NameRecord n1 = {1, 0, 0, 6, 14, const_cast<sal_uInt8 *>(reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>("TrueTypeSubset"))};
         NameRecord n2 = {3, 1, 1033, 6, 28, 0};
         n2.sptr = (sal_uInt8 *) ptr;
         name = TrueTypeTableNew_name(0, 0);
diff --git a/vcl/source/fontsubset/ttcr.cxx b/vcl/source/fontsubset/ttcr.cxx
index e65c7cc3f234..25c66d1e3ba2 100644
--- a/vcl/source/fontsubset/ttcr.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/fontsubset/ttcr.cxx
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ void TrueTypeCreatorNewEmpty(sal_uInt32 tag, TrueTypeCreator **_this)
     TrueTypeCreator* ptr = (TrueTypeCreator*)smalloc(sizeof(TrueTypeCreator));
 
     ptr->tables = listNewEmpty();
-    listSetElementDtor(ptr->tables, (list_destructor)TrueTypeTableDispose);
+    listSetElementDtor(ptr->tables, reinterpret_cast<list_destructor>(TrueTypeTableDispose));
 
     ptr->tag = tag;
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ int StreamToMemory(TrueTypeCreator *_this, sal_uInt8 **ptr, sal_uInt32 *length)
     /* Table Directory */
     for (int i = 0; i < numTables; ++i) {
         PutUInt32(te[i].tag, ttf + 12, 16 * i, 1);
-        PutUInt32(CheckSum((sal_uInt32 *) te[i].data, te[i].length), ttf + 12, 16 * i + 4, 1);
+        PutUInt32(CheckSum(reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt32 *>(te[i].data), te[i].length), ttf + 12, 16 * i + 4, 1);
         PutUInt32(offset, ttf + 12, 16 * i + 8, 1);
         PutUInt32(te[i].length, ttf + 12, 16 * i + 12, 1);
 
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int StreamToMemory(TrueTypeCreator *_this, sal_uInt8 **ptr, sal_uInt32 *length)
 
     free(te);
 
-    p = (sal_uInt32 *) ttf;
+    p = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt32 *>(ttf);
     for (int i = 0; i < (int)s / 4; ++i) checkSumAdjustment += p[i];
     PutUInt32(0xB1B0AFBA - checkSumAdjustment, head, 8, 1);
 
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/bitmap.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/bitmap.cxx
index 050eaa5ea18f..5a8bad6f341f 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/bitmap.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/bitmap.cxx
@@ -1701,7 +1701,7 @@ bool Bitmap::Replace( const Color* pSearchColors, const Color* pReplaceColors,
             memset( pTols, 0, nColorCount * sizeof( long ) );
         }
         else
-            pTols = (long*) _pTols;
+            pTols = reinterpret_cast<long*>(_pTols);
 
         for( i = 0UL; i < nColorCount; i++ )
         {
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/bitmap3.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/bitmap3.cxx
index 211516045adb..83ce47fff5b0 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/bitmap3.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/bitmap3.cxx
@@ -2247,7 +2247,7 @@ bool Bitmap::ImplReduceMedian( sal_uInt16 nColCount )
             const long nHeight = pWAcc->Height();
             long nIndex = 0L;
 
-            memset( (HPBYTE) pColBuf, 0, nSize );
+            memset( pColBuf, 0, nSize );
 
             // create Buffer
             if( pRAcc->HasPalette() )
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/bitmap4.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/bitmap4.cxx
index 32ca3cc4412d..a18b9c26b71e 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/bitmap4.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/bitmap4.cxx
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ bool Bitmap::ImplConvolute3( const long* pMatrix, long nDivisor,
             const long      nHeight = pWriteAcc->Height(), nHeight2 = nHeight + 2;
             long*           pColm = new long[ nWidth2 ];
             long*           pRows = new long[ nHeight2 ];
-            BitmapColor*    pColRow1 = (BitmapColor*) new sal_uInt8[ sizeof( BitmapColor ) * nWidth2 ];
-            BitmapColor*    pColRow2 = (BitmapColor*) new sal_uInt8[ sizeof( BitmapColor ) * nWidth2 ];
-            BitmapColor*    pColRow3 = (BitmapColor*) new sal_uInt8[ sizeof( BitmapColor ) * nWidth2 ];
+            BitmapColor*    pColRow1 = reinterpret_cast<BitmapColor*>(new sal_uInt8[ sizeof( BitmapColor ) * nWidth2 ]);
+            BitmapColor*    pColRow2 = reinterpret_cast<BitmapColor*>(new sal_uInt8[ sizeof( BitmapColor ) * nWidth2 ]);
+            BitmapColor*    pColRow3 = reinterpret_cast<BitmapColor*>(new sal_uInt8[ sizeof( BitmapColor ) * nWidth2 ]);
             BitmapColor*    pRowTmp1 = pColRow1;
             BitmapColor*    pRowTmp2 = pColRow2;
             BitmapColor*    pRowTmp3 = pColRow3;
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ bool Bitmap::ImplConvolute3( const long* pMatrix, long nDivisor,
             }
 
             delete[] pKoeff;
-            delete[] (sal_uInt8*) pColRow1;
-            delete[] (sal_uInt8*) pColRow2;
-            delete[] (sal_uInt8*) pColRow3;
+            delete[] reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pColRow1);
+            delete[] reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pColRow2);
+            delete[] reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pColRow3);
             delete[] pColm;
             delete[] pRows;
 
@@ -272,9 +272,9 @@ bool Bitmap::ImplMedianFilter( const BmpFilterParam* /*pFilterParam*/, const Lin
             const long      nHeight = pWriteAcc->Height(), nHeight2 = nHeight + 2;
             long*           pColm = new long[ nWidth2 ];
             long*           pRows = new long[ nHeight2 ];
-            BitmapColor*    pColRow1 = (BitmapColor*) new sal_uInt8[ sizeof( BitmapColor ) * nWidth2 ];
-            BitmapColor*    pColRow2 = (BitmapColor*) new sal_uInt8[ sizeof( BitmapColor ) * nWidth2 ];
-            BitmapColor*    pColRow3 = (BitmapColor*) new sal_uInt8[ sizeof( BitmapColor ) * nWidth2 ];
+            BitmapColor*    pColRow1 = reinterpret_cast<BitmapColor*>(new sal_uInt8[ sizeof( BitmapColor ) * nWidth2 ]);
+            BitmapColor*    pColRow2 = reinterpret_cast<BitmapColor*>(new sal_uInt8[ sizeof( BitmapColor ) * nWidth2 ]);
+            BitmapColor*    pColRow3 = reinterpret_cast<BitmapColor*>(new sal_uInt8[ sizeof( BitmapColor ) * nWidth2 ]);
             BitmapColor*    pRowTmp1 = pColRow1;
             BitmapColor*    pRowTmp2 = pColRow2;
             BitmapColor*    pRowTmp3 = pColRow3;
@@ -357,9 +357,9 @@ bool Bitmap::ImplMedianFilter( const BmpFilterParam* /*pFilterParam*/, const Lin
                 }
             }
 
-            delete[] (sal_uInt8*) pColRow1;
-            delete[] (sal_uInt8*) pColRow2;
-            delete[] (sal_uInt8*) pColRow3;
+            delete[] reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pColRow1);
+            delete[] reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pColRow2);
+            delete[] reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pColRow3);
             delete[] pColm;
             delete[] pRows;
 
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/bmpacc.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/bmpacc.cxx
index 9e4994c5dda4..7ad73870f664 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/bmpacc.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/bmpacc.cxx
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ void BitmapReadAccess::ImplZeroInitUnusedBits()
             nMask = OSL_SWAPDWORD( nMask );
 #endif
             for( sal_uInt32 i = 0; i < nHeight; i++, pLast4Bytes += nScanSize )
-                ( *(sal_uInt32*) pLast4Bytes ) &= nMask;
+                *reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt32*>(pLast4Bytes) &= nMask;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/cvtsvm.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/cvtsvm.cxx
index cf290bbf3c16..9cc2543f0d14 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/cvtsvm.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/cvtsvm.cxx
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ void SVMConverter::ImplConvertFromSVM1( SvStream& rIStm, GDIMetaFile& rMtf )
     sal_Int16   nVersion;
 
     // read header
-    rIStm.Read( (char*) &aCode, sizeof( aCode ) );  // Identifier
+    rIStm.Read( aCode, sizeof( aCode ) );  // Identifier
     rIStm.ReadInt16( nSize );                                 // Size
     rIStm.ReadInt16( nVersion );                              // Version
     sal_Int32 nTmp32(0);
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/dibtools.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/dibtools.cxx
index 2e3779865411..1a9eb339aa19 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/dibtools.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/dibtools.cxx
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ bool ImplReadDIBBits(SvStream& rIStm, DIBV5Header& rHeader, BitmapWriteAccess& r
 
                     for( ; nCount--; nY += nI )
                     {
-                        if (rIStm.Read( (char*)( pTmp16 = (sal_uInt16*) pBuf.get() ), nAlignedWidth )
+                        if (rIStm.Read( ( pTmp16 = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt16*>(pBuf.get()) ), nAlignedWidth )
                             != nAlignedWidth)
                         {
                             return false;
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ bool ImplReadDIBBits(SvStream& rIStm, DIBV5Header& rHeader, BitmapWriteAccess& r
 
                         for( long nX = 0L; nX < nWidth; nX++ )
                         {
-                            aMask.GetColorFor16BitLSB( aColor, (sal_uInt8*) pTmp16++ );
+                            aMask.GetColorFor16BitLSB( aColor, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pTmp16++) );
                             rAcc.SetPixel( nY, nX, aColor );
                         }
                     }
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ bool ImplReadDIBBits(SvStream& rIStm, DIBV5Header& rHeader, BitmapWriteAccess& r
 
                         for( ; nCount--; nY += nI )
                         {
-                            if (rIStm.Read( (char*)( pTmp32 = (sal_uInt32*) pBuf.get() ), nAlignedWidth )
+                            if (rIStm.Read( ( pTmp32 = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt32*>(pBuf.get()) ), nAlignedWidth )
                                 != nAlignedWidth)
                             {
                                 return false;
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ bool ImplReadDIBBits(SvStream& rIStm, DIBV5Header& rHeader, BitmapWriteAccess& r
 
                             for( long nX = 0L; nX < nWidth; nX++ )
                             {
-                                aMask.GetColorAndAlphaFor32Bit( aColor, aAlpha, (sal_uInt8*) pTmp32++ );
+                                aMask.GetColorAndAlphaFor32Bit( aColor, aAlpha, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pTmp32++) );
                                 rAcc.SetPixel( nY, nX, aColor );
                                 pAccAlpha->SetPixelIndex(nY, nX, sal_uInt8(0xff) - aAlpha);
                                 rAlphaUsed |= bool(0xff != aAlpha);
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ bool ImplReadDIBBits(SvStream& rIStm, DIBV5Header& rHeader, BitmapWriteAccess& r
                     {
                         for( ; nCount--; nY += nI )
                         {
-                            if (rIStm.Read( (char*)( pTmp32 = (sal_uInt32*) pBuf.get() ), nAlignedWidth )
+                            if (rIStm.Read( ( pTmp32 = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt32*>(pBuf.get()) ), nAlignedWidth )
                                 != nAlignedWidth)
                             {
                                 return false;
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ bool ImplReadDIBBits(SvStream& rIStm, DIBV5Header& rHeader, BitmapWriteAccess& r
 
                             for( long nX = 0L; nX < nWidth; nX++ )
                             {
-                                aMask.GetColorFor32Bit( aColor, (sal_uInt8*) pTmp32++ );
+                                aMask.GetColorFor32Bit( aColor, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pTmp32++) );
                                 rAcc.SetPixel( nY, nX, aColor );
                             }
                         }
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ bool ImplReadDIBBody( SvStream& rIStm, Bitmap& rBmp, Bitmap* pBmpAlpha, sal_uLon
                 // set decoded bytes to memory stream,
                 // from which we will read the bitmap data
                 pIStm = pMemStm = new SvMemoryStream;
-                pMemStm->SetBuffer( (char*) pData, nUncodedSize, false, nUncodedSize );
+                pMemStm->SetBuffer( pData, nUncodedSize, false, nUncodedSize );
                 nOffset = 0;
             }
             else
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/embeddedfontshelper.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/embeddedfontshelper.cxx
index 5706022a6bf2..43485d79ab41 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/embeddedfontshelper.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/embeddedfontshelper.cxx
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ bool EmbeddedFontsHelper::addEmbeddedFont( uno::Reference< io::XInputStream > st
         unsigned char *nakedPointerToUncompressedFont = NULL;
         libeot::EOTMetadata eotMetadata;
         libeot::EOTError uncompressError =
-            libeot::EOT2ttf_buffer( (const unsigned char *)&fontData[0], fontData.size(), &eotMetadata, &nakedPointerToUncompressedFont, &uncompressedFontSize );
+            libeot::EOT2ttf_buffer( reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>(&fontData[0]), fontData.size(), &eotMetadata, &nakedPointerToUncompressedFont, &uncompressedFontSize );
         boost::shared_ptr<unsigned char> uncompressedFont( nakedPointerToUncompressedFont, libeot::EOTfreeBuffer );
         if( uncompressError != libeot::EOT_SUCCESS )
         {
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/gdimtf.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/gdimtf.cxx
index 8cf47471b8f3..65b353760563 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/gdimtf.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/gdimtf.cxx
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ void GDIMetaFile::ImplDelegate2PluggableRenderer( const MetaCommentAction* pAct,
                 // delay intialization of XGraphic, to only expose
                 // XGraphic-generating services to arbitrary binary data
                 uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aSeq(
-                    (sal_Int8*)pData, pEndData-pData );
+                    reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8 const *>(pData), pEndData-pData );
                 uno::Sequence<uno::Any> aGraphicsArgs(1);
                 aGraphicsArgs[0] = makeAny(aSeq);
                 xInit->initialize(aGraphicsArgs);
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/gfxlink.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/gfxlink.cxx
index 1c825bf09cc8..c352b81dfeb7 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/gfxlink.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/gfxlink.cxx
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ bool GfxLink::LoadNative( Graphic& rGraphic )
             SvMemoryStream  aMemStm;
             sal_uLong           nCvtType;
 
-            aMemStm.SetBuffer( (char*) pData, mnBufSize, false, mnBufSize );
+            aMemStm.SetBuffer( const_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pData), mnBufSize, false, mnBufSize );
 
             switch( meType )
             {
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/impvect.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/impvect.cxx
index 32727c46bdf8..b547380a78d0 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/impvect.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/impvect.cxx
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void ImplPointArray::ImplSetSize( sal_uLong nSize )
         rtl_freeMemory( mpArray );
 
     mpArray = (Point*) rtl_allocateMemory( nTotal );
-    memset( (HPBYTE) mpArray, 0, nTotal );
+    memset( mpArray, 0, nTotal );
 }
 
 inline Point& ImplPointArray::operator[]( sal_uLong nPos )
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ bool ImplVectorizer::ImplVectorize( const Bitmap& rColorBmp, GDIMetaFile& rMtf,
         const long          nHeight = pRAcc->Height();
         const sal_uInt16        nColorCount = pRAcc->GetPaletteEntryCount();
         sal_uInt16              n;
-        ImplColorSet*       pColorSet = (ImplColorSet*) new sal_uInt8[ 256 * sizeof( ImplColorSet ) ];
+        ImplColorSet*       pColorSet = reinterpret_cast<ImplColorSet*>(new sal_uInt8[ 256 * sizeof( ImplColorSet ) ]);
 
         memset( pColorSet, 0, 256 * sizeof( ImplColorSet ) );
         rMtf.Clear();
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ bool ImplVectorizer::ImplVectorize( const Bitmap& rColorBmp, GDIMetaFile& rMtf,
             VECT_PROGRESS( pProgress, FRound( fPercent += fPercentStep_2 ) );
         }
 
-        delete[] (sal_uInt8*) pColorSet;
+        delete[] reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pColorSet);
 
         if( rMtf.GetActionSize() )
         {
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/jobset.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/jobset.cxx
index f376d14a5262..b37b970b4803 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/jobset.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/jobset.cxx
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ SvStream& ReadJobSetup( SvStream& rIStream, JobSetup& rJobSetup )
         rIStream.Read( pTempBuf.get(),  nLen - sizeof( nLen ) - sizeof( nSystem ) );
         if ( nLen >= sizeof(ImplOldJobSetupData)+4 )
         {
-            ImplOldJobSetupData* pData = (ImplOldJobSetupData*)pTempBuf.get();
+            ImplOldJobSetupData* pData = reinterpret_cast<ImplOldJobSetupData*>(pTempBuf.get());
             if ( rJobSetup.mpData )
             {
                 if ( rJobSetup.mpData->mnRefCount == 1 )
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ SvStream& ReadJobSetup( SvStream& rIStream, JobSetup& rJobSetup )
             if ( nSystem == JOBSET_FILE364_SYSTEM ||
                  nSystem == JOBSET_FILE605_SYSTEM )
             {
-                Impl364JobSetupData* pOldJobData    = (Impl364JobSetupData*)(pTempBuf.get() + sizeof( ImplOldJobSetupData ));
+                Impl364JobSetupData* pOldJobData    = reinterpret_cast<Impl364JobSetupData*>(pTempBuf.get() + sizeof( ImplOldJobSetupData ));
                 sal_uInt16 nOldJobDataSize              = SVBT16ToShort( pOldJobData->nSize );
                 pJobData->mnSystem                  = SVBT16ToShort( pOldJobData->nSystem );
                 pJobData->mnDriverDataLen           = SVBT32ToUInt32( pOldJobData->nDriverDataLen );
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ SvStream& ReadJobSetup( SvStream& rIStream, JobSetup& rJobSetup )
                 pJobData->mnPaperHeight             = (long)SVBT32ToUInt32( pOldJobData->nPaperHeight );
                 if ( pJobData->mnDriverDataLen )
                 {
-                    sal_uInt8* pDriverData = ((sal_uInt8*)pOldJobData) + nOldJobDataSize;
+                    sal_uInt8* pDriverData = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pOldJobData) + nOldJobDataSize;
                     pJobData->mpDriverData = (sal_uInt8*)rtl_allocateMemory( pJobData->mnDriverDataLen );
                     memcpy( pJobData->mpDriverData, pDriverData, pJobData->mnDriverDataLen );
                 }
@@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ SvStream& WriteJobSetup( SvStream& rOStream, const JobSetup& rJobSetup )
             int nPos = rOStream.Tell();
             rOStream.WriteUInt16( nLen );
             rOStream.WriteUInt16( nSystem );
-            rOStream.Write( (char*)&aOldData, sizeof( aOldData ) );
-            rOStream.Write( (char*)&aOldJobData, nOldJobDataSize );
-            rOStream.Write( (char*)pJobData->mpDriverData, pJobData->mnDriverDataLen );
+            rOStream.Write( &aOldData, sizeof( aOldData ) );
+            rOStream.Write( &aOldJobData, nOldJobDataSize );
+            rOStream.Write( pJobData->mpDriverData, pJobData->mnDriverDataLen );
             std::unordered_map< OUString, OUString, OUStringHash >::const_iterator it;
             for( it = pJobData->maValueMap.begin(); it != pJobData->maValueMap.end(); ++it )
             {
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/mapmod.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/mapmod.cxx
index 2bf14e3fe112..ec568fa38483 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/mapmod.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/mapmod.cxx
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ MapMode::ImplMapMode::ImplGetStaticMapMode(MapUnit eUnit)
 
     // #i19496 check for out-of-bounds
      if( eUnit >= MAP_LASTENUMDUMMY )
-        return (ImplMapMode*)aStaticImplMapModeAry;
+        return reinterpret_cast<ImplMapMode*>(aStaticImplMapModeAry);
 
-    ImplMapMode* pImplMapMode = ((ImplMapMode*)aStaticImplMapModeAry)+eUnit;
+    ImplMapMode* pImplMapMode = reinterpret_cast<ImplMapMode*>(aStaticImplMapModeAry)+eUnit;
     if ( !pImplMapMode->mbSimple )
     {
         Fraction aDefFraction( 1, 1 );
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/octree.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/octree.cxx
index eac0f522fc84..1aac1ef17a97 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/octree.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/octree.cxx
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ InverseColorMap::InverseColorMap( const BitmapPalette& rPal ) :
         const long cginc = ( xsqr - ( cGreen << nBits ) ) << 1L;
         const long cbinc = ( xsqr - ( cBlue << nBits ) ) << 1L;
 
-        sal_uLong* cdp = (sal_uLong*) pBuffer;
+        sal_uLong* cdp = reinterpret_cast<sal_uLong*>(pBuffer);
         sal_uInt8* crgbp = pMap;
 
         for( r = 0, rxx = crinc; r < nColorMax; rdist += rxx, r++, rxx += xsqr2 )
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
index a8c127d98927..ad79eb2ec39a 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
@@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@ inline void PDFWriterImpl::appendLiteralStringEncrypt( OStringBuffer& rInString,
         //encrypt the string in a buffer, then append it
         enableStringEncryption( nInObjectNumber );
         rtl_cipher_encodeARCFOUR( m_aCipher, rInString.getStr(), nChars, m_pEncryptionBuffer, nChars );
-        appendLiteralString( (const sal_Char*)m_pEncryptionBuffer, nChars, rOutBuffer );
+        appendLiteralString( reinterpret_cast<sal_Char*>(m_pEncryptionBuffer), nChars, rOutBuffer );
     }
     else
         appendLiteralString( rInString.getStr(), nChars , rOutBuffer );
@@ -3739,7 +3739,7 @@ sal_Int32 PDFWriterImpl::createToUnicodeCMap( sal_uInt8* pEncoding,
     ZCodec pCodec( 0x4000, 0x4000 );
     SvMemoryStream aStream;
     pCodec.BeginCompression();
-    pCodec.Write( aStream, (const sal_uInt8*)aContents.getStr(), aContents.getLength() );
+    pCodec.Write( aStream, reinterpret_cast<const sal_uInt8*>(aContents.getStr()), aContents.getLength() );
     pCodec.EndCompression();
 #endif
 
@@ -6779,9 +6779,9 @@ bool PDFWriterImpl::emitTrailer()
 
             // emit the owner password, must not be encrypted
             aLineS.append( "/O(" );
-            appendLiteralString( (const sal_Char*)&m_aContext.Encryption.OValue[0], sal_Int32(m_aContext.Encryption.OValue.size()), aLineS );
+            appendLiteralString( reinterpret_cast<char*>(&m_aContext.Encryption.OValue[0]), sal_Int32(m_aContext.Encryption.OValue.size()), aLineS );
             aLineS.append( ")/U(" );
-            appendLiteralString( (const sal_Char*)&m_aContext.Encryption.UValue[0], sal_Int32(m_aContext.Encryption.UValue.size()), aLineS );
+            appendLiteralString( reinterpret_cast<char*>(&m_aContext.Encryption.UValue[0]), sal_Int32(m_aContext.Encryption.UValue.size()), aLineS );
             aLineS.append( ")/P " );// the permission set
             aLineS.append( m_nAccessPermissions );
             aLineS.append( ">>\nendobj\n\n" );
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx
index 3a98b87d8b55..689ffd219fd9 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/svgdata.cxx
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void SvgData::ensureSequenceAndRange()
         maRange.reset();
 
         // create stream
-        const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aPostData((sal_Int8*)maSvgDataArray.get(), mnSvgDataArrayLength);
+        const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aPostData(reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8*>(maSvgDataArray.get()), mnSvgDataArrayLength);
         const uno::Reference< io::XInputStream > myInputStream(new comphelper::SequenceInputStream(aPostData));
 
         if(myInputStream.is())
diff --git a/vcl/source/opengl/OpenGLContext.cxx b/vcl/source/opengl/OpenGLContext.cxx
index d9bf3c2a401e..06001aa392f4 100644
--- a/vcl/source/opengl/OpenGLContext.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/opengl/OpenGLContext.cxx
@@ -598,11 +598,11 @@ GLXFBConfig* getFBConfig(Display* dpy, Window win, int& nBestFBC, bool bUseDoubl
 // glew needs an OpenGL context so we need to get the address manually
 void initOpenGLFunctionPointers()
 {
-    glXChooseFBConfig = (GLXFBConfig*(*)(Display *dpy, int screen, const int *attrib_list, int *nelements))glXGetProcAddressARB((GLubyte*)"glXChooseFBConfig");
-    glXGetVisualFromFBConfig = (XVisualInfo*(*)(Display *dpy, GLXFBConfig config))glXGetProcAddressARB((GLubyte*)"glXGetVisualFromFBConfig");    // try to find a visual for the current set of attributes
-    glXGetFBConfigAttrib = (int(*)(Display *dpy, GLXFBConfig config, int attribute, int* value))glXGetProcAddressARB((GLubyte*)"glXGetFBConfigAttrib");
-    glXCreateContextAttribsARB = (GLXContext(*) (Display*, GLXFBConfig, GLXContext, Bool, const int*)) glXGetProcAddressARB((const GLubyte *) "glXCreateContextAttribsARB");;
-    glXCreatePixmap = (GLXPixmap(*) (Display*, GLXFBConfig, Pixmap, const int*)) glXGetProcAddressARB((const GLubyte *) "glXCreatePixmap");;
+    glXChooseFBConfig = reinterpret_cast<GLXFBConfig*(*)(Display *dpy, int screen, const int *attrib_list, int *nelements)>(glXGetProcAddressARB(reinterpret_cast<GLubyte const *>("glXChooseFBConfig")));
+    glXGetVisualFromFBConfig = reinterpret_cast<XVisualInfo*(*)(Display *dpy, GLXFBConfig config)>(glXGetProcAddressARB(reinterpret_cast<GLubyte const *>("glXGetVisualFromFBConfig")));    // try to find a visual for the current set of attributes
+    glXGetFBConfigAttrib = reinterpret_cast<int(*)(Display *dpy, GLXFBConfig config, int attribute, int* value)>(glXGetProcAddressARB(reinterpret_cast<GLubyte const *>("glXGetFBConfigAttrib")));
+    glXCreateContextAttribsARB = reinterpret_cast<GLXContext(*)(Display*, GLXFBConfig, GLXContext, Bool, const int*)>(glXGetProcAddressARB(reinterpret_cast<const GLubyte *>("glXCreateContextAttribsARB")));
+    glXCreatePixmap = reinterpret_cast<GLXPixmap(*)(Display*, GLXFBConfig, Pixmap, const int*)>(glXGetProcAddressARB(reinterpret_cast<const GLubyte *>("glXCreatePixmap")));
 }
 
 Visual* getVisual(Display* dpy, Window win)
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ bool OpenGLContext::ImplInit()
     {
         // enable vsync
         typedef GLint (*glXSwapIntervalProc)(GLint);
-        glXSwapIntervalProc glXSwapInterval = (glXSwapIntervalProc) glXGetProcAddress( (const GLubyte*) "glXSwapIntervalSGI" );
+        glXSwapIntervalProc glXSwapInterval = reinterpret_cast<glXSwapIntervalProc>(glXGetProcAddress( reinterpret_cast<const GLubyte*>("glXSwapIntervalSGI") ));
         if( glXSwapInterval )
         {
             TempErrorHandler(m_aGLWin.dpy, oglErrorHandler);
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ void OpenGLContext::reset()
         glXMakeCurrent(m_aGLWin.dpy, None, NULL);
         if( glGetError() != GL_NO_ERROR )
         {
-            SAL_WARN("vcl.opengl", "glError: " << (char *)gluErrorString(glGetError()));
+            SAL_WARN("vcl.opengl", "glError: " << reinterpret_cast<char const *>(gluErrorString(glGetError())));
         }
         glXDestroyContext(m_aGLWin.dpy, m_aGLWin.ctx);
 
diff --git a/vcl/source/outdev/curvedshapes.cxx b/vcl/source/outdev/curvedshapes.cxx
index bca6c7489b80..92697fff1dd2 100644
--- a/vcl/source/outdev/curvedshapes.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/outdev/curvedshapes.cxx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void OutputDevice::DrawEllipse( const Rectangle& rRect )
     Polygon aRectPoly( aRect.Center(), aRect.GetWidth() >> 1, aRect.GetHeight() >> 1 );
     if ( aRectPoly.GetSize() >= 2 )
     {
-        const SalPoint* pPtAry = (const SalPoint*)aRectPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+        const SalPoint* pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aRectPoly.GetConstPointAry());
         if ( !mbFillColor )
             mpGraphics->DrawPolyLine( aRectPoly.GetSize(), pPtAry, this );
         else
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void OutputDevice::DrawArc( const Rectangle& rRect,
 
     if ( aArcPoly.GetSize() >= 2 )
     {
-        const SalPoint* pPtAry = (const SalPoint*)aArcPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+        const SalPoint* pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aArcPoly.GetConstPointAry());
         mpGraphics->DrawPolyLine( aArcPoly.GetSize(), pPtAry, this );
     }
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ void OutputDevice::DrawPie( const Rectangle& rRect,
 
     if ( aPiePoly.GetSize() >= 2 )
     {
-        const SalPoint* pPtAry = (const SalPoint*)aPiePoly.GetConstPointAry();
+        const SalPoint* pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aPiePoly.GetConstPointAry());
         if ( !mbFillColor )
             mpGraphics->DrawPolyLine( aPiePoly.GetSize(), pPtAry, this );
         else
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void OutputDevice::DrawChord( const Rectangle& rRect,
 
     if ( aChordPoly.GetSize() >= 2 )
     {
-        const SalPoint* pPtAry = (const SalPoint*)aChordPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+        const SalPoint* pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aChordPoly.GetConstPointAry());
         if ( !mbFillColor )
             mpGraphics->DrawPolyLine( aChordPoly.GetSize(), pPtAry, this );
         else
diff --git a/vcl/source/outdev/font.cxx b/vcl/source/outdev/font.cxx
index c2e820e4c0ab..d25a533f8d3d 100644
--- a/vcl/source/outdev/font.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/outdev/font.cxx
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ void OutputDevice::ImplGetEmphasisMark( tools::PolyPolygon& rPolyPoly, bool& rPo
             else
             {
                 Polygon aPoly( sizeof( aAccentPos ) / sizeof( long ) / 2,
-                               (const Point*)aAccentPos,
+                               reinterpret_cast<const Point*>(aAccentPos),
                                aAccentPolyFlags );
                 double dScale = ((double)nDotSize)/1000.0;
                 aPoly.Scale( dScale, dScale );
diff --git a/vcl/source/outdev/line.cxx b/vcl/source/outdev/line.cxx
index 50e5a4740b51..08348eb762c1 100644
--- a/vcl/source/outdev/line.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/outdev/line.cxx
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ void OutputDevice::drawLine( basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon aLinePolyPolygon, const Lin
             if(!bDone)
             {
                 const Polygon aPolygon(aCandidate);
-                mpGraphics->DrawPolyLine(aPolygon.GetSize(), (const SalPoint*)aPolygon.GetConstPointAry(), this);
+                mpGraphics->DrawPolyLine(aPolygon.GetSize(), reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aPolygon.GetConstPointAry()), this);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void OutputDevice::drawLine( basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon aLinePolyPolygon, const Lin
 
                 // need to subdivide, mpGraphics->DrawPolygon ignores curves
                 aPolygon.AdaptiveSubdivide(aPolygon);
-                mpGraphics->DrawPolygon(aPolygon.GetSize(), (const SalPoint*)aPolygon.GetConstPointAry(), this);
+                mpGraphics->DrawPolygon(aPolygon.GetSize(), reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aPolygon.GetConstPointAry()), this);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/vcl/source/outdev/outdev.cxx b/vcl/source/outdev/outdev.cxx
index 82b80c3c62db..0305c947637d 100644
--- a/vcl/source/outdev/outdev.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/outdev/outdev.cxx
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ SystemGraphicsData OutputDevice::GetSystemGfxData() const
 css::uno::Any OutputDevice::GetSystemGfxDataAny() const
 {
     const SystemGraphicsData aSysData = GetSystemGfxData();
-    css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aSeq( (sal_Int8*)&aSysData,
+    css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aSeq( reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8 const *>(&aSysData),
                                                       aSysData.nSize );
 
     return css::uno::makeAny(aSeq);
diff --git a/vcl/source/outdev/polygon.cxx b/vcl/source/outdev/polygon.cxx
index 03fa16888ea3..fdcb85227543 100644
--- a/vcl/source/outdev/polygon.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/outdev/polygon.cxx
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ void OutputDevice::DrawPolygon( const Polygon& rPoly )
     }
 
     Polygon aPoly = ImplLogicToDevicePixel( rPoly );
-    const SalPoint* pPtAry = (const SalPoint*)aPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+    const SalPoint* pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aPoly.GetConstPointAry());
 
     // #100127# Forward beziers to sal, if any
     if( aPoly.HasFlags() )
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void OutputDevice::DrawPolygon( const Polygon& rPoly )
         if( !mpGraphics->DrawPolygonBezier( nPoints, pPtAry, pFlgAry, this ) )
         {
             aPoly = Polygon::SubdivideBezier(aPoly);
-            pPtAry = (const SalPoint*)aPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+            pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aPoly.GetConstPointAry());
             mpGraphics->DrawPolygon( aPoly.GetSize(), pPtAry, this );
         }
     }
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ void OutputDevice::ImplDrawPolyPolygon( sal_uInt16 nPoly, const tools::PolyPolyg
         if ( nSize )
         {
             pPointAry[j] = nSize;
-            pPointAryAry[j] = (PCONSTSALPOINT)rPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+            pPointAryAry[j] = reinterpret_cast<PCONSTSALPOINT>(rPoly.GetConstPointAry());
             pFlagAryAry[j] = rPoly.GetConstFlagAry();
             last = i;
 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ void OutputDevice::ImplDrawPolyPolygon( sal_uInt16 nPoly, const tools::PolyPolyg
             if( !mpGraphics->DrawPolygonBezier( *pPointAry, *pPointAryAry, *pFlagAryAry, this ) )
             {
                 Polygon aPoly = Polygon::SubdivideBezier( rPolyPoly.GetObject( last ) );
-                mpGraphics->DrawPolygon( aPoly.GetSize(), (const SalPoint*)aPoly.GetConstPointAry(), this );
+                mpGraphics->DrawPolygon( aPoly.GetSize(), reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aPoly.GetConstPointAry()), this );
             }
         }
         else
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ void OutputDevice::ImplDrawPolygon( const Polygon& rPoly, const tools::PolyPolyg
         if ( nPoints < 2 )
             return;
 
-        const SalPoint* pPtAry = (const SalPoint*)rPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+        const SalPoint* pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(rPoly.GetConstPointAry());
         mpGraphics->DrawPolygon( nPoints, pPtAry, this );
     }
 }
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ void OutputDevice::ImplDrawPolyPolygon( const tools::PolyPolygon& rPolyPoly, con
 
         if( nSize >= 2 )
         {
-            const SalPoint* pPtAry = (const SalPoint*)rPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+            const SalPoint* pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(rPoly.GetConstPointAry());
             mpGraphics->DrawPolygon( nSize, pPtAry, this );
         }
     }
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ void OutputDevice::ImplDrawPolyPolygon( const tools::PolyPolygon& rPolyPoly, con
             if ( nSize )
             {
                 pPointAry[i] = nSize;
-                pPointAryAry[i] = (PCONSTSALPOINT)rPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+                pPointAryAry[i] = reinterpret_cast<PCONSTSALPOINT>(rPoly.GetConstPointAry());
                 i++;
             }
             else
diff --git a/vcl/source/outdev/polyline.cxx b/vcl/source/outdev/polyline.cxx
index 78eb139ac6b2..2c50d7243767 100644
--- a/vcl/source/outdev/polyline.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/outdev/polyline.cxx
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void OutputDevice::DrawPolyLine( const Polygon& rPoly )
     }
 
     Polygon aPoly = ImplLogicToDevicePixel( rPoly );
-    const SalPoint* pPtAry = (const SalPoint*)aPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+    const SalPoint* pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aPoly.GetConstPointAry());
 
     // #100127# Forward beziers to sal, if any
     if( aPoly.HasFlags() )
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void OutputDevice::DrawPolyLine( const Polygon& rPoly )
         if( !mpGraphics->DrawPolyLineBezier( nPoints, pPtAry, pFlgAry, this ) )
         {
             aPoly = Polygon::SubdivideBezier(aPoly);
-            pPtAry = (const SalPoint*)aPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+            pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aPoly.GetConstPointAry());
             mpGraphics->DrawPolyLine( aPoly.GetSize(), pPtAry, this );
         }
     }
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ void OutputDevice::drawPolyLine(const Polygon& rPoly, const LineInfo& rLineInfo)
             nPoints = aPoly.GetSize();
         }
 
-        mpGraphics->DrawPolyLine(nPoints, (const SalPoint*)aPoly.GetConstPointAry(), this);
+        mpGraphics->DrawPolyLine(nPoints, reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aPoly.GetConstPointAry()), this);
     }
 
     if( mpAlphaVDev )
diff --git a/vcl/source/outdev/rect.cxx b/vcl/source/outdev/rect.cxx
index ac7c96c8d1cc..4606e7be28f6 100644
--- a/vcl/source/outdev/rect.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/outdev/rect.cxx
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void OutputDevice::DrawRect( const Rectangle& rRect,
 
         if ( aRoundRectPoly.GetSize() >= 2 )
         {
-            const SalPoint* pPtAry = (const SalPoint*) aRoundRectPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+            const SalPoint* pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aRoundRectPoly.GetConstPointAry());
 
             if ( !mbFillColor )
                 mpGraphics->DrawPolyLine( aRoundRectPoly.GetSize(), pPtAry, this );
diff --git a/vcl/source/outdev/transparent.cxx b/vcl/source/outdev/transparent.cxx
index d3d7393a55f0..694cac55b75b 100644
--- a/vcl/source/outdev/transparent.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/outdev/transparent.cxx
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ void OutputDevice::EmulateDrawTransparent ( const tools::PolyPolygon& rPolyPoly,
                         {
                             const BitmapPalette& rPal = pW->GetPalette();
                             const sal_uInt16 nCount = rPal.GetEntryCount();
-                            BitmapColor* pMap = (BitmapColor*) new sal_uInt8[ nCount * sizeof( BitmapColor ) ];
+                            BitmapColor* pMap = reinterpret_cast<BitmapColor*>(new sal_uInt8[ nCount * sizeof( BitmapColor ) ]);
 
                             for( sal_uInt16 i = 0; i < nCount; i++ )
                             {
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ void OutputDevice::EmulateDrawTransparent ( const tools::PolyPolygon& rPolyPoly,
                                     }
                                 }
                             }
-                            delete[] (sal_uInt8*) pMap;
+                            delete[] reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pMap);
                         }
                         else
                         {
diff --git a/vcl/source/window/abstdlg.cxx b/vcl/source/window/abstdlg.cxx
index 869800ace32d..0b3101129df4 100644
--- a/vcl/source/window/abstdlg.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/window/abstdlg.cxx
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ VclAbstractDialogFactory* VclAbstractDialogFactory::Create()
         aDialogLibrary.loadRelative(&thisModule, CUI_DLL_NAME,
                 SAL_LOADMODULE_GLOBAL | SAL_LOADMODULE_LAZY))
     {
-        fp = ( VclAbstractDialogFactory* (SAL_CALL*)() )
-            aDialogLibrary.getFunctionSymbol( OUString("CreateDialogFactory") );
+        fp = reinterpret_cast<VclAbstractDialogFactory* (SAL_CALL*)()>(
+            aDialogLibrary.getFunctionSymbol( OUString("CreateDialogFactory") ) );
     }
 #else
     fp = CreateDialogFactory;
diff --git a/vcl/source/window/builder.cxx b/vcl/source/window/builder.cxx
index e6d675d4b547..29f4ca57cb56 100644
--- a/vcl/source/window/builder.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/window/builder.cxx
@@ -1685,9 +1685,9 @@ vcl::Window *VclBuilder::makeObject(vcl::Window *pParent, const OString &name, c
                 pModule->loadRelative(&thisModule, sModule);
                 aI = m_aModuleMap.insert(sModule, pModule).first;
             }
-            customMakeWidget pFunction = (customMakeWidget)aI->second->getFunctionSymbol(sFunction);
+            customMakeWidget pFunction = reinterpret_cast<customMakeWidget>(aI->second->getFunctionSymbol(sFunction));
 #else
-            customMakeWidget pFunction = (customMakeWidget)osl_getFunctionSymbol((oslModule) RTLD_DEFAULT, sFunction.pData);
+            customMakeWidget pFunction = reinterpret_cast<customMakeWidget>(osl_getFunctionSymbol((oslModule) RTLD_DEFAULT, sFunction.pData));
 #endif
             if (pFunction)
                 pWindow = (*pFunction)(pParent, rMap);
diff --git a/vcl/source/window/syschild.cxx b/vcl/source/window/syschild.cxx
index d930c3d7b543..2cc2d3adef69 100644
--- a/vcl/source/window/syschild.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/window/syschild.cxx
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ sal_IntPtr SystemChildWindow::GetParentWindowHandle( bool bUseJava )
                     uno::Reference< java::XJavaVM >                 xJavaVM = java::JavaVirtualMachine::create(xContext);;
                     uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >                       aProcessID( 17 );
 
-                    rtl_getGlobalProcessId( (sal_uInt8*) aProcessID.getArray() );
+                    rtl_getGlobalProcessId( reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(aProcessID.getArray()) );
                     aProcessID[ 16 ] = 0;
                     OSL_ENSURE(sizeof (sal_Int64) >= sizeof (jvmaccess::VirtualMachine *), "Pointer cannot be represented as sal_Int64");
                     sal_Int64 nPointer = reinterpret_cast< sal_Int64 >( static_cast< jvmaccess::VirtualMachine * >(0));
diff --git a/vcl/source/window/window.cxx b/vcl/source/window/window.cxx
index d402d52d4758..d63aaa0181e5 100644
--- a/vcl/source/window/window.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/window/window.cxx
@@ -3888,7 +3888,7 @@ Any Window::GetSystemDataAny() const
     const SystemEnvData* pSysData = GetSystemData();
     if( pSysData )
     {
-        Sequence< sal_Int8 > aSeq( (sal_Int8*)pSysData, pSysData->nSize );
+        Sequence< sal_Int8 > aSeq( reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8 const *>(pSysData), pSysData->nSize );
         aRet <<= aSeq;
     }
     return aRet;
diff --git a/vcl/source/window/window2.cxx b/vcl/source/window/window2.cxx
index 3f9df5e3b584..2fa48aeb8239 100644
--- a/vcl/source/window/window2.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/window/window2.cxx
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void Window::Invert( const Polygon& rPoly, sal_uInt16 nFlags )
         nSalFlags |= SAL_INVERT_HIGHLIGHT;
     if ( nFlags & INVERT_50 )
         nSalFlags |= SAL_INVERT_50;
-    const SalPoint* pPtAry = (const SalPoint*)aPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+    const SalPoint* pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aPoly.GetConstPointAry());
     mpGraphics->Invert( nPoints, pPtAry, nSalFlags, this );
 }
 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ void Window::InvertTracking( const Polygon& rPoly, sal_uInt16 nFlags )
         }
     }
 
-    const SalPoint* pPtAry = (const SalPoint*)aPoly.GetConstPointAry();
+    const SalPoint* pPtAry = reinterpret_cast<const SalPoint*>(aPoly.GetConstPointAry());
     pGraphics->Invert( nPoints, pPtAry, SAL_INVERT_TRACKFRAME, this );
 }
 
diff --git a/vcl/source/window/wrkwin.cxx b/vcl/source/window/wrkwin.cxx
index 33515067570e..1f75bd63a5ec 100644
--- a/vcl/source/window/wrkwin.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/window/wrkwin.cxx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void WorkWindow::ImplInit( vcl::Window* pParent, WinBits nStyle, const ::com::su
     {
         ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aSeq;
         aSystemWorkWindowToken >>= aSeq;
-        SystemParentData* pData = (SystemParentData*)aSeq.getArray();
+        SystemParentData* pData = reinterpret_cast<SystemParentData*>(aSeq.getArray());
         DBG_ASSERT( aSeq.getLength() == sizeof( SystemParentData ) && pData->nSize == sizeof( SystemParentData ), "WorkWindow::WorkWindow( vcl::Window*, const Any&, WinBits ) called with invalid Any" );
         // init with style 0 as does WorkWindow::WorkWindow( SystemParentData* );
         ImplInit( pParent, 0, pData );
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_cb.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_cb.cxx
index 015f226ed8fb..e025881f66df 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_cb.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_cb.cxx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 int
 PreeditStartCallback ( XIC, XPointer client_data, XPointer )
 {
-      preedit_data_t* pPreeditData = (preedit_data_t*)client_data;
+      preedit_data_t* pPreeditData = reinterpret_cast<preedit_data_t*>(client_data);
     if ( pPreeditData->eState == ePreeditStatusActivationRequired )
     {
         pPreeditData->eState = ePreeditStatusActive;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ PreeditStartCallback ( XIC, XPointer client_data, XPointer )
 void
 PreeditDoneCallback ( XIC, XPointer client_data, XPointer )
 {
-      preedit_data_t* pPreeditData = (preedit_data_t*)client_data;
+      preedit_data_t* pPreeditData = reinterpret_cast<preedit_data_t*>(client_data);
      if (pPreeditData->eState == ePreeditStatusActive )
     {
         if( pPreeditData->pFrame )
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Preedit_InsertText(preedit_text_t *pText, XIMText *pInsertText, int where)
     }
     else
     {
-          pInsertTextString = (sal_Unicode*)pMBString;
+          pInsertTextString = reinterpret_cast<sal_Unicode*>(pMBString);
     }
 
     // enlarge target text-buffer if necessary
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ void
 PreeditDrawCallback(XIC ic, XPointer client_data,
             XIMPreeditDrawCallbackStruct *call_data)
 {
-    preedit_data_t* pPreeditData = (preedit_data_t*)client_data;
+    preedit_data_t* pPreeditData = reinterpret_cast<preedit_data_t*>(client_data);
 
     // if there's nothing to change then change nothing
     if ( ( (call_data->text == NULL) && (call_data->chg_length == 0) )
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ PreeditDrawCallback(XIC ic, XPointer client_data,
     if (pPreeditData->aText.nLength == 0)
         pPreeditData->eState = ePreeditStatusStartPending;
 
-    GetPreeditSpotLocation(ic, (XPointer)pPreeditData);
+    GetPreeditSpotLocation(ic, reinterpret_cast<XPointer>(pPreeditData));
 }
 
 void
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ GetPreeditSpotLocation(XIC ic, XPointer client_data)
     // Send SalEventExtTextInputPos event to get spotlocation
 
     SalExtTextInputPosEvent mPosEvent;
-    preedit_data_t* pPreeditData = (preedit_data_t*)client_data;
+    preedit_data_t* pPreeditData = reinterpret_cast<preedit_data_t*>(client_data);
 
     if( pPreeditData->pFrame )
         pPreeditData->pFrame->CallCallback(SALEVENT_EXTTEXTINPUTPOS, (void*)&mPosEvent);
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ StatusDrawCallback (XIC, XPointer, XIMStatusDrawCallbackStruct *call_data)
 void
 SwitchIMCallback (XIC, XPointer, XPointer call_data)
 {
-    XIMSwitchIMNotifyCallbackStruct* pCallData = (XIMSwitchIMNotifyCallbackStruct*)call_data;
+    XIMSwitchIMNotifyCallbackStruct* pCallData = reinterpret_cast<XIMSwitchIMNotifyCallbackStruct*>(call_data);
     ::vcl::I18NStatus::get().changeIM( OStringToOUString(pCallData->to->name, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8) );
 }
 
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ SwitchIMCallback (XIC, XPointer, XPointer call_data)
 void
 IC_IMDestroyCallback (XIM, XPointer client_data, XPointer)
 {
-    SalI18N_InputContext *pContext = (SalI18N_InputContext*)client_data;
+    SalI18N_InputContext *pContext = reinterpret_cast<SalI18N_InputContext*>(client_data);
     if (pContext != NULL)
         pContext->HandleDestroyIM();
 }
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ IC_IMDestroyCallback (XIM, XPointer client_data, XPointer)
 void
 IM_IMDestroyCallback (XIM, XPointer client_data, XPointer)
 {
-    SalI18N_InputMethod *pMethod = (SalI18N_InputMethod*)client_data;
+    SalI18N_InputMethod *pMethod = reinterpret_cast<SalI18N_InputMethod*>(client_data);
     if (pMethod != NULL)
         pMethod->HandleDestroyIM();
 }
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_ic.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_ic.cxx
index 379243fbe846..c055ff44c2e2 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_ic.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_ic.cxx
@@ -201,12 +201,12 @@ SalI18N_InputContext::SalI18N_InputContext ( SalFrame *pFrame ) :
                 static XIMCallback aStatusDoneCallback;
                 static XIMCallback aStatusDrawCallback;
 
-                aStatusStartCallback.callback    = (XIMProc)StatusStartCallback;
-                aStatusStartCallback.client_data = (XPointer)&maClientData;
-                aStatusDoneCallback.callback     = (XIMProc)StatusDoneCallback;
-                aStatusDoneCallback.client_data  = (XPointer)&maClientData;
-                aStatusDrawCallback.callback     = (XIMProc)StatusDrawCallback;
-                aStatusDrawCallback.client_data  = (XPointer)&maClientData;
+                aStatusStartCallback.callback    = reinterpret_cast<XIMProc>(StatusStartCallback);
+                aStatusStartCallback.client_data = reinterpret_cast<XPointer>(&maClientData);
+                aStatusDoneCallback.callback     = reinterpret_cast<XIMProc>(StatusDoneCallback);
+                aStatusDoneCallback.client_data  = reinterpret_cast<XPointer>(&maClientData);
+                aStatusDrawCallback.callback     = reinterpret_cast<XIMProc>(StatusDrawCallback);
+                aStatusDrawCallback.client_data  = reinterpret_cast<XPointer>(&maClientData);
 
                 mpStatusAttributes = XVaCreateNestedList (
                                                           0,
@@ -235,14 +235,14 @@ SalI18N_InputContext::SalI18N_InputContext ( SalFrame *pFrame ) :
         {
             case XIMPreeditCallbacks:
 
-                maPreeditCaretCallback.callback = (XIMProc)PreeditCaretCallback;
-                maPreeditStartCallback.callback = (XIMProc)PreeditStartCallback;
-                maPreeditDoneCallback.callback  = (XIMProc)PreeditDoneCallback;
-                maPreeditDrawCallback.callback  = (XIMProc)PreeditDrawCallback;
-                maPreeditCaretCallback.client_data = (XPointer)&maClientData;
-                maPreeditStartCallback.client_data = (XPointer)&maClientData;
-                maPreeditDoneCallback.client_data  = (XPointer)&maClientData;
-                maPreeditDrawCallback.client_data  = (XPointer)&maClientData;
+                maPreeditCaretCallback.callback = reinterpret_cast<XIMProc>(PreeditCaretCallback);
+                maPreeditStartCallback.callback = reinterpret_cast<XIMProc>(PreeditStartCallback);
+                maPreeditDoneCallback.callback  = reinterpret_cast<XIMProc>(PreeditDoneCallback);
+                maPreeditDrawCallback.callback  = reinterpret_cast<XIMProc>(PreeditDrawCallback);
+                maPreeditCaretCallback.client_data = reinterpret_cast<XPointer>(&maClientData);
+                maPreeditStartCallback.client_data = reinterpret_cast<XPointer>(&maClientData);
+                maPreeditDoneCallback.client_data  = reinterpret_cast<XPointer>(&maClientData);
+                maPreeditDrawCallback.client_data  = reinterpret_cast<XPointer>(&maClientData);
 
                 mpPreeditAttributes = XVaCreateNestedList (
                                                            0,
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ SalI18N_InputContext::SalI18N_InputContext ( SalFrame *pFrame ) :
     if ( maContext != NULL)
     {
         maDestroyCallback.callback    = (XIMProc)IC_IMDestroyCallback;
-        maDestroyCallback.client_data = (XPointer)this;
+        maDestroyCallback.client_data = reinterpret_cast<XPointer>(this);
         XSetICValues( maContext,
                       XNDestroyCallback,      &maDestroyCallback,
                       NULL );
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_im.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_im.cxx
index 795df4031f78..dcf11cde4cc5 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_im.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_im.cxx
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ SalI18N_InputMethod::CreateMethod ( Display *pDisplay )
     #endif
 
     maDestroyCallback.callback    = (XIMProc)IM_IMDestroyCallback;
-    maDestroyCallback.client_data = (XPointer)this;
+    maDestroyCallback.client_data = reinterpret_cast<XPointer>(this);
     if (mbUseable && maMethod != NULL)
         XSetIMValues(maMethod, XNDestroyCallback, &maDestroyCallback, NULL);
 
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_xkb.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_xkb.cxx
index 3201d1539866..cfc3bef7f3be 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_xkb.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_xkb.cxx
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ SalI18N_KeyboardExtension::Dispatch( XEvent* pEvent )
 
     // only handle state notify events for now, and only interested
     // in group details
-    sal_uInt32 nXKBType = ((XkbAnyEvent*)pEvent)->xkb_type;
+    sal_uInt32 nXKBType = reinterpret_cast<XkbAnyEvent*>(pEvent)->xkb_type;
     switch ( nXKBType )
     {
         case XkbStateNotify:
 
-            mnGroup = ((XkbStateNotifyEvent*)pEvent)->group;
+            mnGroup = reinterpret_cast<XkbStateNotifyEvent*>(pEvent)->group;
             break;
 
         default:
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/randrwrapper.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/randrwrapper.cxx
index 82e94a544b27..ecdfce34e736 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/randrwrapper.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/randrwrapper.cxx
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ int SalDisplay::processRandREvent( XEvent* pEvent )
 {
     int nRet = 0;
     #ifdef USE_RANDR
-    XConfigureEvent* pCnfEvent=(XConfigureEvent*)pEvent;
+    XConfigureEvent* pCnfEvent=reinterpret_cast<XConfigureEvent*>(pEvent);
     if( m_bUseRandRWrapper && pWrapper && pWrapper->XRRRootToScreen(GetDisplay(),pCnfEvent->window) != -1 )
     {
         nRet = pWrapper->XRRUpdateConfiguration( pEvent );
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/saldisp.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/saldisp.cxx
index ee922853686c..3c95b574d9a3 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/saldisp.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/saldisp.cxx
@@ -398,9 +398,9 @@ SalX11Display::SalX11Display( Display *display )
     pXLib_ = GetX11SalData()->GetLib();
     pXLib_->Insert( ConnectionNumber( pDisp_ ),
                     this,
-                    (YieldFunc) DisplayHasEvent,
-                    (YieldFunc) DisplayQueue,
-                    (YieldFunc) DisplayYield );
+                    reinterpret_cast<YieldFunc>(DisplayHasEvent),
+                    reinterpret_cast<YieldFunc>(DisplayQueue),
+                    reinterpret_cast<YieldFunc>(DisplayYield) );
 }
 
 SalX11Display::~SalX11Display()
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ SalDisplay::initScreen( SalX11Screen nXScreen ) const
                          XA_WINDOW,
                          32,
                          PropModeReplace,
-                         (unsigned char*)&pSD->m_aRefWindow,
+                         reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&pSD->m_aRefWindow),
                          1
                          );
 
@@ -1398,12 +1398,12 @@ KeySym SalDisplay::GetKeySym( XKeyEvent        *pEvent,
     {
         // XmbLookupString must not be called for KeyRelease events
         // Cannot enter space in c locale problem #89616# #88978# btraq #4478197
-        *pLen = XLookupString( pEvent, (char*)pPrintable, 1, &nKeySym, NULL );
+        *pLen = XLookupString( pEvent, reinterpret_cast<char*>(pPrintable), 1, &nKeySym, NULL );
     }
     else
     {
         *pLen = XmbLookupString( aInputContext,
-                        pEvent, (char*)pPrintable, *pLen - 1, &nKeySym, pStatusReturn );
+                        pEvent, reinterpret_cast<char*>(pPrintable), *pLen - 1, &nKeySym, pStatusReturn );
 
         // Lookup the string again, now with appropriate size
         if ( *pStatusReturn == XBufferOverflow )
@@ -2319,7 +2319,7 @@ Time SalDisplay::GetLastUserEventTime( bool i_bAlwaysReget ) const
                          nAtom, nAtom, 8, PropModeReplace, &c, 1 );
         XFlush( GetDisplay() );
 
-        if( ! XIfEventWithTimeout( &aEvent, (XPointer)this, timestamp_predicate ) )
+        if( ! XIfEventWithTimeout( &aEvent, reinterpret_cast<XPointer>(const_cast<SalDisplay *>(this)), timestamp_predicate ) )
         {
             // this should not happen at all; still sometimes it happens
             aEvent.xproperty.time = CurrentTime;
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/salinst.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/salinst.cxx
index aced86b81ed8..4ec1a40908c8 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/salinst.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/salinst.cxx
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct PredicateReturn
 extern "C" {
 Bool ImplPredicateEvent( Display *, XEvent *pEvent, char *pData )
 {
-    PredicateReturn *pPre = (PredicateReturn *)pData;
+    PredicateReturn *pPre = reinterpret_cast<PredicateReturn *>(pData);
 
     if ( pPre->bRet )
         return False;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ bool X11SalInstance::AnyInput(VclInputFlags nType)
         aInput.nType    = nType;
 
         XCheckIfEvent(pDisplay, &aEvent, ImplPredicateEvent,
-                      (char *)&aInput );
+                      reinterpret_cast<char *>(&aInput) );
 
         bRet = aInput.bRet;
     }
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ void X11SalInstance::AddToRecentDocumentList(const OUString& rFileUrl, const OUS
     osl::Module module;
     module.loadRelative( &thisModule, LIB_RECENT_FILE );
     if (module.is())
-        add_to_recently_used_file_list = (PFUNC_ADD_TO_RECENTLY_USED_LIST)module.getFunctionSymbol(SYM_ADD_TO_RECENTLY_USED_FILE_LIST);
+        add_to_recently_used_file_list = reinterpret_cast<PFUNC_ADD_TO_RECENTLY_USED_LIST>(module.getFunctionSymbol(SYM_ADD_TO_RECENTLY_USED_FILE_LIST));
     if (add_to_recently_used_file_list)
         add_to_recently_used_file_list(rFileUrl, rMimeType, rDocumentService);
 }
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/sm.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/sm.cxx
index 146768bdc547..65522c6a41c9 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/sm.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/sm.cxx
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ void SessionManagerClient::open(SalSession * pSession)
                              XA_STRING,
                              8,
                              PropModeReplace,
-                             (unsigned char*)m_aClientID.getStr(),
+                             reinterpret_cast<unsigned char const *>(m_aClientID.getStr()),
                              m_aClientID.getLength()
                              );
         }
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/wmadaptor.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/wmadaptor.cxx
index 4fe74335a05e..58d34fe3928e 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/wmadaptor.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/wmadaptor.cxx
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ NetWMAdaptor::NetWMAdaptor( SalDisplay* pSalDisplay ) :
             && nItems
             )
         {
-            Atom* pAtoms = (Atom*)pProperty;
+            Atom* pAtoms = reinterpret_cast<Atom*>(pProperty);
             char** pAtomNames = (char**)alloca( sizeof(char*)*nItems );
             if( XGetAtomNames( m_pDisplay, pAtoms, nItems, pAtomNames ) )
             {
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ NetWMAdaptor::NetWMAdaptor( SalDisplay* pSalDisplay ) :
             && pProperty
             )
         {
-            m_nDesktops = *(long*)pProperty;
+            m_nDesktops = *reinterpret_cast<long*>(pProperty);
             XFree( pProperty );
             pProperty = NULL;
             // get work areas
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ NetWMAdaptor::NetWMAdaptor( SalDisplay* pSalDisplay ) :
                 )
             {
                 m_aWMWorkAreas = ::std::vector< Rectangle > ( m_nDesktops );
-                long* pValues = (long*)pProperty;
+                long* pValues = reinterpret_cast<long*>(pProperty);
                 for( int i = 0; i < m_nDesktops; i++ )
                 {
                     Point aPoint( pValues[4*i],
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ GnomeWMAdaptor::GnomeWMAdaptor( SalDisplay* pSalDisplay ) :
             && nItems != 0
             )
         {
-            aWMChild = *(::Window*)pProperty;
+            aWMChild = *reinterpret_cast< ::Window* >(pProperty);
             XFree( pProperty );
             pProperty = NULL;
             ::Window aCheckWindow = None;
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ GnomeWMAdaptor::GnomeWMAdaptor( SalDisplay* pSalDisplay ) :
                 {
                     GetGenericData()->ErrorTrapPush();
 
-                    aCheckWindow =  *(::Window*)pProperty;
+                    aCheckWindow =  *reinterpret_cast< ::Window* >(pProperty);
                     XFree( pProperty );
                     pProperty = NULL;
                     if( aCheckWindow == aWMChild )
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ GnomeWMAdaptor::GnomeWMAdaptor( SalDisplay* pSalDisplay ) :
             && pProperty
             )
         {
-            Atom* pAtoms = (Atom*)pProperty;
+            Atom* pAtoms = reinterpret_cast<Atom*>(pProperty);
             char** pAtomNames = (char**)alloca( sizeof(char*)*nItems );
             if( XGetAtomNames( m_pDisplay, pAtoms, nItems, pAtomNames ) )
             {
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ GnomeWMAdaptor::GnomeWMAdaptor( SalDisplay* pSalDisplay ) :
             && pProperty
             )
         {
-            m_nDesktops = *(long*)pProperty;
+            m_nDesktops = *reinterpret_cast<long*>(pProperty);
             XFree( pProperty );
             pProperty = NULL;
         }
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ bool WMAdaptor::getNetWmName()
             && nItems != 0
             )
         {
-            aWMChild = *(::Window*)pProperty;
+            aWMChild = *reinterpret_cast< ::Window* >(pProperty);
             XFree( pProperty );
             pProperty = NULL;
             ::Window aCheckWindow = None;
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ bool WMAdaptor::getNetWmName()
                     if ( ! GetGenericData()->ErrorTrapPop( false ) )
                     {
                         GetGenericData()->ErrorTrapPush();
-                        aCheckWindow =  *(::Window*)pProperty;
+                        aCheckWindow =  *reinterpret_cast< ::Window* >(pProperty);
                         XFree( pProperty );
                         pProperty = NULL;
                         if( aCheckWindow == aWMChild )
@@ -807,9 +807,9 @@ bool WMAdaptor::getNetWmName()
                                 )
                             {
                                 if (aRealType == m_aWMAtoms[ UTF8_STRING ])
-                                    m_aWMName = OUString( (sal_Char*)pProperty, nItems, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
+                                    m_aWMName = OUString( reinterpret_cast<char*>(pProperty), nItems, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
                                 else if (aRealType == XA_STRING)
-                                    m_aWMName = OUString( (sal_Char*)pProperty, nItems, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ISO_8859_1 );
+                                    m_aWMName = OUString( reinterpret_cast<char*>(pProperty), nItems, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ISO_8859_1 );
 
                                 XFree( pProperty );
                                 pProperty = NULL;
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ bool WMAdaptor::getNetWmName()
                                         && nItems != 0
                                         )
                                     {
-                                        OUString aMetaVersion( (sal_Char*)pProperty, nItems, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
+                                        OUString aMetaVersion( reinterpret_cast<char*>(pProperty), nItems, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
                                         nVersionMajor = aMetaVersion.getToken(0, '.').toInt32();
                                         nVersionMinor = aMetaVersion.getToken(1, '.').toInt32();
                                     }
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ void WMAdaptor::setWMName( X11SalFrame* pFrame, const OUString& rWMName ) const
                                    &aProp );
     }
 
-    unsigned char* pData = aProp.nitems ? aProp.value : (unsigned char*)aTitle.getStr();
+    unsigned char const * pData = aProp.nitems ? aProp.value : reinterpret_cast<unsigned char const *>(aTitle.getStr());
     Atom nType = aProp.nitems ? aProp.encoding : XA_STRING;
     int nFormat = aProp.nitems ? aProp.format : 8;
     int nBytes = aProp.nitems ? aProp.nitems : aTitle.getLength();
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ void WMAdaptor::setWMName( X11SalFrame* pFrame, const OUString& rWMName ) const
                      XA_STRING,
                      8,
                      PropModeReplace,
-                     (unsigned char*)aWMLocale.getStr(),
+                     reinterpret_cast<unsigned char const *>(aWMLocale.getStr()),
                      aWMLocale.getLength() );
     if (aProp.value != NULL)
         XFree( aProp.value );
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ void NetWMAdaptor::setWMName( X11SalFrame* pFrame, const OUString& rWMName ) con
                          m_aWMAtoms[ UTF8_STRING ],
                          8,
                          PropModeReplace,
-                         (unsigned char*)aTitle.getStr(),
+                         reinterpret_cast<unsigned char const *>(aTitle.getStr()),
                          aTitle.getLength() );
     if( m_aWMAtoms[ NET_WM_ICON_NAME ] )
         XChangeProperty( m_pDisplay,
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ void NetWMAdaptor::setWMName( X11SalFrame* pFrame, const OUString& rWMName ) con
                          m_aWMAtoms[ UTF8_STRING ],
                          8,
                          PropModeReplace,
-                         (unsigned char*)aTitle.getStr(),
+                         reinterpret_cast<unsigned char const *>(aTitle.getStr()),
                          aTitle.getLength() );
 }
 
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ void NetWMAdaptor::setNetWMState( X11SalFrame* pFrame ) const
                              XA_ATOM,
                              32,
                              PropModeReplace,
-                             (unsigned char*)aStateAtoms,
+                             reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(aStateAtoms),
                              nStateAtoms
                              );
         }
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ void GnomeWMAdaptor::setGnomeWMState( X11SalFrame* pFrame ) const
                          XA_CARDINAL,
                          32,
                          PropModeReplace,
-                         (unsigned char*)&nWinWMState,
+                         reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&nWinWMState),
                          1
                          );
         if( pFrame->mbMaximizedHorz
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ void WMAdaptor::setFrameTypeAndDecoration( X11SalFrame* pFrame, WMWindowType eTy
                          m_aWMAtoms[ MOTIF_WM_HINTS ],
                          32,
                          PropModeReplace,
-                         (unsigned char*)&aHint,
+                         reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&aHint),
                          5 );
     }
 
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ void NetWMAdaptor::setFrameTypeAndDecoration( X11SalFrame* pFrame, WMWindowType
                          XA_ATOM,
                          32,
                          PropModeReplace,
-                         (unsigned char*)aWindowTypes,
+                         reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(aWindowTypes),
                          nWindowTypes );
     }
     if( ( eType == windowType_ModalDialogue ||
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ void GnomeWMAdaptor::enableAlwaysOnTop( X11SalFrame* pFrame, bool bEnable ) cons
                              XA_CARDINAL,
                              32,
                              PropModeReplace,
-                             (unsigned char*)&nNewLayer,
+                             reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&nNewLayer),
                              1
                              );
         }
@@ -1821,7 +1821,7 @@ int NetWMAdaptor::handlePropertyNotify( X11SalFrame* pFrame, XPropertyEvent* pEv
                 {
                     if( nType == XA_ATOM && nFormat == 32 && nItems > 0 )
                     {
-                        pStates = (Atom*)pData;
+                        pStates = reinterpret_cast<Atom*>(pData);
                         for( unsigned long i = 0; i < nItems; i++ )
                         {
                             if( pStates[i] == m_aWMAtoms[ NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_VERT ] && m_aWMAtoms[ NET_WM_STATE_MAXIMIZED_VERT ] )
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ int GnomeWMAdaptor::handlePropertyNotify( X11SalFrame* pFrame, XPropertyEvent* p
             {
                 if( nType == XA_CARDINAL && nFormat == 32 && nItems == 1 )
                 {
-                    sal_uInt32 nWinState = *(sal_uInt32*)pData;
+                    sal_uInt32 nWinState = *reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt32*>(pData);
                     if( nWinState & (1<<2) )
                         pFrame->mbMaximizedVert = true;
                     if( nWinState & (1<<3) )
@@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@ int WMAdaptor::getCurrentWorkArea() const
                                 && pProperty
         )
         {
-            nCurrent = int(*(sal_Int32*)pProperty);
+            nCurrent = int(*reinterpret_cast<sal_Int32*>(pProperty));
             XFree( pProperty );
         }
         else if( pProperty )
@@ -2169,7 +2169,7 @@ int WMAdaptor::getWindowWorkArea( ::Window aWindow ) const
                                 && pProperty
         )
         {
-            nCurrent = int(*(sal_Int32*)pProperty);
+            nCurrent = int(*reinterpret_cast<sal_Int32*>(pProperty));
             XFree( pProperty );
         }
         else if( pProperty )
@@ -2281,7 +2281,7 @@ void NetWMAdaptor::setFrameStruts( X11SalFrame* pFrame,
                              XA_CARDINAL,
                              32,
                              PropModeReplace,
-                             (unsigned char*)&nData,
+                             reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&nData),
                              nSetData
                              );
     }
@@ -2307,7 +2307,7 @@ void NetWMAdaptor::setUserTime( X11SalFrame* i_pFrame, long i_nUserTime ) const
                          XA_CARDINAL,
                          32,
                          PropModeReplace,
-                         (unsigned char*)&i_nUserTime,
+                         reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&i_nUserTime),
                          1
                          );
     }
@@ -2327,7 +2327,7 @@ void WMAdaptor::setPID( X11SalFrame* i_pFrame ) const
                          XA_CARDINAL,
                          32,
                          PropModeReplace,
-                         (unsigned char*)&nPID,
+                         reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&nPID),
                          1
                          );
     }
@@ -2339,7 +2339,7 @@ void WMAdaptor::setPID( X11SalFrame* i_pFrame ) const
 void WMAdaptor::setClientMachine( X11SalFrame* i_pFrame ) const
 {
     OString aWmClient( OUStringToOString( GetGenericData()->GetHostname(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US ) );
-    XTextProperty aClientProp = { (unsigned char*)aWmClient.getStr(), XA_STRING, 8, sal::static_int_cast<unsigned long>( aWmClient.getLength() ) };
+    XTextProperty aClientProp = { reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>(const_cast<char *>(aWmClient.getStr())), XA_STRING, 8, sal::static_int_cast<unsigned long>( aWmClient.getLength() ) };
     XSetWMClientMachine( m_pDisplay, i_pFrame->GetShellWindow(), &aClientProp );
 }
 
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/desktopdetect/desktopdetector.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/desktopdetect/desktopdetector.cxx
index 386925e3f370..4a0838b5ba34 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/desktopdetect/desktopdetector.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/desktopdetect/desktopdetector.cxx
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static bool is_gnome_desktop( Display* pDisplay )
                                         &pProp );
                     if( pProp && nType == nUTFAtom )
                     {
-                        OString aWMName( (sal_Char*)pProp );
+                        OString aWMName( reinterpret_cast<char*>(pProp) );
                         if (
                             (aWMName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("gnome-shell")) ||
                             (aWMName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("gnome-panel"))
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/X11_selection.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/X11_selection.cxx
index 180758c8c166..a5c8387d21fb 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/X11_selection.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/X11_selection.cxx
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ OUString SelectionManager::convertFromCompound( const char* pText, int nLen )
     int nTexts = 0;
 
     XTextProperty aProp;
-    aProp.value     = (unsigned char*)pText;
+    aProp.value     = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>(const_cast<char *>(pText));
     aProp.encoding  = m_nCOMPOUNDAtom;
     aProp.format    = 8;
     aProp.nitems    = nLen;
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ OString SelectionManager::convertToCompound( const OUString& rText )
                                &aProp );
     if( aProp.value )
     {
-        aRet = (char*)aProp.value;
+        aRet = reinterpret_cast<char*>(aProp.value);
         XFree( aProp.value );
 #ifdef SOLARIS
         /*
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::convertData(
             {
                 OUString aString;
                 aValue >>= aString;
-                rData = Sequence< sal_Int8 >( (sal_Int8*)aString.getStr(), aString.getLength() * sizeof( sal_Unicode ) );
+                rData = Sequence< sal_Int8 >( reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8 const *>(aString.getStr()), aString.getLength() * sizeof( sal_Unicode ) );
                 bSuccess = true;
             }
             else if( aValue.getValueType() == getCppuType( (Sequence< sal_Int8 >*)0 ) )
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::convertData(
                     OUString aString;
                     aValue >>= aString;
                     OString aByteString( bCompoundText ? convertToCompound( aString ) : OUStringToOString( aString, aEncoding ) );
-                    rData = Sequence< sal_Int8 >( (sal_Int8*)aByteString.getStr(), aByteString.getLength() * sizeof( sal_Char ) );
+                    rData = Sequence< sal_Int8 >( reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8 const *>(aByteString.getStr()), aByteString.getLength() * sizeof( sal_Char ) );
                     bSuccess = true;
                 }
             }
@@ -1031,8 +1031,8 @@ bool SelectionManager::getPasteData( Atom selection, const OUString& rType, Sequ
                               aData )
                 )
             {
-              OUString aRet( (const sal_Char*)aData.getConstArray(), aData.getLength(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
-              rData = Sequence< sal_Int8 >( (sal_Int8*)aRet.getStr(), (aRet.getLength()+1)*sizeof( sal_Unicode ) );
+              OUString aRet( reinterpret_cast<const char*>(aData.getConstArray()), aData.getLength(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
+              rData = Sequence< sal_Int8 >( reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8 const *>(aRet.getStr()), (aRet.getLength()+1)*sizeof( sal_Unicode ) );
               bSuccess = true;
             }
             else if( it->second->m_bHaveCompound &&
@@ -1041,8 +1041,8 @@ bool SelectionManager::getPasteData( Atom selection, const OUString& rType, Sequ
                               aData )
                 )
             {
-                OUString aRet( convertFromCompound( (const char*)aData.getConstArray(), aData.getLength() ) );
-                rData = Sequence< sal_Int8 >( (sal_Int8*)aRet.getStr(), (aRet.getLength()+1)*sizeof( sal_Unicode ) );
+                OUString aRet( convertFromCompound( reinterpret_cast<const char*>(aData.getConstArray()), aData.getLength() ) );
+                rData = Sequence< sal_Int8 >( reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8 const *>(aRet.getStr()), (aRet.getLength()+1)*sizeof( sal_Unicode ) );
                 bSuccess = true;
             }
             else
@@ -1063,9 +1063,9 @@ bool SelectionManager::getPasteData( Atom selection, const OUString& rType, Sequ
                                  OUStringToOString( rType, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ISO_8859_1 ).getStr()
                                  );
 #endif
-                        OString aConvert( (sal_Char*)aData.getConstArray(), aData.getLength() );
+                        OString aConvert( reinterpret_cast<char const *>(aData.getConstArray()), aData.getLength() );
                         OUString aUTF( OStringToOUString( aConvert, aEncoding ) );
-                        rData = Sequence< sal_Int8 >( (sal_Int8*)aUTF.getStr(), (aUTF.getLength()+1)*sizeof( sal_Unicode ) );
+                        rData = Sequence< sal_Int8 >( reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8 const *>(aUTF.getStr()), (aUTF.getLength()+1)*sizeof( sal_Unicode ) );
                         bSuccess = true;
                         break;
                     }
@@ -1100,14 +1100,14 @@ bool SelectionManager::getPasteData( Atom selection, const OUString& rType, Sequ
                     XA_ATOM,
                     32,
                     PropModeReplace,
-                    (unsigned char*)pTypes,
+                    reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(pTypes),
                     4 );
             }
 
             // try MULTIPLE request
             if( getPasteData( selection, m_nMULTIPLEAtom, aData ) )
             {
-                Atom* pReturnedTypes = (Atom*)aData.getArray();
+                Atom* pReturnedTypes = reinterpret_cast<Atom*>(aData.getArray());
                 if( pReturnedTypes[0] == XA_PIXMAP && pReturnedTypes[1] == XA_PIXMAP )
                 {
                     osl::MutexGuard aGuard(m_aMutex);
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::getPasteData( Atom selection, const OUString& rType, Sequ
                     if( pReturn )
                     {
                         if( type == XA_PIXMAP )
-                            aPixmap = *(Pixmap*)pReturn;
+                            aPixmap = *reinterpret_cast<Pixmap*>(pReturn);
                         XFree( pReturn );
                         pReturn = NULL;
                         if( pReturnedTypes[2] == XA_COLORMAP && pReturnedTypes[3] == XA_COLORMAP )
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::getPasteData( Atom selection, const OUString& rType, Sequ
                             if( pReturn )
                             {
                                 if( type == XA_COLORMAP )
-                                    aColormap = *(Colormap*)pReturn;
+                                    aColormap = *reinterpret_cast<Colormap*>(pReturn);
                                 XFree( pReturn );
                             }
                         }
@@ -1149,9 +1149,9 @@ bool SelectionManager::getPasteData( Atom selection, const OUString& rType, Sequ
                 // perhaps two normal requests will work
                 if( getPasteData( selection, XA_PIXMAP, aData ) )
                 {
-                    aPixmap = *(Pixmap*)aData.getArray();
+                    aPixmap = *reinterpret_cast<Pixmap*>(aData.getArray());
                     if( aColormap == None && getPasteData( selection, XA_COLORMAP, aData ) )
-                        aColormap = *(Colormap*)aData.getArray();
+                        aColormap = *reinterpret_cast<Colormap*>(aData.getArray());
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::getPasteDataTypes( Atom selection, Sequence< DataFlavor >
                 aAtoms.realloc( sizeof(Atom)*n );
                 for( i = 0, n = 0; i < 3; i++ )
                     if( m_aDropEnterEvent.data.l[2+i] )
-                        ((Atom*)aAtoms.getArray())[n++] = m_aDropEnterEvent.data.l[2+i];
+                        reinterpret_cast<Atom*>(aAtoms.getArray())[n++] = m_aDropEnterEvent.data.l[2+i];
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::getPasteDataTypes( Atom selection, Sequence< DataFlavor >
     if( aAtoms.getLength() )
     {
         sal_Int32 nAtoms = aAtoms.getLength() / sizeof(Atom);
-        Atom* pAtoms = (Atom*)aAtoms.getArray();
+        Atom* pAtoms = reinterpret_cast<Atom*>(aAtoms.getArray());
         rTypes.realloc( nAtoms );
         aNativeTypes.resize( nAtoms );
         DataFlavor* pFlavors = rTypes.getArray();
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::sendData( SelectionAdaptor* pAdaptor,
                     // the pixmap in another thread
                     pPixmap = getPixmapHolder( selection );
                     // conversion succeeded, so aData contains image/bmp now
-                    if( pPixmap->needsConversion( (const sal_uInt8*)aData.getConstArray() ) )
+                    if( pPixmap->needsConversion( reinterpret_cast<const sal_uInt8*>(aData.getConstArray()) ) )
                     {
                         SAL_INFO( "vcl", "trying bitmap conversion" );
                         int depth = pPixmap->getDepth();
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::sendData( SelectionAdaptor* pAdaptor,
                     // get pixmap again since clearing the guard could have invalidated
                     // the pixmap in another thread
                     pPixmap = getPixmapHolder( selection );
-                    nValue = (XID)pPixmap->setBitmapData( (const sal_uInt8*)aData.getConstArray() );
+                    nValue = (XID)pPixmap->setBitmapData( reinterpret_cast<const sal_uInt8*>(aData.getConstArray()) );
                 }
                 if( nValue == None )
                     return false;
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::sendData( SelectionAdaptor* pAdaptor,
                          target,
                          32,
                          PropModeReplace,
-                         (const unsigned char*)&nValue,
+                         reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(&nValue),
                          1);
         return true;
     }
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::sendData( SelectionAdaptor* pAdaptor,
             long nMinSize = m_nIncrementalThreshold;
             XSelectInput( m_pDisplay, requestor, PropertyChangeMask );
             XChangeProperty( m_pDisplay, requestor, property,
-                             m_nINCRAtom, 32,  PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*)&nMinSize, 1 );
+                             m_nINCRAtom, 32,  PropModeReplace, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&nMinSize), 1 );
             XFlush( m_pDisplay );
         }
         else
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::sendData( SelectionAdaptor* pAdaptor,
                              target,
                              nFormat,
                              PropModeReplace,
-                             (const unsigned char*)aData.getConstArray(),
+                             reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(aData.getConstArray()),
                              aData.getLength()/nUnitSize );
             }
     }
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::handleSelectionRequest( XSelectionRequestEvent& rRequest
                 for( i = 0, it = aConversions.begin(); i < nTypes; i++, ++it )
                     pTypes[i] = *it;
                 XChangeProperty( m_pDisplay, rRequest.requestor, rRequest.property,
-                                 XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace, (const unsigned char*)pTypes, nTypes );
+                                 XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(pTypes), nTypes );
                 aNotify.xselection.property = rRequest.property;
 #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
                 fprintf( stderr, "sending type list:\n" );
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::handleSelectionRequest( XSelectionRequestEvent& rRequest
         {
             long nTimeStamp = (long)m_aSelections[rRequest.selection]->m_nOrigTimestamp;
             XChangeProperty( m_pDisplay, rRequest.requestor, rRequest.property,
-                             XA_INTEGER, 32, PropModeReplace, (const unsigned char*)&nTimeStamp, 1 );
+                             XA_INTEGER, 32, PropModeReplace, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&nTimeStamp), 1 );
             aNotify.xselection.property = rRequest.property;
 #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
                 fprintf( stderr, "sending timestamp: %d\n", (int)nTimeStamp );
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::handleSelectionRequest( XSelectionRequestEvent& rRequest
 #endif
                         bEventSuccess = true;
                         bool bResetAtoms = false;
-                        Atom* pAtoms = (Atom*)pData;
+                        Atom* pAtoms = reinterpret_cast<Atom*>(pData);
                         aGuard.clear();
                         for( unsigned int i = 0; i < nItems; i += 2 )
                         {
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::handleReceivePropertyNotify( XPropertyEvent& rNotify )
                 it->second->m_eState == Selection::WaitingForResponse )
             {
                 // copy data
-                it->second->m_aData = Sequence< sal_Int8 >( (sal_Int8*)pData, nItems*nUnitSize );
+                it->second->m_aData = Sequence< sal_Int8 >( reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8*>(pData), nItems*nUnitSize );
                 it->second->m_eState = Selection::Inactive;
                 it->second->m_aDataArrived.set();
             }
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::handleSendPropertyNotify( XPropertyEvent& rNotify )
                                  rInc.m_aTarget,
                                  rInc.m_nFormat,
                                  PropModeReplace,
-                                 (const unsigned char*)rInc.m_aData.getConstArray()+rInc.m_nBufferPos,
+                                 reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(rInc.m_aData.getConstArray())+rInc.m_nBufferPos,
                                  nBytes/nUnitSize );
                 rInc.m_nBufferPos += nBytes;
                 rInc.m_nTransferStartTime = nCurrentTime;
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::handleSelectionNotify( XSelectionEvent& rNotify )
             }
             it->second->m_eState        = Selection::Inactive;
             sal_Size nUnitSize = GetTrueFormatSize(nFormat);
-            it->second->m_aData         = Sequence< sal_Int8 >((sal_Int8*)pData, nItems * nUnitSize);
+            it->second->m_aData         = Sequence< sal_Int8 >(reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8*>(pData), nItems * nUnitSize);
             it->second->m_aDataArrived.set();
             if( pData )
                 XFree( pData );
@@ -2917,7 +2917,7 @@ int SelectionManager::getXdndVersion( ::Window aWindow, ::Window& rProxy )
             if( pBytes )
             {
                 if( nType == XA_WINDOW )
-                    rProxy = *(::Window*)pBytes;
+                    rProxy = *reinterpret_cast< ::Window* >(pBytes);
                 XFree( pBytes );
                 pBytes = NULL;
                 if( rProxy != None )
@@ -2927,7 +2927,7 @@ int SelectionManager::getXdndVersion( ::Window aWindow, ::Window& rProxy )
                                         &nType, &nFormat, &nItems, &nBytes, &pBytes );
                     if( pBytes )
                     {
-                        if( nType == XA_WINDOW && *(::Window*)pBytes != rProxy )
+                        if( nType == XA_WINDOW && *reinterpret_cast< ::Window* >(pBytes) != rProxy )
                             rProxy = None;
                         XFree( pBytes );
                         pBytes = NULL;
@@ -2949,7 +2949,7 @@ int SelectionManager::getXdndVersion( ::Window aWindow, ::Window& rProxy )
     if( pBytes )
     {
         if( nType == XA_ATOM )
-            nVersion = *(Atom*)pBytes;
+            nVersion = *reinterpret_cast<Atom*>(pBytes);
         XFree( pBytes );
     }
 
@@ -3296,7 +3296,7 @@ void SelectionManager::startDrag(
         for( int n = 0; n < nTypes; n++, ++type_it )
             pTypes[n] = *type_it;
 
-        XChangeProperty( m_pDisplay, m_aWindow, m_nXdndTypeList, XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*)pTypes, nTypes );
+        XChangeProperty( m_pDisplay, m_aWindow, m_nXdndTypeList, XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(pTypes), nTypes );
 
         m_nSourceActions                = sourceActions | DNDConstants::ACTION_DEFAULT;
         m_nUserDragAction               = DNDConstants::ACTION_MOVE & m_nSourceActions;
@@ -3491,7 +3491,7 @@ void SelectionManager::transferablesFlavorsChanged()
     Atom* pTypes = (Atom*)alloca( sizeof(Atom)*aConversions.size() );
     for( i = 0, type_it = aConversions.begin(); type_it != aConversions.end(); ++type_it, i++ )
         pTypes[i] = *type_it;
-    XChangeProperty( m_pDisplay, m_aWindow, m_nXdndTypeList, XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*)pTypes, nTypes );
+    XChangeProperty( m_pDisplay, m_aWindow, m_nXdndTypeList, XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(pTypes), nTypes );
 
     if( m_aCurrentDropWindow != None && m_nCurrentProtocolVersion >= 0 )
     {
@@ -3779,7 +3779,7 @@ sal_Bool SelectionManager::handleEvent(const Any& event)
     Sequence< sal_Int8 > aSeq;
     if( (event >>= aSeq) )
     {
-        XEvent* pEvent = (XEvent*)aSeq.getArray();
+        XEvent* pEvent = reinterpret_cast<XEvent*>(aSeq.getArray());
         Time nTimestamp = CurrentTime;
         if( pEvent->type == ButtonPress || pEvent->type == ButtonRelease )
             nTimestamp = pEvent->xbutton.time;
@@ -3890,7 +3890,7 @@ void SelectionManager::registerDropTarget( ::Window aWindow, DropTarget* pTarget
         if( ! bWasError )
         {
             // set XdndAware
-            XChangeProperty( m_pDisplay, aWindow, m_nXdndAware, XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*)&nXdndProtocolRevision, 1 );
+            XChangeProperty( m_pDisplay, aWindow, m_nXdndAware, XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char const *>(&nXdndProtocolRevision), 1 );
             if( ! bWasError )
             {
                 // get root window of window (in 99.999% of all cases this will be
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/X11_transferable.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/X11_transferable.cxx
index dd64fb7c13d9..ccc6fb51284b 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/X11_transferable.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/X11_transferable.cxx
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ Any SAL_CALL X11Transferable::getTransferData( const DataFlavor& rFlavor )
     if( rFlavor.MimeType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase( "text/plain;charset=utf-16" ) )
     {
         int nLen = aData.getLength()/2;
-        if( ((sal_Unicode*)aData.getConstArray())[nLen-1] == 0 )
+        if( reinterpret_cast<sal_Unicode const *>(aData.getConstArray())[nLen-1] == 0 )
             nLen--;
-        OUString aString( (sal_Unicode*)aData.getConstArray(), nLen );
+        OUString aString( reinterpret_cast<sal_Unicode const *>(aData.getConstArray()), nLen );
 #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
     fprintf( stderr, "X11Transferable::getTransferData( \"%s\" )\n -> \"%s\"\n",
              OUStringToOString( rFlavor.MimeType, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ISO_8859_1 ).getStr(),
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/gdiimpl.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/gdiimpl.cxx
index 5e084ceafb36..7eddf05f920c 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/gdiimpl.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/gdiimpl.cxx
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ bool X11SalGraphicsImpl::drawAlphaBitmap( const SalTwoRect& rTR,
     // an XImage needs its data top_down
     // TODO: avoid wrongly oriented images in upper layers!
     const int nImageSize = pAlphaBuffer->mnHeight * pAlphaBuffer->mnScanlineSize;
-    const char* pSrcBits = (char*)pAlphaBuffer->mpBits;
+    const char* pSrcBits = reinterpret_cast<char*>(pAlphaBuffer->mpBits);
     char* pAlphaBits = new char[ nImageSize ];
     if( BMP_SCANLINE_ADJUSTMENT( pAlphaBuffer->mnFormat ) == BMP_FORMAT_TOP_DOWN )
         memcpy( pAlphaBits, pSrcBits, nImageSize );
@@ -901,11 +901,11 @@ bool X11SalGraphicsImpl::drawAlphaBitmap( const SalTwoRect& rTR,
 
     // the alpha values need to be inverted for XRender
     // TODO: make upper layers use standard alpha
-    long* pLDst = (long*)pAlphaBits;
+    long* pLDst = reinterpret_cast<long*>(pAlphaBits);
     for( int i = nImageSize/sizeof(long); --i >= 0; ++pLDst )
         *pLDst = ~*pLDst;
 
-    char* pCDst = (char*)pLDst;
+    char* pCDst = reinterpret_cast<char*>(pLDst);
     for( int i = nImageSize & (sizeof(long)-1); --i >= 0; ++pCDst )
         *pCDst = ~*pCDst;
 
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ bool X11SalGraphicsImpl::drawAlphaBitmap( const SalTwoRect& rTR,
         rTR.mnSrcX, rTR.mnSrcY, 0, 0, rTR.mnDestWidth, rTR.mnDestHeight );
     XFreeGC( pXDisplay, aAlphaGC );
     XFree( pAlphaImg );
-    if( pAlphaBits != (char*)pAlphaBuffer->mpBits )
+    if( pAlphaBits != reinterpret_cast<char*>(pAlphaBuffer->mpBits) )
         delete[] pAlphaBits;
 
     const_cast<SalBitmap&>(rAlphaBmp).ReleaseBuffer( pAlphaBuffer, BITMAP_READ_ACCESS );
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/salbmp.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/salbmp.cxx
index f6ac7369eeb7..8a38b1bfba6c 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/salbmp.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/salbmp.cxx
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ BitmapBuffer* X11SalBitmap::ImplCreateDIB(
             aSrcBuf.mnHeight = nHeight;
             aSrcBuf.mnBitCount = pImage->bits_per_pixel;
             aSrcBuf.mnScanlineSize = pImage->bytes_per_line;
-            aSrcBuf.mpBits = (sal_uInt8*) pImage->data;
+            aSrcBuf.mpBits = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(pImage->data);
 
             pImage->red_mask = pSalDisp->GetVisual( nScreen ).red_mask;
             pImage->green_mask = pSalDisp->GetVisual( nScreen ).green_mask;
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ XImage* X11SalBitmap::ImplCreateXImage(
                     blankExtraSpace(pDstBuf);
 #endif
                 // set data in buffer as data member in pImage
-                pImage->data = (char*) pDstBuf->mpBits;
+                pImage->data = reinterpret_cast<char*>(pDstBuf->mpBits);
 
                 // destroy buffer; don't destroy allocated data in buffer
                 delete pDstBuf;
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/plugadapt/salplug.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/plugadapt/salplug.cxx
index 80b5acf44722..0b7be994be41 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/plugadapt/salplug.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/plugadapt/salplug.cxx
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static SalInstance* tryInstance( const OUString& rModuleBase, bool bForce = fals
         SAL_LOADMODULE_DEFAULT );
     if( aMod )
     {
-        salFactoryProc aProc = (salFactoryProc)osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol( aMod, "create_SalInstance" );
+        salFactoryProc aProc = reinterpret_cast<salFactoryProc>(osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol( aMod, "create_SalInstance" ));
         if( aProc )
         {
             pInst = aProc();
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ static DesktopType get_desktop_environment()
     DesktopType ret = DESKTOP_UNKNOWN;
     if( aMod )
     {
-        DesktopType (*pSym)() = (DesktopType(*)())
-            osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol( aMod, "get_desktop_environment" );
+        DesktopType (*pSym)() = reinterpret_cast<DesktopType(*)()>(
+            osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol( aMod, "get_desktop_environment" ));
         if( pSym )
             ret = pSym();
     }
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/window/FWS.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/window/FWS.cxx
index 97a089d0c4cf..5d4ffd5282f4 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/window/FWS.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/window/FWS.cxx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ WMSupportsFWS (Display *display, int screen)
         return False;
     }
 
-    fwsCommWindow = *(::Window *) propData;
+    fwsCommWindow = *reinterpret_cast< ::Window * >(propData);
     #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
     fprintf (stderr, "Using fwsCommWindow = 0x%lx.\n", fwsCommWindow);
     #endif
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ WMSupportsFWS (Display *display, int screen)
 
     for (i = 0; i < propItems; ++i)
     {
-        protocol = ((Atom *) propData)[i];
+        protocol = reinterpret_cast<Atom *>(propData)[i];
         if (protocol == FWS_STACK_UNDER)
         {
             fwsStackUnder = True;
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ RegisterFwsWindow (Display *display, Window window)
     oldHandler = XSetErrorHandler (newHandler);
 
     XSendEvent (display, fwsCommWindow, False, NoEventMask,
-            (XEvent *) &msg);
+            reinterpret_cast<XEvent *>(&msg));
     XSync (display, False);
 
     XSetErrorHandler (oldHandler);
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ AddFwsProtocols (Display *display, Window window)
     fwsProtocols[ nProtos++ ] = FWS_PASS_ALL_INPUT;
     XChangeProperty (display, window, WM_PROTOCOLS,
             XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeAppend,
-            (unsigned char *) fwsProtocols, nProtos);
+            reinterpret_cast<unsigned char *>(fwsProtocols), nProtos);
 }
 
 /* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/window/salframe.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/window/salframe.cxx
index 52e10567b298..a018b5bde8d9 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/window/salframe.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/window/salframe.cxx
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ void X11SalFrame::Init( sal_uLong nSalFrameStyle, SalX11Screen nXScreen, SystemP
                              XA_WINDOW,
                              32,
                              PropModeReplace,
-                             (unsigned char*)&aClientLeader,
+                             reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&aClientLeader),
                              1
                              );
         }
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ void X11SalFrame::Init( sal_uLong nSalFrameStyle, SalX11Screen nXScreen, SystemP
         if( !netwm_icon.empty() && GetDisplay()->getWMAdaptor()->getAtom( WMAdaptor::NET_WM_ICON ))
             XChangeProperty( GetXDisplay(), mhWindow,
                 GetDisplay()->getWMAdaptor()->getAtom( WMAdaptor::NET_WM_ICON ),
-                XA_CARDINAL, 32, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*)&netwm_icon.front(), netwm_icon.size());
+                XA_CARDINAL, 32, PropModeReplace, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&netwm_icon.front()), netwm_icon.size());
     }
 
     m_nWorkArea = GetDisplay()->getWMAdaptor()->getCurrentWorkArea();
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ void X11SalFrame::SetIcon( sal_uInt16 nIcon )
             if( !netwm_icon.empty() && GetDisplay()->getWMAdaptor()->getAtom( WMAdaptor::NET_WM_ICON ))
                 XChangeProperty( GetXDisplay(), mhWindow,
                     GetDisplay()->getWMAdaptor()->getAtom( WMAdaptor::NET_WM_ICON ),
-                    XA_CARDINAL, 32, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*)&netwm_icon.front(), netwm_icon.size());
+                    XA_CARDINAL, 32, PropModeReplace, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&netwm_icon.front()), netwm_icon.size());
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1501,8 +1501,8 @@ void X11SalFrame::Center( )
                           pFrame->GetShellWindow(),
                           &aRoot,
                           &nScreenX, &nScreenY,
-                          (unsigned int*)&nScreenWidth,
-                          (unsigned int*)&nScreenHeight,
+                          reinterpret_cast<unsigned int*>(&nScreenWidth),
+                          reinterpret_cast<unsigned int*>(&nScreenHeight),
                           &bw, &depth );
         }
         else
@@ -2231,7 +2231,7 @@ IsRunningXAutoLock( Display *p_display, ::Window a_window )
     // get pid of running xautolock
     XGetWindowProperty (p_display, a_window, a_pidatom, 0L, 2L, False,
             AnyPropertyType, &a_type, &n_format, &n_items, &n_bytes_after,
-            (unsigned char**) &p_pid );
+            reinterpret_cast<unsigned char**>(&p_pid) );
     n_pid = *p_pid;
     XFree( p_pid );
 
@@ -2270,7 +2270,7 @@ MessageToXAutoLock( Display *p_display, int n_message )
 
     a_messageatom = XInternAtom( p_display, p_atomname, False );
     XChangeProperty (p_display, a_rootwindow, a_messageatom, XA_INTEGER,
-            8, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*)&n_message, sizeof(n_message) );
+            8, PropModeReplace, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&n_message), sizeof(n_message) );
 
     return True;
 }
@@ -3306,7 +3306,7 @@ long X11SalFrame::HandleKeyEvent( XKeyEvent *pEvent )
         // convert to single byte text stream
         nSize = rtl_convertTextToUnicode(
                                 aConverter, aContext,
-                                (char*)pPrintable, nLen,
+                                reinterpret_cast<char*>(pPrintable), nLen,
                                 pBuffer, nBufferSize,
                                 RTL_TEXTTOUNICODE_FLAGS_UNDEFINED_IGNORE |
                                 RTL_TEXTTOUNICODE_FLAGS_INVALID_IGNORE,
@@ -3320,7 +3320,7 @@ long X11SalFrame::HandleKeyEvent( XKeyEvent *pEvent )
     }
     else if (nLen > 0 /* nEncoding == RTL_TEXTENCODING_UNICODE */)
     {
-        pString = (sal_Unicode*)pPrintable;
+        pString = reinterpret_cast<sal_Unicode*>(pPrintable);
           nSize = nLen;
     }
     else
@@ -3894,9 +3894,9 @@ long X11SalFrame::HandleStateEvent( XPropertyEvent *pEvent )
                 &&  2 == nitems
                 &&  0 == bytes_after, "HandleStateEvent" );
 
-    if( *(unsigned long*)prop == NormalState )
+    if( *reinterpret_cast<unsigned long*>(prop) == NormalState )
         nShowState_ = SHOWSTATE_NORMAL;
-    else if( *(unsigned long*)prop == IconicState )
+    else if( *reinterpret_cast<unsigned long*>(prop) == IconicState )
         nShowState_ = SHOWSTATE_MINIMIZED;
 
     XFree( prop );
@@ -3974,7 +3974,7 @@ Bool call_checkKeyReleaseForRepeat( Display* pDisplay, XEvent* pCheck, XPointer
 
 Bool X11SalFrame::checkKeyReleaseForRepeat( Display*, XEvent* pCheck, XPointer pX11SalFrame )
 {
-    X11SalFrame* pThis = (X11SalFrame*)pX11SalFrame;
+    X11SalFrame* pThis = reinterpret_cast<X11SalFrame*>(pX11SalFrame);
     return
         pCheck->type            == KeyPress &&
         pCheck->xkey.state      == pThis->nKeyState_ &&
@@ -4010,7 +4010,7 @@ long X11SalFrame::Dispatch( XEvent *pEvent )
                 {
                     nReleaseTime_ = pEvent->xkey.time;
                     XEvent aEvent;
-                    if( XCheckIfEvent( pEvent->xkey.display, &aEvent, call_checkKeyReleaseForRepeat, (XPointer)this ) )
+                    if( XCheckIfEvent( pEvent->xkey.display, &aEvent, call_checkKeyReleaseForRepeat, reinterpret_cast<XPointer>(this) ) )
                         XPutBackEvent( pEvent->xkey.display, &aEvent );
                     else
                         nRet        = HandleKeyEvent( &pEvent->xkey );
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkfactory.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkfactory.cxx
index 54e0ac3e0b18..f960b4e65632 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkfactory.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkfactory.cxx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ atk_noop_object_wrapper_get_type(void)
             sizeof (AtkNoOpObjectClass),
             (GBaseInitFunc) NULL,
             (GBaseFinalizeFunc) NULL,
-            (GClassInitFunc) atk_noop_object_wrapper_class_init,
+            reinterpret_cast<GClassInitFunc>(atk_noop_object_wrapper_class_init),
             (GClassFinalizeFunc) NULL,
             NULL,
             sizeof (AtkObjectWrapper),
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ wrapper_factory_get_type (void)
     static const GTypeInfo tinfo =
     {
       sizeof (AtkObjectFactoryClass),
-      NULL, NULL, (GClassInitFunc) wrapper_factory_class_init,
+      NULL, NULL, reinterpret_cast<GClassInitFunc>(wrapper_factory_class_init),
       NULL, NULL, sizeof (AtkObjectFactory), 0, NULL, NULL
     };
 
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkhypertext.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkhypertext.cxx
index c4c5a5383bed..1074dad8ad8a 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkhypertext.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkhypertext.cxx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ typedef struct {
 static uno::Reference< accessibility::XAccessibleHyperlink >
     getHyperlink( AtkHyperlink *pHyperlink )
 {
-    HyperLink *pLink = (HyperLink *) pHyperlink;
+    HyperLink *pLink = reinterpret_cast<HyperLink *>(pHyperlink);
     return pLink->xLink;
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ extern "C" {
 static void
 hyper_link_finalize (GObject *obj)
 {
-    HyperLink *hl = (HyperLink *) obj;
+    HyperLink *hl = reinterpret_cast<HyperLink *>(obj);
     hl->xLink.clear();
     hyper_parent_class->finalize (obj);
 }
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ hyper_link_get_type (void)
             sizeof (AtkHyperlinkClass),
             NULL,               /* base init */
             NULL,               /* base finalize */
-            (GClassInitFunc) hyper_link_class_init,
+            reinterpret_cast<GClassInitFunc>(hyper_link_class_init),
             NULL,               /* class finalize */
             NULL,               /* class data */
             sizeof (HyperLink), /* instance size */
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ hyper_link_get_type (void)
         };
 
         static const GInterfaceInfo atk_action_info = {
-            (GInterfaceInitFunc) actionIfaceInit,
+            reinterpret_cast<GInterfaceInitFunc>(actionIfaceInit),
             (GInterfaceFinalizeFunc) NULL,
             NULL
         };
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atklistener.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atklistener.cxx
index 45c06022f990..dcf7ffd479f0 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atklistener.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atklistener.cxx
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void AtkListener::disposing( const lang::EventObject& ) throw (uno::RuntimeExcep
         // global mutex
         atk_object_wrapper_dispose( mpWrapper );
 
-        g_idle_add( (GSourceFunc) idle_defunc_state_change,
+        g_idle_add( reinterpret_cast<GSourceFunc>(idle_defunc_state_change),
                     g_object_ref( G_OBJECT( atk_obj ) ) );
 
         // Release the wrapper object so that it can vanish ..
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atktextattributes.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atktextattributes.cxx
index fe2f0d5e2f52..a7487c0f6e98 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atktextattributes.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atktextattributes.cxx
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ attribute_set_map_to_property_values(
     sal_Int32 nIndex = 0;
     for( GSList * item = attribute_set; item != NULL; item = g_slist_next( item ) )
     {
-        AtkAttribute* attribute = (AtkAttribute *) item;
+        AtkAttribute* attribute = reinterpret_cast<AtkAttribute *>(item);
 
         AtkTextAttribute text_attr = atk_text_attribute_for_name( attribute->name );
         if( text_attr < g_TextAttrMapSize )
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkutil.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkutil.cxx
index fb0d25897111..c108bb4272f9 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkutil.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkutil.cxx
@@ -597,8 +597,9 @@ static void handle_menu_highlighted(::VclMenuEvent const * pEvent)
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
-long WindowEventHandler(void *, ::VclSimpleEvent const * pEvent)
+sal_IntPtr WindowEventHandler(void *, void * p)
 {
+    VclSimpleEvent * pEvent = reinterpret_cast<VclSimpleEvent *>(p);
     try
     {
         switch (pEvent->GetId())
@@ -675,7 +676,7 @@ long WindowEventHandler(void *, ::VclSimpleEvent const * pEvent)
     return 0;
 }
 
-static Link g_aEventListenerLink( NULL, (PSTUB) WindowEventHandler );
+static Link g_aEventListenerLink( NULL, WindowEventHandler );
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -743,7 +744,7 @@ ooo_atk_util_get_type (void)
             static_cast<guint16>(type_query.class_size),
             (GBaseInitFunc) NULL,
             (GBaseFinalizeFunc) NULL,
-            (GClassInitFunc) ooo_atk_util_class_init,
+            reinterpret_cast<GClassInitFunc>(ooo_atk_util_class_init),
             (GClassFinalizeFunc) NULL,
             NULL,
             static_cast<guint16>(type_query.instance_size),
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwindow.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwindow.cxx
index 0f39c0169f23..cd9bf9e49c74 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwindow.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwindow.cxx
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ ooo_window_wrapper_get_type (void)
             static_cast<guint16>(type_query.class_size),
             (GBaseInitFunc) NULL,
             (GBaseFinalizeFunc) NULL,
-            (GClassInitFunc) ooo_window_wrapper_class_init,
+            reinterpret_cast<GClassInitFunc>(ooo_window_wrapper_class_init),
             (GClassFinalizeFunc) NULL,
             NULL,
             static_cast<guint16>(type_query.instance_size),
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwrapper.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwrapper.cxx
index 552c8e390cb1..4f34e0e84144 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwrapper.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwrapper.cxx
@@ -636,12 +636,12 @@ atk_object_wrapper_get_type (void)
         sizeof (AtkObjectWrapperClass),
         (GBaseInitFunc) NULL,
         (GBaseFinalizeFunc) NULL,
-        (GClassInitFunc) atk_object_wrapper_class_init,
+        reinterpret_cast<GClassInitFunc>(atk_object_wrapper_class_init),
         (GClassFinalizeFunc) NULL,
         NULL,
         sizeof (AtkObjectWrapper),
         0,
-        (GInstanceInitFunc) atk_object_wrapper_init,
+        reinterpret_cast<GInstanceInitFunc>(atk_object_wrapper_init),
         NULL
       } ;
       type = g_type_register_static (ATK_TYPE_OBJECT,
@@ -678,47 +678,47 @@ const struct {
 } aTypeTable[] = {
 // re-location heaven:
     {
-        "Comp", (GInterfaceInitFunc) componentIfaceInit,
+        "Comp", reinterpret_cast<GInterfaceInitFunc>(componentIfaceInit),
         atk_component_get_type,
         cppu::UnoType<accessibility::XAccessibleComponent>::get
     },
     {
-        "Act",  (GInterfaceInitFunc) actionIfaceInit,
+        "Act",  reinterpret_cast<GInterfaceInitFunc>(actionIfaceInit),
         atk_action_get_type,
         cppu::UnoType<accessibility::XAccessibleAction>::get
     },
     {
-        "Txt",  (GInterfaceInitFunc) textIfaceInit,
+        "Txt",  reinterpret_cast<GInterfaceInitFunc>(textIfaceInit),
         atk_text_get_type,
         cppu::UnoType<accessibility::XAccessibleText>::get
     },
     {
-        "Val",  (GInterfaceInitFunc) valueIfaceInit,
+        "Val",  reinterpret_cast<GInterfaceInitFunc>(valueIfaceInit),
         atk_value_get_type,
         cppu::UnoType<accessibility::XAccessibleValue>::get
     },
     {
-        "Tab",  (GInterfaceInitFunc) tableIfaceInit,
+        "Tab",  reinterpret_cast<GInterfaceInitFunc>(tableIfaceInit),
         atk_table_get_type,
         cppu::UnoType<accessibility::XAccessibleTable>::get
     },
     {
-        "Edt",  (GInterfaceInitFunc) editableTextIfaceInit,
+        "Edt",  reinterpret_cast<GInterfaceInitFunc>(editableTextIfaceInit),
         atk_editable_text_get_type,
         cppu::UnoType<accessibility::XAccessibleEditableText>::get
     },
     {
-        "Img",  (GInterfaceInitFunc) imageIfaceInit,
+        "Img",  reinterpret_cast<GInterfaceInitFunc>(imageIfaceInit),
         atk_image_get_type,
         cppu::UnoType<accessibility::XAccessibleImage>::get
     },
     {
-        "Hyp",  (GInterfaceInitFunc) hypertextIfaceInit,
+        "Hyp",  reinterpret_cast<GInterfaceInitFunc>(hypertextIfaceInit),
         atk_hypertext_get_type,
         cppu::UnoType<accessibility::XAccessibleHypertext>::get
     },
     {
-        "Sel",  (GInterfaceInitFunc) selectionIfaceInit,
+        "Sel",  reinterpret_cast<GInterfaceInitFunc>(selectionIfaceInit),
         atk_selection_get_type,
         cppu::UnoType<accessibility::XAccessibleSelection>::get
     }
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/app/gtkdata.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/app/gtkdata.cxx
index 487d5e87c824..8e20f62c14ee 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/app/gtkdata.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/app/gtkdata.cxx
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
     static gboolean sal_gtk_timeout_prepare( GSource *pSource, gint *nTimeoutMS )
     {
-        SalGtkTimeoutSource *pTSource = (SalGtkTimeoutSource *)pSource;
+        SalGtkTimeoutSource *pTSource = reinterpret_cast<SalGtkTimeoutSource *>(pSource);
 
         GTimeVal aTimeNow;
         g_get_current_time( &aTimeNow );
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
     static gboolean sal_gtk_timeout_check( GSource *pSource )
     {
-        SalGtkTimeoutSource *pTSource = (SalGtkTimeoutSource *)pSource;
+        SalGtkTimeoutSource *pTSource = reinterpret_cast<SalGtkTimeoutSource *>(pSource);
 
         GTimeVal aTimeNow;
         g_get_current_time( &aTimeNow );
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
     static gboolean sal_gtk_timeout_dispatch( GSource *pSource, GSourceFunc, gpointer )
     {
-        SalGtkTimeoutSource *pTSource = (SalGtkTimeoutSource *)pSource;
+        SalGtkTimeoutSource *pTSource = reinterpret_cast<SalGtkTimeoutSource *>(pSource);
 
         if( !pTSource->pInstance )
             return FALSE;
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ static SalGtkTimeoutSource *
 create_sal_gtk_timeout( GtkSalTimer *pTimer )
 {
   GSource *pSource = g_source_new( &sal_gtk_timeout_funcs, sizeof( SalGtkTimeoutSource ) );
-  SalGtkTimeoutSource *pTSource = (SalGtkTimeoutSource *)pSource;
+  SalGtkTimeoutSource *pTSource = reinterpret_cast<SalGtkTimeoutSource *>(pSource);
   pTSource->pInstance = pTimer;
 
   // #i36226# timers should be executed with lower priority
@@ -900,8 +900,8 @@ void GtkSalTimer::Stop()
 {
     if( m_pTimeout )
     {
-        g_source_destroy( (GSource *)m_pTimeout );
-        g_source_unref( (GSource *)m_pTimeout );
+        g_source_destroy( &m_pTimeout->aParent );
+        g_source_unref( &m_pTimeout->aParent );
         m_pTimeout = NULL;
     }
 }
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/app/gtksys.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/app/gtksys.cxx
index 90114bcb9512..bda7c4a605d9 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/app/gtksys.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/app/gtksys.cxx
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ static int _get_primary_monitor (GdkScreen *pScreen)
     // Perhaps we have a newer gtk+ with this symbol:
     if (!get_fn)
     {
-        get_fn = (int(*)(GdkScreen*))osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol(NULL,
-            "gdk_screen_get_primary_monitor");
+        get_fn = reinterpret_cast<int(*)(GdkScreen*)>(osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol(NULL,
+            "gdk_screen_get_primary_monitor"));
     }
 #if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,14,0)
     if (!get_fn)
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/fpicker/SalGtkPicker.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/fpicker/SalGtkPicker.cxx
index f2e70b3e8ab1..ebadb962888c 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/fpicker/SalGtkPicker.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/fpicker/SalGtkPicker.cxx
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void SAL_CALL RunDialog::windowOpened( const ::com::sun::star::lang::EventObject
 {
     SolarMutexGuard g;
 
-    g_timeout_add_full(G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE, 0, (GSourceFunc)canceldialog, this, NULL);
+    g_timeout_add_full(G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE, 0, reinterpret_cast<GSourceFunc>(canceldialog), this, NULL);
 }
 
 void SAL_CALL RunDialog::queryTermination( const ::com::sun::star::lang::EventObject& )
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void SAL_CALL RunDialog::notifyTermination( const ::com::sun::star::lang::EventO
 {
     SolarMutexGuard g;
 
-    g_timeout_add_full(G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE, 0, (GSourceFunc)canceldialog, this, NULL);
+    g_timeout_add_full(G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE, 0, reinterpret_cast<GSourceFunc>(canceldialog), this, NULL);
 }
 
 void RunDialog::cancel()
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/gdi/salnativewidgets-gtk.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/gdi/salnativewidgets-gtk.cxx
index 5d257633171a..700308b385f3 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/gdi/salnativewidgets-gtk.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/gdi/salnativewidgets-gtk.cxx
@@ -4107,7 +4107,7 @@ void GtkSalGraphics::updateSettings( AllSettings& rSettings )
     sal_Int32 nDispDPIY = GetDisplay()->GetResolution().B();
     int nPointHeight = 0;
     static gboolean(*pAbso)(const PangoFontDescription*) =
-        (gboolean(*)(const PangoFontDescription*))osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol( GetSalData()->m_pPlugin, "pango_font_description_get_size_is_absolute" );
+        reinterpret_cast<gboolean(*)(const PangoFontDescription*)>(osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol( GetSalData()->m_pPlugin, "pango_font_description_get_size_is_absolute" ));
 
     if( pAbso && pAbso( pStyle->font_desc ) )
         nPointHeight = (nPangoHeight * 72 + nDispDPIY*PANGO_SCALE/2) / (nDispDPIY * PANGO_SCALE);
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/glomenu.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/glomenu.cxx
index 780b6bfdab34..871692045590 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/glomenu.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/glomenu.cxx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct item
 static void
 g_lo_menu_struct_item_init (struct item *menu_item)
 {
-    menu_item->attributes = g_hash_table_new_full (g_str_hash, g_str_equal, g_free, (GDestroyNotify) g_variant_unref);
+    menu_item->attributes = g_hash_table_new_full (g_str_hash, g_str_equal, g_free, reinterpret_cast<GDestroyNotify>(g_variant_unref));
     menu_item->links = g_hash_table_new_full (g_str_hash, g_str_equal, g_free, g_object_unref);
 }
 
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ g_lo_menu_finalize (GObject *object)
     gint i;
 
     n_items = menu->items->len;
-    items = (struct item *) g_array_free (menu->items, FALSE);
+    items = reinterpret_cast<struct item *>(g_array_free (menu->items, FALSE));
     for (i = 0; i < n_items; i++)
         g_lo_menu_clear_item (&items[i]);
     g_free (items);
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalframe.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalframe.cxx
index 313386741e99..82c70e7cdd19 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalframe.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalframe.cxx
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ gdk_x11_window_set_utf8_property  (GdkWindow *window,
                        GDK_WINDOW_XID (window),
                        gdk_x11_get_xatom_by_name_for_display (display, name),
                        gdk_x11_get_xatom_by_name_for_display (display, "UTF8_STRING"), 8,
-                       PropModeReplace, (guchar *)value, strlen (value));
+                       PropModeReplace, reinterpret_cast<guchar const *>(value), strlen (value));
     }
   else
     {
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ static void lcl_set_accept_focus( GtkWindow* pWindow, gboolean bAccept, bool bBe
     if( bGetAcceptFocusFn )
     {
         bGetAcceptFocusFn = false;
-        p_gtk_window_set_accept_focus = (setAcceptFn)osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol( GetSalData()->m_pPlugin, "gtk_window_set_accept_focus" );
+        p_gtk_window_set_accept_focus = reinterpret_cast<setAcceptFn>(osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol( GetSalData()->m_pPlugin, "gtk_window_set_accept_focus" ));
     }
     if( p_gtk_window_set_accept_focus && bBeforeRealize )
         p_gtk_window_set_accept_focus( pWindow, bAccept );
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ static void lcl_set_user_time( GtkWindow* i_pWindow, guint32 i_nTime )
     if( bGetSetUserTimeFn )
     {
         bGetSetUserTimeFn = false;
-        p_gdk_x11_window_set_user_time = (setUserTimeFn)osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol( GetSalData()->m_pPlugin, "gdk_x11_window_set_user_time" );
+        p_gdk_x11_window_set_user_time = reinterpret_cast<setUserTimeFn>(osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol( GetSalData()->m_pPlugin, "gdk_x11_window_set_user_time" ));
     }
     bool bSet = false;
     if( p_gdk_x11_window_set_user_time )
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ static void lcl_set_user_time( GtkWindow* i_pWindow, guint32 i_nTime )
         {
             XChangeProperty( pDisplay, widget_get_xid(GTK_WIDGET(i_pWindow)),
                              nUserTime, XA_CARDINAL, 32,
-                             PropModeReplace, (unsigned char*)&i_nTime, 1 );
+                             PropModeReplace, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&i_nTime), 1 );
         }
     }
 #else
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ bitmapToPixbuf( SalBitmap *pSalBitmap, SalBitmap *pSalAlpha )
                                      GDK_COLORSPACE_RGB, true, 8,
                                      aSize.Width(), aSize.Height(),
                                      aSize.Width() * 4,
-                                     (GdkPixbufDestroyNotify) g_free,
+                                     reinterpret_cast<GdkPixbufDestroyNotify>(g_free),
                                      NULL );
 }
 
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ void GtkSalFrame::SetIcon( sal_uInt16 nIcon )
 
     gtk_window_set_icon_list( GTK_WINDOW(m_pWindow), pIcons );
 
-    g_list_foreach( pIcons, (GFunc) g_object_unref, NULL );
+    g_list_foreach( pIcons, reinterpret_cast<GFunc>(g_object_unref), NULL );
     g_list_free( pIcons );
 }
 
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@ void GtkSalFrame::setAutoLock( bool bLock )
                      GDK_WINDOW_XID( pRootWin ),
                      nAtom, XA_INTEGER,
                      8, PropModeReplace,
-                     (unsigned char*)&nMessage,
+                     reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&nMessage),
                      sizeof( nMessage ) );
 }
 
@@ -3245,7 +3245,7 @@ gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalButton( GtkWidget*, GdkEventButton* pEvent, gpointer
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalScroll( GtkWidget*, GdkEvent* pEvent, gpointer frame )
 {
     GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
-    GdkEventScroll* pSEvent = (GdkEventScroll*)pEvent;
+    GdkEventScroll* pSEvent = reinterpret_cast<GdkEventScroll*>(pEvent);
 
     static sal_uLong        nLines = 0;
     if( ! nLines )
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalmenu.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalmenu.cxx
index 67545b9f80fc..6a3a7b005e43 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalmenu.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalmenu.cxx
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ void RemoveUnusedCommands( GLOActionGroup* pActionGroup, GList* pOldCommandList,
 
         gpointer aCommand = g_list_nth_data( pNewCommand, 0 );
 
-        GList* pOldCommand = g_list_find_custom( pOldCommandList, aCommand, (GCompareFunc) CompareStr );
+        GList* pOldCommand = g_list_find_custom( pOldCommandList, aCommand, reinterpret_cast<GCompareFunc>(CompareStr) );
 
         if ( pOldCommand != NULL )
         {
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk3/gdi/gtk3salnativewidgets-gtk.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk3/gdi/gtk3salnativewidgets-gtk.cxx
index 53bc1a310453..79e17d85107a 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk3/gdi/gtk3salnativewidgets-gtk.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk3/gdi/gtk3salnativewidgets-gtk.cxx
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ void GtkSalGraphics::updateSettings( AllSettings& rSettings )
 
     const cairo_font_options_t* pNewOptions = NULL;
     static cairo_font_options_t* (*gdk_screen_get_font_options)(GdkScreen*) =
-        (cairo_font_options_t*(*)(GdkScreen*))osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol( GetSalData()->m_pPlugin, "gdk_screen_get_font_options" );
+        reinterpret_cast<cairo_font_options_t*(*)(GdkScreen*)>(osl_getAsciiFunctionSymbol( GetSalData()->m_pPlugin, "gdk_screen_get_font_options" ));
     if( gdk_screen_get_font_options != NULL )
         pNewOptions = gdk_screen_get_font_options( pScreen );
     aStyleSet.SetCairoFontOptions( pNewOptions );
diff --git a/vcl/workben/svpclient.cxx b/vcl/workben/svpclient.cxx
index 35cd62cedc2e..2ed9ac302368 100644
--- a/vcl/workben/svpclient.cxx
+++ b/vcl/workben/svpclient.cxx
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ OString MyWin::processCommand( const OString& rCommand )
         addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
         addr.sin_port = htons(nPort);
         addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
-        if( connect( nSocket, (const sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr) ) )
+        if( connect( nSocket, reinterpret_cast<sockaddr*>(&addr), sizeof(addr) ) )
         {
             perror( "SvpElementContainer: connect() failed" );
         }