use RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM

11 files changed, 190 insertions, 190 deletions

diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/content.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/content.cxx
index 52f66c39ea23..895a02e1a882 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/content.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/content.cxx
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ uno::Sequence< uno::Type > SAL_CALL Content::getTypes()
 rtl::OUString SAL_CALL Content::getImplementationName()
     throw( uno::RuntimeException )
 {
-    return rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "CHelpContent" );
+    return rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "CHelpContent" ));
 }
 
 //=========================================================================
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ uno::Sequence< rtl::OUString > SAL_CALL Content::getSupportedServiceNames()
 {
     uno::Sequence< rtl::OUString > aSNS( 1 );
     aSNS.getArray()[ 0 ]
-            = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( MYUCP_CONTENT_SERVICE_NAME );
+            = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( MYUCP_CONTENT_SERVICE_NAME ));
     return aSNS;
 }
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ uno::Sequence< rtl::OUString > SAL_CALL Content::getSupportedServiceNames()
 rtl::OUString SAL_CALL Content::getContentType()
     throw( uno::RuntimeException )
 {
-    return rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( MYUCP_CONTENT_TYPE );
+    return rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( MYUCP_CONTENT_TYPE ));
 }
 
 //=========================================================================
@@ -462,8 +462,8 @@ uno::Reference< sdbc::XRow > Content::getPropertyValues(
         if ( rProp.Name.compareToAscii( "ContentType" ) == 0 )
             xRow->appendString(
                 rProp,
-                rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(
-                    "application/vnd.sun.star.help" ) );
+                rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+                    "application/vnd.sun.star.help" )) );
         else if( rProp.Name.compareToAscii( "Title" ) == 0 )
             xRow->appendString ( rProp,m_aURLParameter.get_title() );
         else if( rProp.Name.compareToAscii( "IsReadOnly" ) == 0 )
@@ -482,18 +482,18 @@ uno::Reference< sdbc::XRow > Content::getPropertyValues(
             if( m_aURLParameter.isPicture() )
                 xRow->appendString(
                     rProp,
-                    rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "image/gif" ) );
+                    rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "image/gif" )) );
             else if( m_aURLParameter.isActive() )
                 xRow->appendString(
                     rProp,
-                    rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "text/plain" ) );
+                    rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "text/plain" )) );
             else if( m_aURLParameter.isFile() )
                 xRow->appendString(
-                    rProp,rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "text/html" ) );
+                    rProp,rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "text/html" )) );
             else if( m_aURLParameter.isRoot() )
                 xRow->appendString(
                     rProp,
-                    rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "text/css" ) );
+                    rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "text/css" )) );
             else
                 xRow->appendVoid( rProp );
         else if( m_aURLParameter.isModule() )
@@ -544,8 +544,8 @@ uno::Reference< sdbc::XRow > Content::getPropertyValues(
             else if( rProp.Name.compareToAscii( "SearchScopes" ) == 0 )
             {
                 uno::Sequence< rtl::OUString > seq( 2 );
-                seq[0] = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "Heading" );
-                seq[1] = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "FullText" );
+                seq[0] = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "Heading" ));
+                seq[1] = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "FullText" ));
                 uno::Any aAny;
                 aAny <<= seq;
                 xRow->appendObject( rProp,aAny );
diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/databases.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/databases.cxx
index 4f55d7571910..6c0652515ee0 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/databases.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/databases.cxx
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ using namespace com::sun::star::deployment;
 using namespace com::sun::star::beans;
 
 
-static rtl::OUString aSlash( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/" ) );
-static rtl::OUString aHelpFilesBaseName( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "help" ) );
+static rtl::OUString aSlash(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("/"));
+static rtl::OUString aHelpFilesBaseName(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("help"));
 
 rtl::OUString Databases::expandURL( const rtl::OUString& aURL )
 {
@@ -103,18 +103,18 @@ rtl::OUString Databases::expandURL( const rtl::OUString& aURL, Reference< uno::X
         Reference< XMultiComponentFactory > xSMgr( xContext->getServiceManager(), UNO_QUERY );
 
         xFac = Reference< uri::XUriReferenceFactory >(
-            xSMgr->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(
-            "com.sun.star.uri.UriReferenceFactory"), xContext ) , UNO_QUERY );
+            xSMgr->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+            "com.sun.star.uri.UriReferenceFactory")), xContext ) , UNO_QUERY );
         if( !xFac.is() )
         {
             throw RuntimeException(
-                ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "Databases::expand(), could not instatiate UriReferenceFactory." ),
+                ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "Databases::expand(), could not instatiate UriReferenceFactory." )),
                 Reference< XInterface >() );
         }
 
         xMacroExpander = Reference< util::XMacroExpander >(
             xContext->getValueByName(
-            ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/singletons/com.sun.star.util.theMacroExpander" ) ),
+            ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "/singletons/com.sun.star.util.theMacroExpander" )) ),
             UNO_QUERY_THROW );
      }
 
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ Databases::Databases( sal_Bool showBasic,
       m_nCustomCSSDocLength( 0 ),
       m_pCustomCSSDoc( 0 ),
       m_aCSS(styleSheet.toAsciiLowerCase()),
-      newProdName(rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "$[officename]" ) ),
-      newProdVersion(rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "$[officeversion]" ) ),
-      prodName( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "%PRODUCTNAME" ) ),
-      prodVersion( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "%PRODUCTVERSION" ) ),
-      vendName( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "%VENDORNAME" ) ),
-      vendVersion( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "%VENDORVERSION" ) ),
-      vendShort( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "%VENDORSHORT" ) ),
+      newProdName(rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "$[officename]" )) ),
+      newProdVersion(rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "$[officeversion]" )) ),
+      prodName( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "%PRODUCTNAME" )) ),
+      prodVersion( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "%PRODUCTVERSION" )) ),
+      vendName( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "%VENDORNAME" )) ),
+      vendVersion( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "%VENDORVERSION" )) ),
+      vendShort( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "%VENDORSHORT" )) ),
       m_aImagesZipPaths( imagesZipPaths ),
       m_nSymbolsStyle( 0 )
 {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Databases::Databases( sal_Bool showBasic,
     setInstallPath( instPath );
 
     m_xSFA = Reference< ucb::XSimpleFileAccess >(
-        m_xSMgr->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.ucb.SimpleFileAccess" ),
+        m_xSMgr->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.ucb.SimpleFileAccess" )),
         m_xContext ), UNO_QUERY_THROW );
 }
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static bool impl_getZipFile(
         {
             if ( 1 + rFileName.lastIndexOf( '/' ) != rFileName.getLength() )
             {
-                rFileName += rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/" );
+                rFileName += rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "/" ));
             }
             rFileName += rZipName;
 
@@ -265,23 +265,23 @@ rtl::OString Databases::getImagesZipFileURL()
     try
     {
         uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFactory > xConfigProvider(
-            m_xSMgr ->createInstanceWithContext(::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider"), m_xContext), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+            m_xSMgr ->createInstanceWithContext(::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider")), m_xContext), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
 
         // set root path
         uno::Sequence < uno::Any > lParams(1);
         beans::PropertyValue                       aParam ;
-        aParam.Name    = ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("nodepath");
-        aParam.Value <<= ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("org.openoffice.Office.Common");
+        aParam.Name    = ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("nodepath"));
+        aParam.Value <<= ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("org.openoffice.Office.Common"));
         lParams[0] = uno::makeAny(aParam);
 
         // open it
         uno::Reference< uno::XInterface > xCFG( xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments(
-                    ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess"),
+                    ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess")),
                     lParams) );
 
         bool bChanged = false;
         uno::Reference< container::XHierarchicalNameAccess > xAccess(xCFG, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
-        uno::Any aResult = xAccess->getByHierarchicalName(::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("Misc/SymbolSet"));
+        uno::Any aResult = xAccess->getByHierarchicalName(::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Misc/SymbolSet")));
         if ( (aResult >>= nSymbolsStyle) && m_nSymbolsStyle != nSymbolsStyle )
         {
             m_nSymbolsStyle = nSymbolsStyle;
@@ -291,21 +291,21 @@ rtl::OString Databases::getImagesZipFileURL()
         if ( !m_aImagesZipFileURL.getLength() || bChanged )
         {
             rtl::OUString aImageZip, aSymbolsStyleName;
-            aResult = xAccess->getByHierarchicalName(::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("Misc/SymbolStyle"));
+            aResult = xAccess->getByHierarchicalName(::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Misc/SymbolStyle")));
             aResult >>= aSymbolsStyleName;
 
             bool bFound = false;
             if ( aSymbolsStyleName.getLength() != 0 )
             {
-                rtl::OUString aZipName = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "images_" );
+                rtl::OUString aZipName = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "images_" ));
                 aZipName += aSymbolsStyleName;
-                aZipName += rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( ".zip" );
+                aZipName += rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( ".zip" ));
 
                 bFound = impl_getZipFile( m_aImagesZipPaths, aZipName, aImageZip );
             }
 
             if ( ! bFound )
-                bFound = impl_getZipFile( m_aImagesZipPaths, rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "images.zip" ), aImageZip );
+                bFound = impl_getZipFile( m_aImagesZipPaths, rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "images.zip" )), aImageZip );
 
             if ( ! bFound )
                 aImageZip = rtl::OUString();
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ StaticModuleInformation* Databases::getStaticInformationForModule( const rtl::OU
 {
     osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
 
-    rtl::OUString key = processLang(Language) + rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/" ) + Module;
+    rtl::OUString key = processLang(Language) + rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "/" )) + Module;
 
     std::pair< ModInfoTable::iterator,bool > aPair =
         m_aModInfo.insert( ModInfoTable::value_type( key,0 ) );
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ StaticModuleInformation* Databases::getStaticInformationForModule( const rtl::OU
     {
         osl::File cfgFile( getInstallPathAsURL() +
                            key +
-                           rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( ".cfg" ) );
+                           rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( ".cfg" )) );
 
         if( osl::FileBase::E_None != cfgFile.open( OpenFlag_Read ) )
             it->second = 0;
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ StaticModuleInformation* Databases::getStaticInformationForModule( const rtl::OU
 
             const sal_Unicode* str = fileContent.getStr();
             rtl::OUString current,lang_,program,startid,title,heading,fulltext;
-            rtl::OUString order = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "1" );
+            rtl::OUString order(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "1" ));
 
             for( sal_Int32 i = 0;i < fileContent.getLength();i++ )
             {
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ Db* Databases::getBerkeley( const rtl::OUString& Database,
     osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
 
 
-    rtl::OUString aFileExt( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( helpText ? ".ht" : ".db" ) );
+    rtl::OUString aFileExt( helpText ? rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(".ht")) : rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(".db" )) );
     rtl::OUString dbFileName = aSlash + Database + aFileExt;
     rtl::OUString key;
     if( pExtensionPath == NULL )
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ Db* Databases::getBerkeley( const rtl::OUString& Database,
 
         rtl::OUString fileNameDBHelp( fileNameOU );
         if( pExtensionPath != NULL )
-            fileNameDBHelp += rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "_" );
+            fileNameDBHelp += rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "_" ));
         if( m_xSFA->exists( fileNameDBHelp ) )
         {
             DBHelp* pDBHelp = new DBHelp( fileNameDBHelp, m_xSFA );
@@ -699,28 +699,28 @@ Databases::getCollator( const rtl::OUString& Language,
     {
         it->second =
             Reference< XCollator > (
-                m_xSMgr->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.i18n.Collator" ),
+                m_xSMgr->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.i18n.Collator" )),
                 m_xContext ), UNO_QUERY );
         rtl::OUString langStr = processLang(Language);
         rtl::OUString countryStr = country(Language);
         if( !countryStr.getLength() )
         {
             if( langStr.compareToAscii("de") == 0 )
-                countryStr = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("DE");
+                countryStr = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DE"));
             else if( langStr.compareToAscii("en") == 0 )
-                countryStr = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("US");
+                countryStr = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("US"));
             else if( langStr.compareToAscii("es") == 0 )
-                countryStr = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("ES");
+                countryStr = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("ES"));
             else if( langStr.compareToAscii("it") == 0 )
-                countryStr = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("IT");
+                countryStr = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("IT"));
             else if( langStr.compareToAscii("fr") == 0 )
-                countryStr = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("FR");
+                countryStr = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("FR"));
             else if( langStr.compareToAscii("sv") == 0 )
-                countryStr = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("SE");
+                countryStr = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("SE"));
             else if( langStr.compareToAscii("ja") == 0 )
-                countryStr = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("JP");
+                countryStr = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("JP"));
             else if( langStr.compareToAscii("ko") == 0 )
-                countryStr = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("KR");
+                countryStr = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("KR"));
         }
         it->second->loadDefaultCollator(  Locale( langStr,
                                                   countryStr,
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ KeywordInfo* Databases::getKeyword( const rtl::OUString& Database,
 {
     osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
 
-    rtl::OUString key = processLang(Language) + rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/" ) + Database;
+    rtl::OUString key = processLang(Language) + rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "/" )) + Database;
 
     std::pair< KeywordInfoTable::iterator,bool > aPair =
         m_aKeywordInfo.insert( KeywordInfoTable::value_type( key,0 ) );
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ KeywordInfo* Databases::getKeyword( const rtl::OUString& Database,
 
             rtl::OUString fileNameDBHelp( fileNameOU );
             if( bExtension )
-                fileNameDBHelp += rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "_" );
+                fileNameDBHelp += rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "_" ));
             if( m_xSFA->exists( fileNameDBHelp ) )
             {
                 DBHelp aDBHelp( fileNameDBHelp, m_xSFA );
@@ -1133,8 +1133,8 @@ Reference< XHierarchicalNameAccess > Databases::jarFile( const rtl::OUString& ja
 
             Reference< XInterface > xIfc
                 = m_xSMgr->createInstanceWithArgumentsAndContext(
-                    rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(
-                        "com.sun.star.packages.comp.ZipPackage" ),
+                    rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+                        "com.sun.star.packages.comp.ZipPackage" )),
                     aArguments, m_xContext );
 
             if ( xIfc.is() )
@@ -1294,9 +1294,9 @@ void Databases::cascadingStylesheet( const rtl::OUString& Language,
                         uno::Reference< awt::XVclWindowPeer > xVclWindowPeer( xTopWindow, uno::UNO_QUERY );
                         if ( xVclWindowPeer.is() )
                         {
-                            uno::Any aHCMode = xVclWindowPeer->getProperty( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "HighContrastMode" ) );
+                            uno::Any aHCMode = xVclWindowPeer->getProperty( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "HighContrastMode" )) );
                             if ( ( aHCMode >>= bHighContrastMode ) && bHighContrastMode )
-                                aCSS = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "highcontrastblack" );
+                                aCSS = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "highcontrastblack" ));
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -1310,14 +1310,14 @@ void Databases::cascadingStylesheet( const rtl::OUString& Language,
                 fileURL =
                     getInstallPathAsURL()  +
                     processLang( Language )       +
-                    rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/" ) +
+                    rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "/" )) +
                     aCSS +
-                    rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( ".css" );
+                    rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( ".css" ));
             else if( retry == 1 )
                 fileURL =
                     getInstallPathAsURL()  +
                     aCSS +
-                    rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( ".css" );
+                    rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( ".css" ));
 
             osl::DirectoryItem aDirItem;
             osl::File aFile( fileURL );
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ void Databases::cascadingStylesheet( const rtl::OUString& Language,
             if ( !retry && error && bHighContrastMode )
             {
                 // fall back to default css
-                aCSS = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "default" );
+                aCSS = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "default" ));
                 retry = 2;
                 bHighContrastMode = sal_False;
             }
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ void Databases::setInstallPath( const rtl::OUString& aInstDir )
         //TODO: check returned error code
 
     if( m_aInstallDirectory.lastIndexOf( sal_Unicode( '/' ) ) != m_aInstallDirectory.getLength() - 1 )
-        m_aInstallDirectory += rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/" );
+        m_aInstallDirectory += rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "/" ));
 
     m_aInstallDirectoryWithoutEncoding = rtl::Uri::decode( m_aInstallDirectory,
                                                            rtl_UriDecodeWithCharset,
@@ -1498,13 +1498,13 @@ void ExtensionIteratorBase::init()
     if( !m_xContext.is() )
     {
         throw RuntimeException(
-            ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "ExtensionIteratorBase::init(), no XComponentContext" ),
+            ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "ExtensionIteratorBase::init(), no XComponentContext" )),
             Reference< XInterface >() );
     }
 
     Reference< XMultiComponentFactory > xSMgr( m_xContext->getServiceManager(), UNO_QUERY );
     m_xSFA = Reference< ucb::XSimpleFileAccess >(
-        xSMgr->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.ucb.SimpleFileAccess" ),
+        xSMgr->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.ucb.SimpleFileAccess" )),
         m_xContext ), UNO_QUERY_THROW );
 
     m_bUserPackagesLoaded = false;
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ Reference< deployment::XPackage > ExtensionIteratorBase::implGetNextUserHelpPack
     if( !m_bUserPackagesLoaded )
     {
         Reference< XPackageManager > xUserManager =
-            thePackageManagerFactory::get( m_xContext )->getPackageManager( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("user") );
+            thePackageManagerFactory::get( m_xContext )->getPackageManager( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("user")) );
         m_aUserPackagesSeq = xUserManager->getDeployedPackages
             ( Reference< task::XAbortChannel >(), Reference< ucb::XCommandEnvironment >() );
         m_bUserPackagesLoaded = true;
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ Reference< deployment::XPackage > ExtensionIteratorBase::implGetNextSharedHelpPa
     if( !m_bSharedPackagesLoaded )
     {
         Reference< XPackageManager > xSharedManager =
-            thePackageManagerFactory::get( m_xContext )->getPackageManager( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("shared") );
+            thePackageManagerFactory::get( m_xContext )->getPackageManager( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("shared")) );
         m_aSharedPackagesSeq = xSharedManager->getDeployedPackages
             ( Reference< task::XAbortChannel >(), Reference< ucb::XCommandEnvironment >() );
         m_bSharedPackagesLoaded = true;
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ Reference< deployment::XPackage > ExtensionIteratorBase::implGetNextBundledHelpP
     if( !m_bBundledPackagesLoaded )
     {
         Reference< XPackageManager > xBundledManager =
-            thePackageManagerFactory::get( m_xContext )->getPackageManager( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("bundled") );
+            thePackageManagerFactory::get( m_xContext )->getPackageManager( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("bundled")) );
         m_aBundledPackagesSeq = xBundledManager->getDeployedPackages
             ( Reference< task::XAbortChannel >(), Reference< ucb::XCommandEnvironment >() );
         m_bBundledPackagesLoaded = true;
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ rtl::OUString KeyDataBaseFileIterator::nextDbFile( bool& o_rbExtension )
                 aRetFile =
                     m_rDatabases.getInstallPathAsSystemPath() +
                     m_rDatabases.processLang( m_aLanguage ) + aSlash + m_aInitialModule +
-                    rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( ".key" );
+                    rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( ".key" ));
 
                 o_rbExtension = false;
 
@@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@ rtl::OUString KeyDataBaseFileIterator::implGetDbFileFromPackage
     ( Reference< deployment::XPackage > xPackage )
 {
     rtl::OUString aExpandedURL =
-        implGetFileFromPackage( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( ".key" ), xPackage );
+        implGetFileFromPackage( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( ".key" )), xPackage );
 
     rtl::OUString aRetFile;
     osl::FileBase::getSystemPathFromFileURL( aExpandedURL, aRetFile );
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ Reference< XHierarchicalNameAccess > JarFileIterator::implGetJarFromPackage
     Reference< XHierarchicalNameAccess > xNA;
 
     rtl::OUString zipFile =
-        implGetFileFromPackage( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( ".jar" ), xPackage );
+        implGetFileFromPackage( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( ".jar" )), xPackage );
 
     try
     {
@@ -2032,8 +2032,8 @@ Reference< XHierarchicalNameAccess > JarFileIterator::implGetJarFromPackage
         Reference< XMultiComponentFactory >xSMgr( m_xContext->getServiceManager(), UNO_QUERY );
         Reference< XInterface > xIfc
             = xSMgr->createInstanceWithArgumentsAndContext(
-                rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(
-                    "com.sun.star.packages.comp.ZipPackage" ),
+                rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+                    "com.sun.star.packages.comp.ZipPackage" )),
                 aArguments, m_xContext );
 
         if ( xIfc.is() )
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ rtl::OUString IndexFolderIterator::nextIndexFolder( bool& o_rbExtension, bool& o
                 aIndexFolder =
                     m_rDatabases.getInstallPathAsURL() +
                     m_rDatabases.processLang( m_aLanguage ) + aSlash + m_aInitialModule +
-                    rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( ".idxl" );
+                    rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( ".idxl" ));
 
                 o_rbTemporary = false;
                 o_rbExtension = false;
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ rtl::OUString IndexFolderIterator::nextIndexFolder( bool& o_rbExtension, bool& o
 rtl::OUString IndexFolderIterator::implGetIndexFolderFromPackage( bool& o_rbTemporary, Reference< deployment::XPackage > xPackage )
 {
     rtl::OUString aIndexFolder =
-        implGetFileFromPackage( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( ".idxl" ), xPackage );
+        implGetFileFromPackage( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( ".idxl" )), xPackage );
 
     o_rbTemporary = false;
     if( !m_xSFA->isFolder( aIndexFolder ) )
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ rtl::OUString IndexFolderIterator::implGetIndexFolderFromPackage( bool& o_rbTemp
             bool bIsWriteAccess = false;
             try
             {
-                rtl::OUString aCreateTestFolder = aLangURL + rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "CreateTestFolder" );
+                rtl::OUString aCreateTestFolder = aLangURL + rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "CreateTestFolder" ));
                 m_xSFA->createFolder( aCreateTestFolder );
                 if( m_xSFA->isFolder( aCreateTestFolder  ) )
                     bIsWriteAccess = true;
@@ -2177,25 +2177,25 @@ rtl::OUString IndexFolderIterator::implGetIndexFolderFromPackage( bool& o_rbTemp
             try
             {
                 xInvocation = Reference< script::XInvocation >(
-                    m_xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(
-                    "com.sun.star.help.HelpIndexer" ), m_xContext ) , UNO_QUERY );
+                    m_xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+                    "com.sun.star.help.HelpIndexer" )), m_xContext ) , UNO_QUERY );
 
                 if( xInvocation.is() )
                 {
                     Sequence<uno::Any> aParamsSeq( bIsWriteAccess ? 6 : 8 );
 
-                    aParamsSeq[0] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "-lang" ) );
+                    aParamsSeq[0] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "-lang" )) );
 
                     rtl::OUString aLang;
                     sal_Int32 nLastSlash = aLangURL.lastIndexOf( '/' );
                     if( nLastSlash != -1 )
                         aLang = aLangURL.copy( nLastSlash + 1 );
                     else
-                        aLang = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "en" );
+                        aLang = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "en" ));
                     aParamsSeq[1] = uno::makeAny( aLang );
 
-                    aParamsSeq[2] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "-mod" ) );
-                    aParamsSeq[3] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "help" ) );
+                    aParamsSeq[2] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "-mod" )) );
+                    aParamsSeq[3] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "help" )) );
 
                     rtl::OUString aZipDir = aLangURL;
                     if( !bIsWriteAccess )
@@ -2218,14 +2218,14 @@ rtl::OUString IndexFolderIterator::implGetIndexFolderFromPackage( bool& o_rbTemp
                         }
                     }
 
-                    aParamsSeq[4] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "-zipdir" ) );
+                    aParamsSeq[4] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "-zipdir" )) );
                     rtl::OUString aSystemPath;
                     osl::FileBase::getSystemPathFromFileURL( aZipDir, aSystemPath );
                     aParamsSeq[5] = uno::makeAny( aSystemPath );
 
                     if( !bIsWriteAccess )
                     {
-                        aParamsSeq[6] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "-srcdir" ) );
+                        aParamsSeq[6] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "-srcdir" )) );
                         rtl::OUString aSrcDirVal;
                         osl::FileBase::getSystemPathFromFileURL( aLangURL, aSrcDirVal );
                         aParamsSeq[7] = uno::makeAny( aSrcDirVal );
@@ -2233,13 +2233,13 @@ rtl::OUString IndexFolderIterator::implGetIndexFolderFromPackage( bool& o_rbTemp
 
                     Sequence< sal_Int16 > aOutParamIndex;
                     Sequence< uno::Any > aOutParam;
-                    uno::Any aRet = xInvocation->invoke( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "createIndex" ),
+                    uno::Any aRet = xInvocation->invoke( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "createIndex" )),
                         aParamsSeq, aOutParamIndex, aOutParam );
 
                     if( bIsWriteAccess )
-                        aIndexFolder = implGetFileFromPackage( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( ".idxl" ), xPackage );
+                        aIndexFolder = implGetFileFromPackage( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( ".idxl" )), xPackage );
                     else
-                        aIndexFolder = aZipDir + rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/help.idxl" );
+                        aIndexFolder = aZipDir + rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "/help.idxl" ));
                 }
             }
             catch (Exception &)
diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/provider.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/provider.cxx
index 0aa3d26005b7..713e2596ac58 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/provider.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/provider.cxx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ ContentProvider::ContentProvider(
     const uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFactory >& rSMgr )
     : ::ucbhelper::ContentProviderImplHelper( rSMgr ),
         isInitialized( false ),
-        m_aScheme( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( MYUCP_URL_SCHEME ) ),
+        m_aScheme(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(MYUCP_URL_SCHEME)),
         m_pDatabases( 0 )
 {
 }
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ rtl::OUString SAL_CALL ContentProvider::getImplementationName()
 
 rtl::OUString ContentProvider::getImplementationName_Static()
 {
-    return rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("CHelpContentProvider" );
+    return rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("CHelpContentProvider" ));
 }
 
 sal_Bool SAL_CALL
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ ContentProvider::getSupportedServiceNames_Static()
 {
     uno::Sequence< rtl::OUString > aSNS( 2 );
     aSNS.getArray()[ 0 ] =
-        rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(
-            MYUCP_CONTENT_PROVIDER_SERVICE_NAME1 );
+        rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+            MYUCP_CONTENT_PROVIDER_SERVICE_NAME1 ));
     aSNS.getArray()[ 1 ] =
-        rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(
-            MYUCP_CONTENT_PROVIDER_SERVICE_NAME2 );
+        rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+            MYUCP_CONTENT_PROVIDER_SERVICE_NAME2 ));
 
     return aSNS;
 }
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ void ContentProvider::init()
     rtl::OUString instPath( getKey( xHierAccess,"Path/Current/Help" ) );
     if( ! instPath.getLength() )
         // try to determine path from default
-        instPath = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "$(instpath)/help" );
+        instPath = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "$(instpath)/help" ));
     // replace anything like $(instpath);
     subst( instPath );
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ void ContentProvider::init()
         if( xAccess.is() )
         {
             uno::Any aAny =
-                xAccess->getByName( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "Help" ) );
+                xAccess->getByName( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "Help" )) );
             aAny >>= m_xContainer;
             if( m_xContainer.is() )
                 m_xContainer->addContainerListener( this );
@@ -317,21 +317,21 @@ void ContentProvider::init()
     try
     {
         uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFactory > xConfigProvider(
-              m_xSMgr ->createInstance(::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider")), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+              m_xSMgr ->createInstance(::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider"))), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
 
         uno::Sequence < uno::Any > lParams(1);
         beans::PropertyValue                       aParam ;
-        aParam.Name    = ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("nodepath");
-        aParam.Value <<= ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("/org.openoffice.Setup/Product");
+        aParam.Name    = ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("nodepath"));
+        aParam.Value <<= ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("/org.openoffice.Setup/Product"));
         lParams[0] = uno::makeAny(aParam);
 
         // open it
         uno::Reference< uno::XInterface > xCFG( xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments(
-                    ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess"),
+                    ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess")),
                     lParams) );
 
         uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xDirectAccess(xCFG, uno::UNO_QUERY);
-        uno::Any aRet = xDirectAccess->getByName(::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("ooSetupExtension"));
+        uno::Any aRet = xDirectAccess->getByName(::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("ooSetupExtension")));
 
         aRet >>= setupextension;
     }
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ void ContentProvider::init()
 
     rtl::OUString productversion(
         setupversion +
-        rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( " " ) +
+        rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( " " )) +
         setupextension );
 
     uno::Sequence< rtl::OUString > aImagesZipPaths( 2 );
@@ -384,8 +384,8 @@ ContentProvider::getConfiguration() const
         try
         {
             rtl::OUString sProviderService =
-                rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(
-                    "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider" );
+                rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+                    "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider" ));
             sProvider =
                 uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFactory >(
                     m_xSMgr->createInstance( sProviderService ),
@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@ ContentProvider::getHierAccess(
     {
         uno::Sequence< uno::Any > seq( 1 );
         rtl::OUString sReaderService(
-            rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(
-                "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess" ) );
+            rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+                "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess" )) );
 
         seq[ 0 ] <<= rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( file );
 
@@ -489,8 +489,8 @@ void ContentProvider::subst( rtl::OUString& instpath ) const
             xCfgMgr =
                 uno::Reference< frame::XConfigManager >(
                     m_xSMgr->createInstance(
-                        rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(
-                            "com.sun.star.config.SpecialConfigManager" ) ),
+                        rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+                            "com.sun.star.config.SpecialConfigManager" )) ),
                     uno::UNO_QUERY );
         }
         catch( const uno::Exception&)
diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/resultsetbase.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/resultsetbase.cxx
index 451811a59ff4..04e2f7576230 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/resultsetbase.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/resultsetbase.cxx
@@ -505,12 +505,12 @@ ResultSetBase::getPropertySetInfo()
     throw( uno::RuntimeException)
 {
     uno::Sequence< beans::Property > seq(2);
-    seq[0].Name = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "RowCount" );
+    seq[0].Name = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "RowCount" ));
     seq[0].Handle = -1;
     seq[0].Type = getCppuType( static_cast< sal_Int32* >(0) );
     seq[0].Attributes = beans::PropertyAttribute::READONLY;
 
-    seq[1].Name = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "IsRowCountFinal" );
+    seq[1].Name = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "IsRowCountFinal" ));
     seq[1].Handle = -1;
     seq[1].Type = getCppuType( static_cast< sal_Bool* >(0) );
     seq[1].Attributes = beans::PropertyAttribute::READONLY;
@@ -531,8 +531,8 @@ void SAL_CALL ResultSetBase::setPropertyValue(
 {
     (void)aValue;
 
-    if( aPropertyName == rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "IsRowCountFinal" ) ||
-        aPropertyName == rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "RowCount" ) )
+    if( aPropertyName == rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "IsRowCountFinal" )) ||
+        aPropertyName == rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "RowCount" )) )
         return;
 
     throw beans::UnknownPropertyException();
@@ -545,13 +545,13 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL ResultSetBase::getPropertyValue(
            lang::WrappedTargetException,
            uno::RuntimeException)
 {
-    if( PropertyName == rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "IsRowCountFinal" ) )
+    if( PropertyName == rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "IsRowCountFinal" )) )
     {
         uno::Any aAny;
         aAny <<= m_bRowCountFinal;
         return aAny;
     }
-    else if ( PropertyName == rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "RowCount" ) )
+    else if ( PropertyName == rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "RowCount" )) )
     {
         uno::Any aAny;
         sal_Int32 count = m_aItems.size();
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ void SAL_CALL ResultSetBase::addPropertyChangeListener(
            lang::WrappedTargetException,
            uno::RuntimeException)
 {
-    if( aPropertyName == rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "IsRowCountFinal" ) )
+    if( aPropertyName == rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "IsRowCountFinal" )) )
     {
         osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
         if ( ! m_pIsFinalListeners )
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ void SAL_CALL ResultSetBase::addPropertyChangeListener(
 
         m_pIsFinalListeners->addInterface( xListener );
     }
-    else if ( aPropertyName == rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "RowCount" ) )
+    else if ( aPropertyName == rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "RowCount" )) )
     {
         osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
         if ( ! m_pRowCountListeners )
@@ -599,13 +599,13 @@ void SAL_CALL ResultSetBase::removePropertyChangeListener(
            lang::WrappedTargetException,
            uno::RuntimeException)
 {
-    if( aPropertyName == rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "IsRowCountFinal" ) &&
+    if( aPropertyName == rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "IsRowCountFinal" )) &&
         m_pIsFinalListeners )
     {
         osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
         m_pIsFinalListeners->removeInterface( aListener );
     }
-    else if ( aPropertyName == rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "RowCount" ) &&
+    else if ( aPropertyName == rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "RowCount" )) &&
               m_pRowCountListeners )
     {
         osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/resultsetforquery.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/resultsetforquery.cxx
index 1df8105ec198..0da606e5ce06 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/resultsetforquery.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/resultsetforquery.cxx
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ ResultSetForQuery::ResultSetForQuery( const uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceF
       m_aURLParameter( aURLParameter )
 {
     Reference< XTransliteration > xTrans(
-        xMSF->createInstance( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.i18n.Transliteration" ) ),
+        xMSF->createInstance( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.i18n.Transliteration" )) ),
         UNO_QUERY );
     Locale aLocale( aURLParameter.get_language(),
                     rtl::OUString(),
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ ResultSetForQuery::ResultSetForQuery( const uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceF
 
     // Access Lucene via XInvocation
     Reference< script::XInvocation > xInvocation(
-        xMSF->createInstance( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.help.HelpSearch" ) ),
+        xMSF->createInstance( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.help.HelpSearch" )) ),
         UNO_QUERY );
 
     vector< vector< rtl::OUString > > queryList;
@@ -182,27 +182,27 @@ ResultSetForQuery::ResultSetForQuery( const uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceF
                     int nParamCount = bCaptionsOnly ? 7 : 6;
                     Sequence<uno::Any> aParamsSeq( nParamCount );
 
-                    aParamsSeq[0] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "-lang" ) );
+                    aParamsSeq[0] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "-lang" )) );
                     aParamsSeq[1] = uno::makeAny( m_aURLParameter.get_language() );
 
-                    aParamsSeq[2] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "-index" ) );
+                    aParamsSeq[2] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "-index" )) );
                     rtl::OUString aSystemPath;
                     osl::FileBase::getSystemPathFromFileURL( idxDir, aSystemPath );
                     aParamsSeq[3] = uno::makeAny( aSystemPath );
 
-                    aParamsSeq[4] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "-query" ) );
+                    aParamsSeq[4] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "-query" )) );
 
                     const std::vector< rtl::OUString >& aListItem = queryList[i];
                     ::rtl::OUString aNewQueryStr = aListItem[0];
                     aParamsSeq[5] = uno::makeAny( aNewQueryStr );
 
                     if( bCaptionsOnly )
-                        aParamsSeq[6] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "-caption" ) );
+                        aParamsSeq[6] = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "-caption" )) );
 
                     Sequence< sal_Int16 > aOutParamIndex;
                     Sequence< uno::Any > aOutParam;
 
-                    uno::Any aRet = xInvocation->invoke( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "search" ),
+                    uno::Any aRet = xInvocation->invoke( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "search" )),
                         aParamsSeq, aOutParamIndex, aOutParam );
 
                     Sequence< float > aScoreSeq;
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ ResultSetForQuery::ResultSetForQuery( const uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceF
 #endif
     }
 
-    sal_Int32 replIdx = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "#HLP#" ).getLength();
-    rtl::OUString replWith = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "vnd.sun.star.help://" );
+    sal_Int32 replIdx = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "#HLP#" )).getLength();
+    rtl::OUString replWith = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "vnd.sun.star.help://" ));
 
     int nResultCount = aCompleteResultVector.size();
     for( int r = 0 ; r < nResultCount ; ++r )
@@ -427,16 +427,16 @@ ResultSetForQuery::ResultSetForQuery( const uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceF
     m_aIdents.resize( m_aPath.size() );
 
     Command aCommand;
-    aCommand.Name = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "getPropertyValues" );
+    aCommand.Name = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "getPropertyValues" ));
     aCommand.Argument <<= m_sProperty;
 
     for( m_nRow = 0; sal::static_int_cast<sal_uInt32>( m_nRow ) < m_aPath.size(); ++m_nRow )
     {
         m_aPath[m_nRow] =
             m_aPath[m_nRow]                                          +
-            rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "?Language=" )           +
+            rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "?Language=" ))           +
             m_aURLParameter.get_language()                           +
-            rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "&System=" )             +
+            rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "&System=" ))             +
             m_aURLParameter.get_system();
 
         uno::Reference< XContent > content = queryContent();
diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/resultsetforroot.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/resultsetforroot.cxx
index 0a827cf8284b..3f899b0b62db 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/resultsetforroot.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/resultsetforroot.cxx
@@ -57,17 +57,17 @@ ResultSetForRoot::ResultSetForRoot( const uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFac
     m_aIdents.resize( m_aPath.size() );
 
     Command aCommand;
-    aCommand.Name = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "getPropertyValues" );
+    aCommand.Name = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "getPropertyValues" ));
     aCommand.Argument <<= m_sProperty;
 
     for( sal_uInt32 i = 0; i < m_aPath.size(); ++i )
     {
         m_aPath[i] =
-            rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "vnd.sun.star.help://" ) +
+            rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "vnd.sun.star.help://" )) +
             m_aPath[i]                                               +
-            rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "?Language=" )           +
+            rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "?Language=" ))           +
             m_aURLParameter.get_language()                           +
-            rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "&System=" )             +
+            rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "&System=" ))             +
             m_aURLParameter.get_system();
 
         m_nRow = sal_Int32( i );
diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/services.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/services.cxx
index dbc6d24589c7..782eb343a523 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/services.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/services.cxx
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ static sal_Bool writeInfo(
     const rtl::OUString & rImplementationName,
     uno::Sequence< rtl::OUString > const & rServiceNames )
 {
-    rtl::OUString aKeyName( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/" ) );
+    rtl::OUString aKeyName(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("/"));
     aKeyName += rImplementationName;
-    aKeyName += rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/UNO/SERVICES" );
+    aKeyName += rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "/UNO/SERVICES" ));
 
     uno::Reference< registry::XRegistryKey > xKey;
     try
diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/urlparameter.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/urlparameter.cxx
index 0208f4353e93..1c56d5fcb9ba 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/urlparameter.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/urlparameter.cxx
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ rtl::OUString URLParameter::get_title()
             m_aTitle = inf->get_title();
     }
     else   // This must be the root
-        m_aTitle = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("root");
+        m_aTitle = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("root"));
 
     return m_aTitle;
 }
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ rtl::OUString URLParameter::get_the_jar()
         return m_aJar;
     }
     else
-        return get_module() + rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(".jar");
+        return get_module() + rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(".jar"));
 }
 
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ rtl::OUString URLParameter::get_the_jar()
 
 void URLParameter::readBerkeley()
 {
-    static rtl::OUString aQuestionMark( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "?" ) );
+    static rtl::OUString aQuestionMark(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("?"));
 
     if( get_id().compareToAscii("") == 0 )
         return;
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ void URLParameter::open( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& rxSMgr,
     {
         Reference< XInputStream > xStream;
         Reference< XHierarchicalNameAccess > xNA =
-            m_pDatabases->jarFile( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "picture.jar" ),
+            m_pDatabases->jarFile( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "picture.jar" )),
                                    get_language() );
 
         rtl::OUString path = get_path();
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ void URLParameter::open( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& rxSMgr,
     {
         Reference< XInputStream > xStream;
         Reference< XHierarchicalNameAccess > xNA =
-            m_pDatabases->jarFile( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "picture.jar" ),
+            m_pDatabases->jarFile( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "picture.jar" )),
                                    get_language() );
 
         rtl::OUString path = get_path();
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ bool URLParameter::scheme()
         if( aLastStr.compareToAscii( "DbPAR=" ) == 0 )
         {
             rtl::OUString aNewExpr = m_aExpr.copy( 0, 20 );
-            rtl::OUString aSharedStr = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "shared" );
+            rtl::OUString aSharedStr(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("shared"));
             aNewExpr += aSharedStr;
             aNewExpr += m_aExpr.copy( 20 );
             aNewExpr += aSharedStr;
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ bool URLParameter::query()
             if( ! m_aQuery.getLength() )
                 m_aQuery = value;
             else
-                m_aQuery += ( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( " " ) + value );
+                m_aQuery += ( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( " " )) + value );
         }
         else if( parameter.compareToAscii( "Scope" ) == 0 )
             m_aScope = value;
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ InputStreamTransformer::InputStreamTransformer( URLParameter* urlParam,
             if( !xContext.is() )
             {
                 throw RuntimeException(
-                    ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "InputStreamTransformer::InputStreamTransformer(), no XComponentContext" ),
+                    ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "InputStreamTransformer::InputStreamTransformer(), no XComponentContext" )),
                     Reference< XInterface >() );
             }
 
diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/test/searchdemo.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/test/searchdemo.cxx
index 6bf827e849a2..201567356213 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/test/searchdemo.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/test/searchdemo.cxx
@@ -78,21 +78,21 @@ int main( int argc,char* argv[] )
 
     try
     {
-        rtl::OUString installDir = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "//./e|/index/" );
+        rtl::OUString installDir(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("//./e|/index/"));
         QueryProcessor queryProcessor( installDir );
 
         std::vector<rtl::OUString> Query(2);
-        Query[0] = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "text*" );
-        Query[1] = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "abbildung" );
-        rtl::OUString Scope = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "headingheading" );
+        Query[0] = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "text*" ));
+        Query[1] = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "abbildung" ));
+        rtl::OUString Scope = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "headingheading" ));
         int HitCount = 40;
 
          QueryStatement queryStatement( HitCount,Query,Scope );
         queryResults = queryProcessor.processQuery( queryStatement );
 
         rtl::OUString translations[2];
-        translations[0] = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "#HLP#" );
-        translations[1] = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "vnd.sun.star.help://" );
+        translations[0] = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "#HLP#" ));
+        translations[1] = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "vnd.sun.star.help://" ));
 
         PrefixTranslator* translator =  PrefixTranslator::makePrefixTranslator( translations,2 );
 
diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/treeview/tvfactory.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/treeview/tvfactory.cxx
index 21214059a8be..b4361e50d8ef 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/treeview/tvfactory.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/treeview/tvfactory.cxx
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ TVFactory::createInstance(
     aAny <<= rtl::OUString();
     Sequence< Any > seq( 1 );
     seq[0] <<= PropertyValue(
-        rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "nodepath" ),
+        rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "nodepath" )),
         -1,
         aAny,
         PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE );
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ TVFactory::getAvailableServiceNames( )
     throw( RuntimeException )
 {
     Sequence< rtl::OUString > seq( 1 );
-    seq[0] = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.ucb.HierarchyDataReadAccess" );
+    seq[0] = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.ucb.HierarchyDataReadAccess" ));
     return seq;
 }
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ TVFactory::getAvailableServiceNames( )
 rtl::OUString SAL_CALL
 TVFactory::getImplementationName_static()
 {
-    return rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.help.TreeViewImpl" );
+    return rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.help.TreeViewImpl" ));
 }
 
 
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ Sequence< rtl::OUString > SAL_CALL
 TVFactory::getSupportedServiceNames_static()
 {
     Sequence< rtl::OUString > seq( 2 );
-    seq[0] = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.help.TreeView" );
-    seq[1] = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.ucb.HiearchyDataSource" );
+    seq[0] = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.help.TreeView" ));
+    seq[1] = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.ucb.HiearchyDataSource" ));
     return seq;
 }
 
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ static sal_Bool writeInfo( void * pRegistryKey,
                            const rtl::OUString & rImplementationName,
                               Sequence< rtl::OUString > const & rServiceNames )
 {
-    rtl::OUString aKeyName( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/" ) );
+    rtl::OUString aKeyName( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "/" )) );
     aKeyName += rImplementationName;
-    aKeyName += rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/UNO/SERVICES" );
+    aKeyName += rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "/UNO/SERVICES" ));
 
     Reference< registry::XRegistryKey > xKey;
     try
diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/treeview/tvread.cxx b/xmlhelp/source/treeview/tvread.cxx
index 06c3609aa8fb..b017ae6e6b7c 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/treeview/tvread.cxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/treeview/tvread.cxx
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ using namespace com::sun::star::deployment;
 
 
 ConfigData::ConfigData()
-    : prodName( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "%PRODUCTNAME" ) ),
-      prodVersion( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "%PRODUCTVERSION" ) ),
-      vendName( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "%VENDORNAME" ) ),
-      vendVersion( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "%VENDORVERSION" ) ),
-      vendShort( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "%VENDORSHORT" ) )
+    : prodName(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("%PRODUCTNAME")),
+      prodVersion(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("%PRODUCTVERSION")),
+      vendName(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("%VENDORNAME")),
+      vendVersion(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("%VENDORVERSION")),
+      vendShort(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("%VENDORSHORT"))
 {
 }
 
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ TVRead::TVRead( const ConfigData& configData,TVDom* tvDom )
     {
         TargetURL = ( tvDom->getTargetURL() + configData.appendix );
         if( tvDom->anchor.getLength() )
-            TargetURL += ( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "#" ) +
+            TargetURL += ( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "#" )) +
                            tvDom->anchor );
     }
     else
@@ -363,9 +363,9 @@ TVRead::getElementNames( )
 {
     Sequence< rtl::OUString > seq( 3 );
 
-    seq[0] = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "Title" );
-    seq[1] = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "TargetURL" );
-    seq[2] = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "Children" );
+    seq[0] = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "Title" ));
+    seq[1] = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "TargetURL" ));
+    seq[2] = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "Children" ));
 
     return seq;
 }
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ ConfigData TVChildTarget::init( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& xSMgr )
     rtl::OUString instPath( getKey( xHierAccess,"Path/Current/Help" ) );
     if( ! instPath.getLength() )
       // try to determine path from default
-      instPath = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "$(instpath)/help" );
+      instPath = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "$(instpath)/help" ));
 
     // replace anything like $(instpath);
     subst( xSMgr,instPath );
@@ -686,21 +686,21 @@ ConfigData TVChildTarget::init( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& xSMgr )
     try
     {
         uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFactory > xConfigProvider(
-              xSMgr ->createInstance(::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider")), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+              xSMgr ->createInstance(::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider"))), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
 
         uno::Sequence < uno::Any > lParams(1);
         beans::PropertyValue                       aParam ;
-        aParam.Name    = ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("nodepath");
-        aParam.Value <<= ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("/org.openoffice.Setup/Product");
+        aParam.Name    = ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("nodepath"));
+        aParam.Value <<= ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("/org.openoffice.Setup/Product"));
         lParams[0] = uno::makeAny(aParam);
 
         // open it
         uno::Reference< uno::XInterface > xCFG( xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments(
-                    ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess"),
+                    ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess")),
                     lParams) );
 
         uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xDirectAccess(xCFG, uno::UNO_QUERY);
-        uno::Any aRet = xDirectAccess->getByName(::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("ooSetupExtension"));
+        uno::Any aRet = xDirectAccess->getByName(::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("ooSetupExtension")));
 
         aRet >>= setupextension;
     }
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ ConfigData TVChildTarget::init( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& xSMgr )
     }
 
     rtl::OUString productVersion( setupversion +
-                                  rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( " " ) +
+                                  rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( " " )) +
                                   setupextension );
     rtl::OUString locale( getKey( xHierAccess,"L10N/ooLocale" ) );
 
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ ConfigData TVChildTarget::init( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& xSMgr )
     osl::FileBase::RC errFile = osl::FileBase::getFileURLFromSystemPath( instPath,url );
     if( errFile != osl::FileBase::E_None ) return configData;
     if( url.lastIndexOf( sal_Unicode( '/' ) ) != url.getLength() - 1 )
-        url += rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/" );
+        url += rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "/" ));
     rtl::OUString ret;
     sal_Int32 idx;
     osl::DirectoryItem aDirItem;
@@ -732,8 +732,8 @@ ConfigData TVChildTarget::init( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& xSMgr )
         ret = locale.copy( 0,idx );
     else
         {
-        locale = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "en-US" );
-        ret = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("en");
+        locale = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "en-US" ));
+        ret = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("en"));
         }
     url = url + ret;
 
@@ -800,11 +800,11 @@ ConfigData TVChildTarget::init( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& xSMgr )
        configData.system = system;
     configData.locale = locale;
     configData.appendix =
-        rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "?Language=" ) +
+        rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "?Language=" )) +
         configData.locale +
-        rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "&System=" ) +
+        rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "&System=" )) +
         configData.system +
-        rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "&UseDB=no" ) ;
+        rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "&UseDB=no" )) ;
 
     return configData;
 }
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ TVChildTarget::getConfiguration(const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& m_xSMgr
         try
         {
             rtl::OUString sProviderService =
-                rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider" );
+                rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationProvider" ));
             sProvider =
                 Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >(
                     m_xSMgr->createInstance( sProviderService ),
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ TVChildTarget::getHierAccess( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& sProvider
     {
         Sequence< Any > seq(1);
         rtl::OUString sReaderService =
-            rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess" );
+            rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess" ));
 
         seq[0] <<= rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( file );
 
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ void TVChildTarget::subst( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& m_xSMgr,
         {
             xCfgMgr =
                 Reference< XConfigManager >(
-                    m_xSMgr->createInstance( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.config.SpecialConfigManager" ) ),
+                    m_xSMgr->createInstance( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.config.SpecialConfigManager" )) ),
                     UNO_QUERY );
         }
         catch( const com::sun::star::uno::Exception& )
@@ -949,9 +949,9 @@ void TVChildTarget::subst( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& m_xSMgr,
 //===================================================================
 // class ExtensionIteratorBase
 
-static rtl::OUString aSlash( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/" ) );
-static rtl::OUString aHelpFilesBaseName( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "help" ) );
-static rtl::OUString aHelpMediaType( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "application/vnd.sun.star.help" ) );
+static rtl::OUString aSlash(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("/"));
+static rtl::OUString aHelpFilesBaseName(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("help"));
+static rtl::OUString aHelpMediaType(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "application/vnd.sun.star.help"));
 
 ExtensionIteratorBase::ExtensionIteratorBase( const rtl::OUString& aLanguage )
         : m_eState( USER_EXTENSIONS )
@@ -974,13 +974,13 @@ void ExtensionIteratorBase::init()
     if( !m_xContext.is() )
     {
         throw RuntimeException(
-            ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "ExtensionIteratorBase::init(), no XComponentContext" ),
+            ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "ExtensionIteratorBase::init(), no XComponentContext" )),
             Reference< XInterface >() );
     }
 
     Reference< XMultiComponentFactory > xSMgr( m_xContext->getServiceManager(), UNO_QUERY );
     m_xSFA = Reference< ucb::XSimpleFileAccess >(
-        xSMgr->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.ucb.SimpleFileAccess" ),
+        xSMgr->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.ucb.SimpleFileAccess" )),
         m_xContext ), UNO_QUERY_THROW );
 
     m_bUserPackagesLoaded = false;
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ Reference< deployment::XPackage > ExtensionIteratorBase::implGetNextUserHelpPack
     if( !m_bUserPackagesLoaded )
     {
         Reference< XPackageManager > xUserManager =
-            thePackageManagerFactory::get( m_xContext )->getPackageManager( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("user") );
+            thePackageManagerFactory::get( m_xContext )->getPackageManager( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("user")) );
         m_aUserPackagesSeq = xUserManager->getDeployedPackages
             ( Reference< task::XAbortChannel >(), Reference< ucb::XCommandEnvironment >() );
 
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ Reference< deployment::XPackage > ExtensionIteratorBase::implGetNextSharedHelpPa
     if( !m_bSharedPackagesLoaded )
     {
         Reference< XPackageManager > xSharedManager =
-            thePackageManagerFactory::get( m_xContext )->getPackageManager( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("shared") );
+            thePackageManagerFactory::get( m_xContext )->getPackageManager( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("shared")) );
         m_aSharedPackagesSeq = xSharedManager->getDeployedPackages
             ( Reference< task::XAbortChannel >(), Reference< ucb::XCommandEnvironment >() );
 
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ Reference< deployment::XPackage > ExtensionIteratorBase::implGetNextBundledHelpP
     if( !m_bBundledPackagesLoaded )
     {
         Reference< XPackageManager > xBundledManager =
-            thePackageManagerFactory::get( m_xContext )->getPackageManager( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii("bundled") );
+            thePackageManagerFactory::get( m_xContext )->getPackageManager( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("bundled")) );
         m_aBundledPackagesSeq = xBundledManager->getDeployedPackages
             ( Reference< task::XAbortChannel >(), Reference< ucb::XCommandEnvironment >() );
 
@@ -1236,18 +1236,18 @@ rtl::OUString TreeFileIterator::expandURL( const rtl::OUString& aURL )
         Reference< XMultiComponentFactory > xSMgr( m_xContext->getServiceManager(), UNO_QUERY );
 
         xFac = Reference< uri::XUriReferenceFactory >(
-            xSMgr->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString::createFromAscii(
-            "com.sun.star.uri.UriReferenceFactory"), m_xContext ) , UNO_QUERY );
+            xSMgr->createInstanceWithContext( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+            "com.sun.star.uri.UriReferenceFactory")), m_xContext ) , UNO_QUERY );
         if( !xFac.is() )
         {
             throw RuntimeException(
-                ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "Databases::expand(), could not instatiate UriReferenceFactory." ),
+                ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "Databases::expand(), could not instatiate UriReferenceFactory." )),
                 Reference< XInterface >() );
         }
 
         xMacroExpander = Reference< util::XMacroExpander >(
             m_xContext->getValueByName(
-            ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "/singletons/com.sun.star.util.theMacroExpander" ) ),
+            ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "/singletons/com.sun.star.util.theMacroExpander" )) ),
             UNO_QUERY_THROW );
      }