From 964617156260cd157d4f39be01a5d3dec1c29a27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olivier Hallot <olivier.hallot@alta.org.br>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:47:34 -0200
Subject: Fix for fdo43460 Part XL getLength() to isEmpty()

Part XL
Modules
sw
---
 sw/source/core/access/accnotextframe.cxx         |  8 +++---
 sw/source/core/access/accpara.cxx                |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/access/acctextframe.cxx           |  8 +++---
 sw/source/core/crsr/crossrefbookmark.cxx         |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/crsr/findattr.cxx                 |  6 ++--
 sw/source/core/crsr/findtxt.cxx                  |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/doc/doc.cxx                       |  4 +--
 sw/source/core/doc/docbm.cxx                     |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/doc/docfld.cxx                    |  8 +++---
 sw/source/core/edit/edlingu.cxx                  |  4 +--
 sw/source/core/edit/edtox.cxx                    |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/fields/dbfld.cxx                  |  6 ++--
 sw/source/core/fields/docufld.cxx                |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/layout/dbg_lay.cxx                |  6 ++--
 sw/source/core/text/EnhancedPDFExportHelper.cxx  |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/text/wrong.cxx                    |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/txtnode/txtedt.cxx                |  4 +--
 sw/source/core/undo/unins.cxx                    |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/unocore/XMLRangeHelper.cxx        |  4 +--
 sw/source/core/unocore/unobkm.cxx                |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/unocore/unochart.cxx              | 12 ++++----
 sw/source/core/unocore/unocoll.cxx               |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/unocore/unocrsrhelper.cxx         | 18 ++++++------
 sw/source/core/unocore/unoftn.cxx                |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/unocore/unoidx.cxx                | 18 ++++++------
 sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj2.cxx               |  4 +--
 sw/source/core/unocore/unoparagraph.cxx          |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/unocore/unoredline.cxx            |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/unocore/unosect.cxx               | 14 ++++-----
 sw/source/core/unocore/unosett.cxx               |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/unocore/unostyle.cxx              |  8 +++---
 sw/source/core/unocore/unotbl.cxx                |  2 +-
 sw/source/core/unocore/unotext.cxx               |  2 +-
 sw/source/filter/html/css1atr.cxx                | 10 +++----
 sw/source/filter/html/htmlatr.cxx                | 12 ++++----
 sw/source/filter/html/htmldraw.cxx               |  2 +-
 sw/source/filter/html/htmlfly.cxx                | 10 +++----
 sw/source/filter/html/htmlforw.cxx               | 36 ++++++++++++------------
 sw/source/filter/html/htmlplug.cxx               | 10 +++----
 sw/source/filter/html/swhtml.cxx                 | 10 +++----
 sw/source/filter/html/wrthtml.cxx                |  2 +-
 sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx     | 26 ++++++++---------
 sw/source/filter/ww8/docxexport.cxx              |  4 +--
 sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfexport.cxx               | 10 +++----
 sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8nds.cxx                |  2 +-
 sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx                  |  8 +++---
 sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par5.cxx                 |  4 +--
 sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8toolbar.cxx              |  2 +-
 sw/source/filter/xml/swxml.cxx                   |  2 +-
 sw/source/filter/xml/wrtxml.cxx                  |  4 +--
 sw/source/filter/xml/xmlbrsh.cxx                 |  4 +--
 sw/source/filter/xml/xmlexpit.cxx                |  2 +-
 sw/source/filter/xml/xmlfmt.cxx                  |  8 +++---
 sw/source/filter/xml/xmlfmte.cxx                 |  6 ++--
 sw/source/filter/xml/xmlimpit.cxx                |  2 +-
 sw/source/filter/xml/xmlitemi.cxx                |  2 +-
 sw/source/filter/xml/xmlithlp.cxx                |  2 +-
 sw/source/filter/xml/xmltble.cxx                 |  4 +--
 sw/source/filter/xml/xmltbli.cxx                 | 26 ++++++++---------
 sw/source/filter/xml/xmltexte.cxx                | 14 ++++-----
 sw/source/filter/xml/xmltexti.cxx                | 18 ++++++------
 sw/source/ui/app/docst.cxx                       |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/chrdlg/chardlg.cxx                  |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/config/mailconfigpage.cxx           |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/config/modcfg.cxx                   |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/config/optcomp.cxx                  |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/dbui/addresslistdialog.cxx          | 10 +++----
 sw/source/ui/dbui/customizeaddresslistdialog.cxx |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/dbui/dbinsdlg.cxx                   |  4 +--
 sw/source/ui/dbui/dbmgr.cxx                      |  8 +++---
 sw/source/ui/dbui/mailmergechildwindow.cxx       |  8 +++---
 sw/source/ui/dbui/mailmergehelper.cxx            | 10 +++----
 sw/source/ui/dbui/mmaddressblockpage.cxx         |  4 +--
 sw/source/ui/dbui/mmconfigitem.cxx               | 14 ++++-----
 sw/source/ui/dbui/mmdocselectpage.cxx            |  8 +++---
 sw/source/ui/dbui/mmgreetingspage.cxx            |  4 +--
 sw/source/ui/dbui/mmlayoutpage.cxx               | 12 ++++----
 sw/source/ui/dbui/mmoutputpage.cxx               |  6 ++--
 sw/source/ui/dbui/selectdbtabledialog.cxx        |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/dialog/uiregionsw.cxx               |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/docvw/romenu.cxx                    |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/envelp/label1.cxx                   |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/envelp/labelcfg.cxx                 |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/envelp/mailmrge.cxx                 |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/fldui/flddb.cxx                     |  4 +--
 sw/source/ui/fldui/fldmgr.cxx                    |  6 ++--
 sw/source/ui/lingu/hhcwrp.cxx                    |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/lingu/olmenu.cxx                    | 14 ++++-----
 sw/source/ui/shells/drformsh.cxx                 |  8 +++---
 sw/source/ui/shells/grfshex.cxx                  |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/uiview/srcview.cxx                  |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/uiview/view2.cxx                    |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/uiview/viewling.cxx                 |  4 +--
 sw/source/ui/uiview/viewprt.cxx                  |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/uno/SwXDocumentSettings.cxx         |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/uno/swdetect.cxx                    |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/uno/unoatxt.cxx                     |  4 +--
 sw/source/ui/uno/unodispatch.cxx                 |  4 +--
 sw/source/ui/uno/unomailmerge.cxx                | 22 +++++++--------
 sw/source/ui/utlui/unotools.cxx                  |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/vba/vbafield.cxx                    |  6 ++--
 sw/source/ui/vba/vbafind.cxx                     |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/vba/vbarange.cxx                    |  8 +++---
 sw/source/ui/vba/vbaselection.cxx                |  8 +++---
 sw/source/ui/vba/vbastyle.cxx                    |  6 ++--
 sw/source/ui/vba/vbastyles.cxx                   |  2 +-
 sw/source/ui/vba/vbasystem.cxx                   |  6 ++--
 sw/source/ui/vba/vbatemplate.cxx                 |  4 +--
 sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtsh2.cxx                    |  4 +--
 sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtsh3.cxx                    |  4 +--
 sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtundo.cxx                   |  4 +--
 111 files changed, 328 insertions(+), 328 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sw/source/core/access/accnotextframe.cxx b/sw/source/core/access/accnotextframe.cxx
index 3c659152484c..f9a5ea6b5b9e 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/access/accnotextframe.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/access/accnotextframe.cxx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ SwAccessibleNoTextFrame::SwAccessibleNoTextFrame(
         msTitle = pNd->GetTitle();
 
         msDesc = pNd->GetDescription();
-        if ( msDesc.getLength() == 0 &&
+        if ( msDesc.isEmpty() &&
              msTitle != GetName() )
         {
             msDesc = msTitle;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void SwAccessibleNoTextFrame::Modify( const SfxPoolItem* pOld, const SfxPoolItem
     // suppress handling of RES_NAME_CHANGED in case that attribute Title is
     // used as the accessible name.
     if ( nWhich != RES_NAME_CHANGED ||
-         msTitle.getLength() == 0 )
+         msTitle.isEmpty() )
     {
         SwAccessibleFrameBase::Modify( pOld, pNew );
     }
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void SwAccessibleNoTextFrame::Modify( const SfxPoolItem* pOld, const SfxPoolItem
 
                 const String& rDesc = pNd->GetDescription();
                 msDesc = rDesc;
-                if ( msDesc.getLength() == 0 &&
+                if ( msDesc.isEmpty() &&
                      msTitle != GetName() )
                 {
                     msDesc = msTitle;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ OUString SAL_CALL SwAccessibleNoTextFrame::getAccessibleName (void)
 
     CHECK_FOR_DEFUNC( XAccessibleContext )
 
-    if ( msTitle.getLength() != 0 )
+    if ( !msTitle.isEmpty() )
     {
         return msTitle;
     }
diff --git a/sw/source/core/access/accpara.cxx b/sw/source/core/access/accpara.cxx
index 30c3165e09c9..59249ad57a92 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/access/accpara.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/access/accpara.cxx
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ sal_Bool SwAccessibleParagraph::GetTextBoundary(
     CHECK_FOR_DEFUNC( XAccessibleContext );
 
     osl::MutexGuard aGuard2( aMutex );
-    if( !sDesc.getLength() )
+    if( sDesc.isEmpty() )
         sDesc = GetDescription();
 
     return sDesc;
diff --git a/sw/source/core/access/acctextframe.cxx b/sw/source/core/access/acctextframe.cxx
index 72861edc1af5..0f8175ac1c12 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/access/acctextframe.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/access/acctextframe.cxx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ SwAccessibleTextFrame::SwAccessibleTextFrame(
         msTitle = pFlyFrmFmt->GetObjTitle();
 
         msDesc = pFlyFrmFmt->GetObjDescription();
-        if ( msDesc.getLength() == 0 &&
+        if ( msDesc.isEmpty() &&
              msTitle != GetName() )
         {
             msDesc = msTitle;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void SwAccessibleTextFrame::Modify( const SfxPoolItem* pOld, const SfxPoolItem *
     // #i73249# - suppress handling of RES_NAME_CHANGED
     // in case that attribute Title is used as the accessible name.
     if ( nWhich != RES_NAME_CHANGED ||
-         msTitle.getLength() == 0 )
+         msTitle.isEmpty() )
     {
         SwAccessibleFrameBase::Modify( pOld, pNew );
     }
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void SwAccessibleTextFrame::Modify( const SfxPoolItem* pOld, const SfxPoolItem *
                                 dynamic_cast<const SwFlyFrmFmt*>( pFlyFrm->GetFmt() );
                 const String& rDesc = pFlyFrmFmt->GetObjDescription();
                 msDesc = rDesc;
-                if ( msDesc.getLength() == 0 &&
+                if ( msDesc.isEmpty() &&
                      msTitle != GetName() )
                 {
                     msDesc = msTitle;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ OUString SAL_CALL SwAccessibleTextFrame::getAccessibleName (void)
 
     CHECK_FOR_DEFUNC( XAccessibleContext )
 
-    if ( msTitle.getLength() != 0 )
+    if ( !msTitle.isEmpty() )
     {
         return msTitle;
     }
diff --git a/sw/source/core/crsr/crossrefbookmark.cxx b/sw/source/core/crsr/crossrefbookmark.cxx
index 48ab3b88e554..9f77b6c2c9cd 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/crsr/crossrefbookmark.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/crsr/crossrefbookmark.cxx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace sw { namespace mark
                 "<CrossRefBookmark::CrossRefBookmark(..)>"
                 "- creation of cross-reference bookmark with an expanded PaM that does not expand over exactly one whole paragraph.");
         SetMarkPos(*rPaM.Start());
-        if(!rName.getLength())
+        if(rName.isEmpty())
             m_aName = MarkBase::GenerateNewName(rPrefix);
     }
 
diff --git a/sw/source/core/crsr/findattr.cxx b/sw/source/core/crsr/findattr.cxx
index 4ba652c5ccbb..e88eda064ea6 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/crsr/findattr.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/crsr/findattr.cxx
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ int SwFindParaAttr::Find( SwPaM* pCrsr, SwMoveFn fnMove, const SwPaM* pRegion,
 {
     // String ersetzen ?? (nur wenn Text angegeben oder nicht attributiert
     //                      gesucht wird)
-    sal_Bool bReplaceTxt = pSearchOpt && ( pSearchOpt->replaceString.getLength() ||
+    sal_Bool bReplaceTxt = pSearchOpt && ( !pSearchOpt->replaceString.isEmpty() ||
                                     !pSet->Count() );
     sal_Bool bReplaceAttr = pReplSet && pReplSet->Count();
     sal_Bool bMoveFirst = !bReplaceAttr;
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ int SwFindParaAttr::Find( SwPaM* pCrsr, SwMoveFn fnMove, const SwPaM* pRegion,
 
 int SwFindParaAttr::IsReplaceMode() const
 {
-    return ( pSearchOpt && pSearchOpt->replaceString.getLength() ) ||
+    return ( pSearchOpt && !pSearchOpt->replaceString.isEmpty() ) ||
            ( pReplSet && pReplSet->Count() );
 }
 
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ sal_uLong SwCursor::Find( const SfxItemSet& rSet, sal_Bool bNoCollections,
     Link aLnk( pDoc->GetOle2Link() );
     pDoc->SetOle2Link( Link() );
 
-    sal_Bool bReplace = ( pSearchOpt && ( pSearchOpt->replaceString.getLength() ||
+    sal_Bool bReplace = ( pSearchOpt && ( !pSearchOpt->replaceString.isEmpty() ||
                                     !rSet.Count() ) ) ||
                     (pReplSet && pReplSet->Count());
     bool const bStartUndo = pDoc->GetIDocumentUndoRedo().DoesUndo() && bReplace;
diff --git a/sw/source/core/crsr/findtxt.cxx b/sw/source/core/crsr/findtxt.cxx
index 85ef477ccb17..121257ca7d19 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/crsr/findtxt.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/crsr/findtxt.cxx
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ sal_uInt8 SwPaM::Find( const SearchOptions& rSearchOpt, sal_Bool bSearchInNotes
                     SwMoveFn fnMove, const SwPaM * pRegion,
                     sal_Bool bInReadOnly )
 {
-    if( !rSearchOpt.searchString.getLength() )
+    if( rSearchOpt.searchString.isEmpty() )
         return sal_False;
 
     SwPaM* pPam = MakeRegion( fnMove, pRegion );
diff --git a/sw/source/core/doc/doc.cxx b/sw/source/core/doc/doc.cxx
index 8c61466eb9f9..41fba1651f1d 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/doc/doc.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/doc/doc.cxx
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ void SwDoc::CalculatePagesForPrinting(
 
         // please note
     }
-    if (aPageRange.getLength() == 0)    // empty string -> print all
+    if (aPageRange.isEmpty())    // empty string -> print all
     {
         // set page range to print to 'all pages'
         aPageRange = OUString::valueOf( (sal_Int32)1 );
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ void SwDoc::CalculatePagePairsForProspectPrinting(
     const sal_Int32 nContent = rOptions.getIntValue( "PrintContent", 0 );
     if (nContent == 1)
         aPageRange = rOptions.getStringValue( "PageRange", rtl::OUString() );
-    if (aPageRange.getLength() == 0)    // empty string -> print all
+    if (aPageRange.isEmpty())    // empty string -> print all
     {
         // set page range to print to 'all pages'
         aPageRange = OUString::valueOf( (sal_Int32)1 );
diff --git a/sw/source/core/doc/docbm.cxx b/sw/source/core/doc/docbm.cxx
index a3ce1310739b..fdbddb521ecf 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/doc/docbm.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/doc/docbm.cxx
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ namespace sw { namespace mark
 
     ::rtl::OUString MarkManager::getUniqueMarkName(const ::rtl::OUString& rName) const
     {
-        OSL_ENSURE(rName.getLength(),
+        OSL_ENSURE(!rName.isEmpty(),
             "<MarkManager::getUniqueMarkName(..)>"
             " - a name should be proposed");
         if(!hasMark(rName)) return rName;
diff --git a/sw/source/core/doc/docfld.cxx b/sw/source/core/doc/docfld.cxx
index 198e79496001..cb7aa3780f37 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/doc/docfld.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/doc/docfld.cxx
@@ -1524,7 +1524,7 @@ void SwDoc::UpdateDBNumFlds( SwDBNameInfField& rDBFld, SwCalc& rCalc )
     else
         ((SwDBNumSetField&)rDBFld).SetCondValid( bPar1 );
 
-    if( rDBFld.GetRealDBData().sDataSource.getLength() )
+    if( !rDBFld.GetRealDBData().sDataSource.isEmpty() )
     {
         // Edit a certain database
         if( RES_DBNEXTSETFLD == nFldType )
@@ -1606,10 +1606,10 @@ SwDBData SwDoc::GetDBData()
 
 const SwDBData& SwDoc::GetDBDesc()
 {
-    if(!aDBData.sDataSource.getLength())
+    if(aDBData.sDataSource.isEmpty())
     {
         const sal_uInt16 nSize = pFldTypes->Count();
-        for(sal_uInt16 i = 0; i < nSize && !aDBData.sDataSource.getLength(); ++i)
+        for(sal_uInt16 i = 0; i < nSize && aDBData.sDataSource.isEmpty(); ++i)
         {
             SwFieldType& rFldType = *((*pFldTypes)[i]);
             sal_uInt16 nWhich = rFldType.Which();
@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ const SwDBData& SwDoc::GetDBDesc()
             }
         }
     }
-    if(!aDBData.sDataSource.getLength())
+    if(aDBData.sDataSource.isEmpty())
         aDBData = GetNewDBMgr()->GetAddressDBName();
     return aDBData;
 }
diff --git a/sw/source/core/edit/edlingu.cxx b/sw/source/core/edit/edlingu.cxx
index acf474842981..b502d1220a01 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/edit/edlingu.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/edit/edlingu.cxx
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ uno::Any SwConvIter::Continue( sal_uInt16* pPageCnt, sal_uInt16* pPageSt )
                     xEmpty, pPageCnt, pPageSt, false, &rArgs ) >>= aConvText;
 
         bGoOn = GetCrsrCnt() > 1;
-        if( aConvText.getLength() )
+        if( !aConvText.isEmpty() )
         {
             bGoOn = sal_False;
             SwPosition* pNewPoint = new SwPosition( *pCrsr->GetPoint() );
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ uno::Any SwEditShell::SpellContinue(
     }
     --nStartAction;
 
-    if( aRet.getLength() || xRet.is() )
+    if( !aRet.isEmpty() || xRet.is() )
     {
         // dann die awt::Selection sichtbar machen
         StartAction();
diff --git a/sw/source/core/edit/edtox.cxx b/sw/source/core/edit/edtox.cxx
index 3a178ed737c4..c47a6059ebe4 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/edit/edtox.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/edit/edtox.cxx
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ void SwEditShell::ApplyAutoMark()
             // ; -> delimiter between entries ->
             // Format: TextToSearchFor;AlternativeString;PrimaryKey;SecondaryKey;CaseSensitive;WordOnly
             // Leading and trailing blanks are ignored
-            if( aRdLine.getLength() && '#' != aRdLine[0] )
+            if( !aRdLine.isEmpty() && '#' != aRdLine[0] )
             {
                 String sLine( aRdLine, eChrSet );
 
diff --git a/sw/source/core/fields/dbfld.cxx b/sw/source/core/fields/dbfld.cxx
index 26337508485d..66ebfc9c6ff0 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/fields/dbfld.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/fields/dbfld.cxx
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ SwDBFieldType::SwDBFieldType(SwDoc* pDocPtr, const String& rNam, const SwDBData&
     sColumn(rNam),
     nRefCnt(0)
 {
-    if(aDBData.sDataSource.getLength() || aDBData.sCommand.getLength())
+    if(!aDBData.sDataSource.isEmpty() || !aDBData.sCommand.isEmpty())
     {
         sName =  aDBData.sDataSource;
         sName += DB_DELIM;
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ SwDBNameInfField::SwDBNameInfField(SwFieldType* pTyp, const SwDBData& rDBData, s
 SwDBData SwDBNameInfField::GetDBData(SwDoc* pDoc)
 {
     SwDBData aRet;
-    if(aDBData.sDataSource.getLength())
+    if(!aDBData.sDataSource.isEmpty())
         aRet = aDBData;
     else
         aRet = pDoc->GetDBData();
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ void SwDBNameInfField::SetDBData(const SwDBData & rDBData)
 String SwDBNameInfField::GetFieldName() const
 {
     String sStr( SwField::GetFieldName() );
-    if (aDBData.sDataSource.getLength())
+    if (!aDBData.sDataSource.isEmpty())
     {
         sStr += ':';
         sStr += String(aDBData.sDataSource);
diff --git a/sw/source/core/fields/docufld.cxx b/sw/source/core/fields/docufld.cxx
index 8b0ecf0ec759..2f588ae0d32a 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/fields/docufld.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/fields/docufld.cxx
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ String SwTemplNameFieldType::Expand(sal_uLong nFmt) const
 
         if( FF_UI_NAME == nFmt )
             aRet = xDocProps->getTemplateName();
-        else if( xDocProps->getTemplateURL().getLength() )
+        else if( !xDocProps->getTemplateURL().isEmpty() )
         {
             if( FF_UI_RANGE == nFmt )
             {
diff --git a/sw/source/core/layout/dbg_lay.cxx b/sw/source/core/layout/dbg_lay.cxx
index 87f6d83889a5..fc166cb6eca2 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/layout/dbg_lay.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/layout/dbg_lay.cxx
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ void SwImplProtocol::CheckLine( rtl::OString& rLine )
             bNo = sal_True;                 // Diese(n) Funktion/Typ entfernen
             aTok = aTok.copy(1);
         }
-        if( aTok.getLength() )
+        if( !aTok.isEmpty() )
         {
             sal_uLong nVal;
             sscanf( aTok.getStr(), "%li", &nVal );
@@ -442,14 +442,14 @@ void SwImplProtocol::FileInit()
             if( '\n' == c || '\r' == c )    // Zeilenende
             {
                 aLine = aLine.trim();
-                if( aLine.getLength() )
+                if( !aLine.isEmpty() )
                     CheckLine( aLine );     // Zeile auswerten
                 aLine = rtl::OString();
             }
             else
                 aLine = rtl::OString(c);
         }
-        if( aLine.getLength() )
+        if( !aLine.isEmpty() )
             CheckLine( aLine );     // letzte Zeile auswerten
     }
     aStream.Close();
diff --git a/sw/source/core/text/EnhancedPDFExportHelper.cxx b/sw/source/core/text/EnhancedPDFExportHelper.cxx
index c26d0c89873d..a66d224888fc 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/text/EnhancedPDFExportHelper.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/text/EnhancedPDFExportHelper.cxx
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ SwEnhancedPDFExportHelper::SwEnhancedPDFExportHelper( SwEditShell& rSh,
       mbSkipEmptyPages( bSkipEmptyPages ),
       mbEditEngineOnly( bEditEngineOnly )
 {
-    if ( rPageRange.getLength() )
+    if ( !rPageRange.isEmpty() )
         mpRangeEnum = new StringRangeEnumerator( rPageRange, 0, mrSh.GetPageCount()-1 );
 
     if ( mbSkipEmptyPages )
diff --git a/sw/source/core/text/wrong.cxx b/sw/source/core/text/wrong.cxx
index 6764f051d748..2441f94a1236 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/text/wrong.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/text/wrong.cxx
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ MSHORT SwWrongList::GetWrongPos( xub_StrLen nValue ) const
     {
         // For smart tag lists, we may not use a binary search. We return the
         // position of the first smart tag which coveres nValue
-        if ( 0 != maList[0].maType.getLength() || maList[0].mpSubList )
+        if ( !maList[0].maType.isEmpty() || maList[0].mpSubList )
         {
             std::vector<SwWrongArea>::const_iterator aIter = maList.begin();
             while ( aIter != maList.end() )
diff --git a/sw/source/core/txtnode/txtedt.cxx b/sw/source/core/txtnode/txtedt.cxx
index e8335ee79654..71749fdeb1bc 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/txtnode/txtedt.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/txtnode/txtedt.cxx
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ sal_uInt16 SwTxtNode::Convert( SwConversionArgs &rArgs )
         m_Text = aOldTxt;
     }
 
-    return rArgs.aConvText.getLength() ? 1 : 0;
+    return rArgs.aConvText.isEmpty() ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
 // Die Aehnlichkeiten zu SwTxtNode::Spell sind beabsichtigt ...
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ void SwTxtNode::CountWords( SwDocStat& rStat,
     const sal_uInt32 nExpandBegin = ModelToViewHelper::ConvertToViewPosition( pConversionMap, nStt );
     const sal_uInt32 nExpandEnd   = ModelToViewHelper::ConvertToViewPosition( pConversionMap, nEnd );
 
-    if ( aExpandText.getLength() <= 0 )
+    if ( aExpandText.isEmpty() )
     {
         OSL_ENSURE(aExpandText.getLength() >= 0, "Node text expansion error: length < 0." );
         return;
diff --git a/sw/source/core/undo/unins.cxx b/sw/source/core/undo/unins.cxx
index 00c7b58e748a..f08cfa0ad176 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/undo/unins.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/undo/unins.cxx
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ void SwUndoReplace::Impl::UndoImpl(::sw::UndoRedoContext & rContext)
         pNd->RestoreMetadata(m_pMetadataUndoStart);
     }
 
-    if (m_sOld.getLength())
+    if (!m_sOld.isEmpty())
     {
         pNd->InsertText( m_sOld, aIdx );
     }
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/XMLRangeHelper.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/XMLRangeHelper.cxx
index e77b416a86c8..8b49a5ea7a60 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/XMLRangeHelper.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/XMLRangeHelper.cxx
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ bool lcl_getCellRangeAddressFromXMLString(
                                                        sTableSecondName );
         }
         if( bResult &&
-            sTableSecondName.getLength() &&
+            !sTableSecondName.isEmpty() &&
             ! sTableSecondName.equals( rOutRange.aTableName ))
             bResult = false;
     }
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ OUString getXMLStringFromCellRange( const CellRange & rRange )
 
     ::rtl::OUStringBuffer aBuffer;
 
-    if( (rRange.aTableName).getLength())
+    if( !rRange.aTableName.isEmpty())
     {
         bool bNeedsEscaping = ( rRange.aTableName.indexOf( aQuote ) > -1 );
         bool bNeedsQuoting = bNeedsEscaping || ( rRange.aTableName.indexOf( aSpace ) > -1 );
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unobkm.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unobkm.cxx
index 551b083a13bc..9b335687ceba 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unobkm.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unobkm.cxx
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ throw (lang::IllegalArgumentException, uno::RuntimeException)
     SwUnoInternalPaM aPam(*m_pImpl->m_pDoc);
     ::sw::XTextRangeToSwPaM(aPam, xTextRange);
     UnoActionContext aCont(m_pImpl->m_pDoc);
-    if (!m_pImpl->m_sMarkName.getLength())
+    if (m_pImpl->m_sMarkName.isEmpty())
     {
          m_pImpl->m_sMarkName =  OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Bookmark"));
     }
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unochart.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unochart.cxx
index 048faf85bbef..6238767f910a 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unochart.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unochart.cxx
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ uno::Reference< chart2::data::XDataSource > SwChartDataProvider::Impl_createData
     // get sub-ranges and check that they all are from the very same table
     sal_Bool bOk = GetSubranges( aRangeRepresentation, aSubRanges, sal_True );
 
-    if (!bOk && pDoc && aChartOleObjectName.getLength() )
+    if (!bOk && pDoc && !aChartOleObjectName.isEmpty() )
     {
         //try to correct the range here
         //work around wrong writer ranges ( see Issue 58464 )
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ uno::Reference< chart2::data::XDataSource > SwChartDataProvider::Impl_createData
             //thus the first row is missing and an invalid row at the end is added.
             //Therefore we need to shift the range one row up
             SwRangeDescriptor aDesc;
-            if (aRangeRepresentation.getLength() == 0)
+            if (aRangeRepresentation.isEmpty())
                 return xRes;        // we cant handle this thus returning an empty references
             aRangeRepresentation = aRangeRepresentation.copy( 1 );    // get rid of '.' to have only the cell range left
             FillRangeDescriptor( aDesc, aRangeRepresentation );
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > SAL_CALL SwChartDataProvider::detectArgume
     OUString aSortedCellRanges;
     for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nSortedRanges;  ++i)
     {
-        if (aSortedCellRanges.getLength())
+        if (!aSortedCellRanges.isEmpty())
             aSortedCellRanges += OUString::valueOf( (sal_Unicode) ';');
         aSortedCellRanges += pSortedRanges[i];
     }
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > SAL_CALL SwChartDataProvider::detectArgume
     if (nLabelSeqLen > 0) // == 0 means no label sequence in use
         bFirstCellIsLabel = sal_True;
     //
-    OSL_ENSURE( aSortedCellRanges.getLength(), "CellRangeRepresentation missing" );
+    OSL_ENSURE( !aSortedCellRanges.isEmpty(), "CellRangeRepresentation missing" );
     OUString aBrokenCellRangeForExport( GetBrokenCellRangeForExport( aSortedCellRanges ) );
     //
     aResult.realloc(5);
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > SAL_CALL SwChartDataProvider::detectArgume
     aResult[nProps++].Value <<= bFirstCellIsLabel;
     aResult[nProps  ].Name = C2U("CellRangeRepresentation");
     aResult[nProps++].Value <<= aSortedCellRanges;
-    if (0 != aBrokenCellRangeForExport.getLength())
+    if (!aBrokenCellRangeForExport.isEmpty())
     {
         aResult[nProps  ].Name = C2U("BrokenCellRangeForExport");
         aResult[nProps++].Value <<= aBrokenCellRangeForExport;
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ rtl::OUString SAL_CALL SwChartDataProvider::convertRangeFromXML( const rtl::OUSt
         XMLRangeHelper::CellRange aCellRange( XMLRangeHelper::getCellRangeFromXMLString( aRange ));
 
         // check that there is only one table used in all ranges
-        if (aFirstFoundTable.getLength() == 0)
+        if (aFirstFoundTable.isEmpty())
             aFirstFoundTable = aCellRange.aTableName;
         if (aCellRange.aTableName != aFirstFoundTable)
             throw lang::IllegalArgumentException();
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unocoll.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unocoll.cxx
index 4996bd3114a5..3ea75523f9af 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unocoll.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unocoll.cxx
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public:
     rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getCodeNameForObject( const uno::Reference< uno::XInterface >& xIf ) throw( uno::RuntimeException )
     {
         // Initialise the code name
-        if ( msThisDocumentCodeName.getLength() == 0 )
+        if ( msThisDocumentCodeName.isEmpty() )
         {
             try
             {
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unocrsrhelper.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unocrsrhelper.cxx
index 47be88b4cf20..b4a5c6dd5e3b 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unocrsrhelper.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unocrsrhelper.cxx
@@ -786,9 +786,9 @@ void InsertFile(SwUnoCrsr* pUnoCrsr,
     uno::Reference < io::XStream > xStream;
     uno::Reference < io::XInputStream > xInputStream;
 
-    if( !sFileName.getLength() )
+    if( sFileName.isEmpty() )
         aMediaDescriptor[comphelper::MediaDescriptor::PROP_URL()] >>= sFileName;
-    if( !sFileName.getLength() )
+    if( sFileName.isEmpty() )
         aMediaDescriptor[comphelper::MediaDescriptor::PROP_FILENAME()] >>= sFileName;
     aMediaDescriptor[comphelper::MediaDescriptor::PROP_INPUTSTREAM()] >>= xInputStream;
     aMediaDescriptor[comphelper::MediaDescriptor::PROP_STREAM()] >>= xStream;
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ void InsertFile(SwUnoCrsr* pUnoCrsr,
     if ( !xInputStream.is() && xStream.is() )
         xInputStream = xStream->getInputStream();
 
-    if(!pDocSh || (!sFileName.getLength() && !xInputStream.is()))
+    if(!pDocSh || (sFileName.isEmpty() && !xInputStream.is()))
         return;
 
     SfxObjectFactory& rFact = pDocSh->GetFactory();
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ void InsertFile(SwUnoCrsr* pUnoCrsr,
             pMed = xReadStorage.is() ?
                 new SfxMedium(xReadStorage, sBaseURL, 0 ) :
                 new SfxMedium(sFileName, STREAM_READ, sal_True, 0, 0 );
-        if( sBaseURL.getLength() )
+        if( !sBaseURL.isEmpty() )
             pMed->GetItemSet()->Put( SfxStringItem( SID_DOC_BASEURL, sBaseURL ) );
 
         SfxFilterMatcher aMatcher( rFact.GetFilterContainer()->GetName() );
@@ -864,9 +864,9 @@ void InsertFile(SwUnoCrsr* pUnoCrsr,
                     pMed = new SfxMedium(sFileName, STREAM_READ, sal_True, pFilter, 0);
             }
         }
-        if(sFilterOptions.getLength())
+        if(!sFilterOptions.isEmpty())
             pMed->GetItemSet()->Put( SfxStringItem( SID_FILE_FILTEROPTIONS, sFilterOptions ) );
-        if( sBaseURL.getLength())
+        if(!sBaseURL.isEmpty())
             pMed->GetItemSet()->Put( SfxStringItem( SID_DOC_BASEURL, sBaseURL ) );
     }
 
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ void InsertFile(SwUnoCrsr* pUnoCrsr,
         SwReader* pRdr;
         SfxItemSet* pSet =  pMed->GetItemSet();
         pSet->Put(SfxBoolItem(FN_API_CALL, sal_True));
-        if(sPassword.getLength())
+        if(!sPassword.isEmpty())
             pSet->Put(SfxStringItem(SID_PASSWORD, sPassword));
         Reader *pRead = pDocSh->StartConvertFrom( *pMed, &pRdr, 0, pUnoCrsr);
         if( pRead )
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ sal_Bool DocInsertStringSplitCR(
     {
         OSL_ENSURE( nIdx - nStartIdx >= 0, "index negative!" );
         aTxt = rText.Copy( nStartIdx, nIdx - nStartIdx );
-        if (aTxt.getLength() &&
+        if (!aTxt.isEmpty() &&
             !rDoc.InsertString( rNewCursor, aTxt, nInsertFlags ))
         {
             OSL_FAIL( "Doc->Insert(Str) failed." );
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ sal_Bool DocInsertStringSplitCR(
         nIdx = rText.Search( '\r', nStartIdx );
     }
     aTxt = rText.Copy( nStartIdx );
-    if (aTxt.getLength() &&
+    if (!aTxt.isEmpty() &&
         !rDoc.InsertString( rNewCursor, aTxt, nInsertFlags ))
     {
         OSL_FAIL( "Doc->Insert(Str) failed." );
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoftn.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoftn.cxx
index 8bd69c19bfcf..3e1cb79e1a8e 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoftn.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoftn.cxx
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ throw (lang::IllegalArgumentException, uno::RuntimeException)
     pNewDoc->DeleteAndJoin(aPam);
     aPam.DeleteMark();
     SwFmtFtn aFootNote(m_pImpl->m_bIsEndnote);
-    if (m_pImpl->m_sLabel.getLength())
+    if (!m_pImpl->m_sLabel.isEmpty())
     {
         aFootNote.SetNumStr(m_pImpl->m_sLabel);
     }
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoidx.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoidx.cxx
index f4fd5d7a9d51..de9d4331f5f9 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoidx.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoidx.cxx
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ SwXDocumentIndex::setName(const OUString& rName) throw (uno::RuntimeException)
 {
     SolarMutexGuard g;
 
-    if (!rName.getLength())
+    if (rName.isEmpty())
     {
         throw uno::RuntimeException();
     }
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ throw (lang::IllegalArgumentException, uno::RuntimeException)
         break;
         case TOX_USER:
         {
-            if (!m_pImpl->m_sUserIndexName.getLength())
+            if (m_pImpl->m_sUserIndexName.isEmpty())
             {
                 pTOXType = pDoc->GetTOXType( m_pImpl->m_eTOXType, 0 );
             }
@@ -1845,30 +1845,30 @@ throw (lang::IllegalArgumentException, uno::RuntimeException)
     //which must now return sal_True
     ::sw::XTextRangeToSwPaM(aPam, xTextRange);
     SwTOXMark aMark (pTOXType);
-    if (m_pImpl->m_sAltText.getLength())
+    if (!m_pImpl->m_sAltText.isEmpty())
     {
         aMark.SetAlternativeText(m_pImpl->m_sAltText);
     }
     switch (m_pImpl->m_eTOXType)
     {
         case TOX_INDEX:
-            if (m_pImpl->m_sPrimaryKey.getLength())
+            if (!m_pImpl->m_sPrimaryKey.isEmpty())
             {
                 aMark.SetPrimaryKey(m_pImpl->m_sPrimaryKey);
             }
-            if (m_pImpl->m_sSecondaryKey.getLength())
+            if (!m_pImpl->m_sSecondaryKey.isEmpty())
             {
                 aMark.SetSecondaryKey(m_pImpl->m_sSecondaryKey);
             }
-            if (m_pImpl->m_sTextReading.getLength())
+            if (!m_pImpl->m_sTextReading.isEmpty())
             {
                 aMark.SetTextReading(m_pImpl->m_sTextReading);
             }
-            if (m_pImpl->m_sPrimaryKeyReading.getLength())
+            if (!m_pImpl->m_sPrimaryKeyReading.isEmpty())
             {
                 aMark.SetPrimaryKeyReading(m_pImpl->m_sPrimaryKeyReading);
             }
-            if (m_pImpl->m_sSecondaryKeyReading.getLength())
+            if (!m_pImpl->m_sSecondaryKeyReading.isEmpty())
             {
                 aMark.SetSecondaryKeyReading(m_pImpl->m_sSecondaryKeyReading);
             }
@@ -2850,7 +2850,7 @@ throw (lang::IllegalArgumentException, lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException,
                     throw lang::IllegalArgumentException();
                 }
                 aToken.cTabFillChar =
-                    (sFillChar.getLength()) ? sFillChar[0] : ' ';
+                    sFillChar.isEmpty() ? ' ' : sFillChar[0];
             }
             else if (pProperties[j].Name.equalsAsciiL(
                         RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Text")))
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj2.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj2.cxx
index 6d6f3c1ff37b..3262b35f7a09 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj2.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoobj2.cxx
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ throw (uno::RuntimeException)
             m_pImpl->m_rDoc.DeleteAndJoin(aCursor);
         }
 
-        if (rText.getLength())
+        if (!rText.isEmpty())
         {
             SwUnoCursorHelper::DocInsertStringSplitCR(
                     m_pImpl->m_rDoc, aCursor, rText, bForceExpandHints);
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ void SwUnoCursorHelper::SetString(SwCursor & rCursor, const OUString& rString)
     {
         pDoc->DeleteAndJoin(rCursor);
     }
-    if (rString.getLength())
+    if (!rString.isEmpty())
     {
         String aText(rString);
         const bool bSuccess( SwUnoCursorHelper::DocInsertStringSplitCR(
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoparagraph.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoparagraph.cxx
index a9cbe42f4bf0..c4e9d6144633 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoparagraph.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoparagraph.cxx
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ SwXParagraph::attachToText(SwXText & rParent, SwTxtNode & rTxtNode)
         rTxtNode.Add(m_pImpl.get());
         rTxtNode.SetXParagraph(uno::Reference<text::XTextContent>(this));
         m_pImpl->m_xParentText = &rParent;
-        if (m_pImpl->m_sText.getLength())
+        if (!m_pImpl->m_sText.isEmpty())
         {
             try { setString(m_pImpl->m_sText); }
             catch(...){}
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoredline.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoredline.cxx
index fececdb91365..977730e83641 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unoredline.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unoredline.cxx
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void SwXRedline::setPropertyValue( const OUString& rPropertyName, const uno::Any
     {
         OSL_FAIL("currently not available");
         OUString sTmp; aValue >>= sTmp;
-        if(!sTmp.getLength())
+        if(sTmp.isEmpty())
             throw lang::IllegalArgumentException();
     }
     else if(rPropertyName.equalsAsciiL(SW_PROP_NAME(UNO_NAME_REDLINE_SUCCESSOR_DATA)))
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unosect.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unosect.cxx
index 836c6790111d..bfb786f0707d 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unosect.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unosect.cxx
@@ -299,14 +299,14 @@ throw (lang::IllegalArgumentException, uno::RuntimeException)
     UnoActionContext aCont(pDoc);
     pDoc->GetIDocumentUndoRedo().StartUndo( UNDO_INSSECTION, NULL );
 
-    if (!m_pImpl->m_sName.getLength())
+    if (m_pImpl->m_sName.isEmpty())
     {
         m_pImpl->m_sName = C2U("TextSection");
     }
     SectionType eType = (m_pImpl->m_pProps->m_bDDE)
         ? DDE_LINK_SECTION
-        : ((m_pImpl->m_pProps->m_sLinkFileName.getLength() ||
-            m_pImpl->m_pProps->m_sSectionRegion.getLength())
+        : ((!m_pImpl->m_pProps->m_sLinkFileName.isEmpty() ||
+            !m_pImpl->m_pProps->m_sSectionRegion.isEmpty())
                 ?  FILE_LINK_SECTION : CONTENT_SECTION);
     // index header section?
     if (m_pImpl->m_bIndexHeader)
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ throw (lang::IllegalArgumentException, uno::RuntimeException)
 
     // XML import must hide sections depending on their old
     //         condition status
-    if (m_pImpl->m_pProps->m_sCondition.getLength() != 0)
+    if (!m_pImpl->m_pProps->m_sCondition.isEmpty())
     {
         pRet->SetCondHidden(m_pImpl->m_pProps->m_bCondHidden);
     }
@@ -690,12 +690,12 @@ throw (beans::UnknownPropertyException, beans::PropertyVetoException,
                 else
                 {
                     if (pSectionData->GetType() != FILE_LINK_SECTION &&
-                        aLink.FileURL.getLength())
+                        !aLink.FileURL.isEmpty())
                     {
                         pSectionData->SetType(FILE_LINK_SECTION);
                     }
                     ::rtl::OUStringBuffer sFileNameBuf;
-                    if (aLink.FileURL.getLength())
+                    if (!aLink.FileURL.isEmpty())
                     {
                         sFileNameBuf.append( URIHelper::SmartRel2Abs(
                             pFmt->GetDoc()->GetDocShell()->GetMedium()
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ throw (beans::UnknownPropertyException, beans::PropertyVetoException,
                 else
                 {
                     if (pSectionData->GetType() != FILE_LINK_SECTION &&
-                        sLink.getLength())
+                        !sLink.isEmpty())
                     {
                         pSectionData->SetType(FILE_LINK_SECTION);
                     }
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unosett.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unosett.cxx
index 76cf9c8cf488..d347c0cf93c5 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unosett.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unosett.cxx
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ void SwXNumberingRules::SetNumberingRuleByIndex(
                     {
                         // #i93725#
                         // do not accept "empty" font
-                        if ( pDesc->Name.getLength() > 0 )
+                        if ( !pDesc->Name.isEmpty() )
                         {
                             Font aFont;
                             SvxUnoFontDescriptor::ConvertToFont( *pDesc, aFont );
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unostyle.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unostyle.cxx
index 9b8b4959e67c..5e6375458429 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unostyle.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unostyle.cxx
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ void SwXStyleFamilies::loadStylesFromURL(const OUString& rURL,
     sal_Bool    bLoadStyleOverwrite = sal_True;
     sal_Bool    bLoadStyleNumbering = sal_True;
     sal_Bool    bLoadStyleFrame = sal_True;
-    if(IsValid() && rURL.getLength())
+    if(IsValid() && !rURL.isEmpty())
     {
         const uno::Any* pVal;
         int nCount = aOptions.getLength();
@@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@ void lcl_SetStyleProperty(const SfxItemPropertySimpleEntry& rEntry,
         {
             OUString sName;
             rValue >>= sName;
-            SwRegisterItem aReg( sName.getLength() != 0);
+            SwRegisterItem aReg( !sName.isEmpty() );
             aReg.SetWhich(SID_SWREGISTER_MODE);
             rBase.GetItemSet().Put(aReg);
             String aString;
@@ -2000,7 +2000,7 @@ void lcl_SetStyleProperty(const SfxItemPropertySimpleEntry& rEntry,
                     SwStyleNameMapper::FillUIName(sTmp, sStyle, nsSwGetPoolIdFromName::GET_POOLID_CHRFMT, sal_True );
                     pRuby->SetCharFmtName( sTmp );
                     pRuby->SetCharFmtId( 0 );
-                    if(sTmp.getLength())
+                    if(!sTmp.isEmpty())
                     {
                         sal_uInt16 nId = SwStyleNameMapper::GetPoolIdFromUIName( sTmp, nsSwGetPoolIdFromName::GET_POOLID_CHRFMT );
                         pRuby->SetCharFmtId(nId);
@@ -2063,7 +2063,7 @@ put_itemset:
                 OUString sNewNumberingRuleName;
                 rValue >>= sNewNumberingRuleName;
                 String sTmp( sNewNumberingRuleName );
-                if ( sNewNumberingRuleName.getLength() == 0 ||
+                if ( sNewNumberingRuleName.isEmpty() ||
                      sTmp != pDoc->GetOutlineNumRule()->GetName() )
                 {
                     rBase.mxNewBase->GetCollection()->DeleteAssignmentToListLevelOfOutlineStyle();
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unotbl.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unotbl.cxx
index 42cf9b21c993..a928d15b3a62 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unotbl.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unotbl.cxx
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ void lcl_setString( SwXCell &rCell, const rtl::OUString &rTxt,
 double lcl_getValue( SwXCell &rCell )
 {
     double fRet;
-    if(rCell.IsValid() && rCell.getString().getLength()!=0)
+    if(rCell.IsValid() && !rCell.getString().isEmpty())
         fRet = rCell.pBox->GetFrmFmt()->GetTblBoxValue().GetValue();
     else
         ::rtl::math::setNan( &fRet );
diff --git a/sw/source/core/unocore/unotext.cxx b/sw/source/core/unocore/unotext.cxx
index 180dd3738551..db82b1815f89 100644
--- a/sw/source/core/unocore/unotext.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/core/unocore/unotext.cxx
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ throw (lang::IllegalArgumentException, uno::RuntimeException)
     pCursor->MovePara( fnParaCurr, fnParaEnd );
     m_pImpl->m_pDoc->DontExpandFmt( *pCursor->Start() );
 
-    if (rText.getLength())
+    if (!rText.isEmpty())
     {
         const xub_StrLen nContentPos = pCursor->GetPoint()->nContent.GetIndex();
         SwUnoCursorHelper::DocInsertStringSplitCR(
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/html/css1atr.cxx b/sw/source/filter/html/css1atr.cxx
index c16febe8a9b5..46598df63ed1 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/html/css1atr.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/html/css1atr.cxx
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ sal_uInt16 SwHTMLWriter::GetCSS1Selector( const SwFmt *pFmt, rtl::OString& rToke
 
             // Wenn eine PoolId gesetzt ist, entspricht der Name der
             // Vorlage dem szugehoerigen Token
-            OSL_ENSURE( (rRefPoolId != 0) == (rToken.getLength() > 0),
+            OSL_ENSURE( (rRefPoolId != 0) == (!rToken.isEmpty()),
                     "Token missing" );
         }
         else
@@ -1000,11 +1000,11 @@ sal_uInt16 SwHTMLWriter::GetCSS1Selector( const SwFmt *pFmt, rtl::OString& rToke
 
             // Wenn ein Token gesetzt ist, enthaelt nPoolId die dazugehoerige
             // Vorlage
-            if( rToken.getLength() && !rRefPoolId )
+            if( !rToken.isEmpty() && !rRefPoolId )
                 rRefPoolId = nPoolId;
         }
 
-        if( rToken.getLength() || bStop )
+        if( !rToken.isEmpty() || bStop )
         {
             // Anhalten wenn eine HTML-Tag-Vorlage gefunden wurde
             break;
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ sal_uInt16 SwHTMLWriter::GetCSS1Selector( const SwFmt *pFmt, rtl::OString& rToke
         }
     }
 
-    if( rToken.getLength() )
+    if( !rToken.isEmpty() )
     {
         // Es ist eine HTML-Tag-Vorlage
         if( !nDeep )
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ static sal_uInt16 GetCSS1Selector( const SwFmt *pFmt, String& rSelector,
                                                   rRefPoolId, &aPseudo );
     if( nDeep )
     {
-        if( aToken.getLength() )
+        if( !aToken.isEmpty() )
             rSelector = String( aToken, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US );
         else
             rSelector.Erase();
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/html/htmlatr.cxx b/sw/source/filter/html/htmlatr.cxx
index 8cc76ac6ed6c..73de8423589c 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/html/htmlatr.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/html/htmlatr.cxx
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ SwHTMLFmtInfo::SwHTMLFmtInfo( const SwFmt *pF, SwDoc *pDoc, SwDoc *pTemplate,
     // Den Selektor des Formats holen
     sal_uInt16 nDeep = SwHTMLWriter::GetCSS1Selector( pFmt, aToken, aClass,
                                                   nRefPoolId );
-    OSL_ENSURE( nDeep ? aToken.getLength()>0 : aToken.getLength()==0,
+    OSL_ENSURE( nDeep ? !aToken.isEmpty() : aToken.isEmpty(),
             "Hier stimmt doch was mit dem Token nicht!" );
     OSL_ENSURE( nDeep ? nRefPoolId : !nRefPoolId,
             "Hier stimmt doch was mit der Vergleichs-Vorlage nicht!" );
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ void OutHTML_SwFmt( Writer& rWrt, const SwFmt& rFmt,
     // Jetzt wird festgelegt, was aufgrund des Tokens so moeglich ist
     sal_uInt16 nToken = 0;          // Token fuer Tag-Wechsel
     sal_Bool bOutNewLine = sal_False;   // nur ein LF ausgeben?
-    if( pFmtInfo->aToken.getLength() )
+    if( !pFmtInfo->aToken.isEmpty() )
     {
         // Es ist eine HTML-Tag-Vorlage oder die Vorlage ist von einer
         // solchen abgeleitet
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ void OutHTML_SwFmtOff( Writer& rWrt, const SwHTMLTxtCollOutputInfo& rInfo )
     SwHTMLWriter & rHWrt = (SwHTMLWriter&)rWrt;
 
     // wenn es kein Token gibt haben wir auch nichts auszugeben
-    if( !rInfo.aToken.getLength() )
+    if( rInfo.aToken.isEmpty() )
     {
         rHWrt.FillNextNumInfo();
         const SwHTMLNumRuleInfo& rNextInfo = *rHWrt.GetNextNumInfo();
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ void HTMLEndPosLst::InsertNoScript( const SfxPoolItem& rItem,
                 const SwCharFmt* pFmt = rChrFmt.GetCharFmt();
 
                 const SwHTMLFmtInfo *pFmtInfo = GetFmtInfo( *pFmt, rFmtInfos );
-                if( pFmtInfo->aToken.getLength() )
+                if( !pFmtInfo->aToken.isEmpty() )
                 {
                     // das Zeichenvorlagen-Tag muss vor den harten
                     // Attributen ausgegeben werden
@@ -3230,7 +3230,7 @@ static Writer& OutHTML_SwTxtCharFmt( Writer& rWrt, const SfxPoolItem& rHt )
     {
         rtl::OStringBuffer sOut;
         sOut.append('<');
-        if( pFmtInfo->aToken.getLength() > 0 )
+        if( !pFmtInfo->aToken.isEmpty() )
             sOut.append(pFmtInfo->aToken);
         else
             sOut.append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_span);
@@ -3268,7 +3268,7 @@ static Writer& OutHTML_SwTxtCharFmt( Writer& rWrt, const SfxPoolItem& rHt )
     else
     {
         HTMLOutFuncs::Out_AsciiTag( rWrt.Strm(),
-                pFmtInfo->aToken.getLength() ? pFmtInfo->aToken.getStr()
+                !pFmtInfo->aToken.isEmpty() ? pFmtInfo->aToken.getStr()
                                        : OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_span,
                 sal_False );
     }
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/html/htmldraw.cxx b/sw/source/filter/html/htmldraw.cxx
index c99433a28f55..14d81d4c2b71 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/html/htmldraw.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/html/htmldraw.cxx
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_DrawFrmFmtAsMarquee( Writer& rWrt,
 
     HTMLOutFuncs::Out_AsciiTag( rWrt.Strm(), OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_marquee, sal_False );
 
-    if( aEndTags.getLength() )
+    if( !aEndTags.isEmpty() )
         rWrt.Strm() << aEndTags.getStr();
 
     return rWrt;
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/html/htmlfly.cxx b/sw/source/filter/html/htmlfly.cxx
index 7742f20a0f2f..45dfe8e683c3 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/html/htmlfly.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/html/htmlfly.cxx
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_Image( Writer& rWrt, const SwFrmFmt &rFrmFmt,
 
     rHTMLWrt.Strm() << '>';
 
-    if( aEndTags.getLength() )
+    if( !aEndTags.isEmpty() )
         rWrt.Strm() << aEndTags.getStr();
 
     if( rHTMLWrt.aINetFmts.Count() )
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ static Writer& OutHTML_FrmFmtAsSpacer( Writer& rWrt, const SwFrmFmt& rFrmFmt )
     rtl::OString aEndTags = rHTMLWrt.OutFrmFmtOptions( rFrmFmt, aEmptyStr, HTML_FRMOPTS_SPACER );
 
     rWrt.Strm() << '>';
-    if( aEndTags.getLength() )
+    if( !aEndTags.isEmpty() )
         rWrt.Strm() << aEndTags.getStr();
 
     return rWrt;
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ static Writer& OutHTML_FrmFmtAsDivOrSpan( Writer& rWrt,
         rHTMLWrt.OutNewLine();
     HTMLOutFuncs::Out_AsciiTag( rWrt.Strm(), pStr, sal_False );
 
-    if( aEndTags.getLength() )
+    if( !aEndTags.isEmpty() )
         rWrt.Strm() << aEndTags.getStr();
 
     return rWrt;
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_HeaderFooter( Writer& rWrt, const SwFrmFmt& rFrmFmt,
     const SwStartNode* pSttNd = rWrt.pDoc->GetNodes()[nStt]->GetStartNode();
     OSL_ENSURE( pSttNd, "Wo ist der Start-Node" );
 
-    if( !bHeader && aSpacer.getLength() )
+    if( !bHeader && !aSpacer.isEmpty() )
     {
         rHTMLWrt.OutNewLine();
         HTMLOutFuncs::Out_AsciiTag( rWrt.Strm(), aSpacer.getStr() );
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_HeaderFooter( Writer& rWrt, const SwFrmFmt& rFrmFmt,
         rHTMLWrt.Out_SwDoc( rWrt.pCurPam );
     }
 
-    if( bHeader && aSpacer.getLength() )
+    if( bHeader && !aSpacer.isEmpty() )
     {
         rHTMLWrt.OutNewLine();
         HTMLOutFuncs::Out_AsciiTag( rWrt.Strm(), aSpacer.getStr() );
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/html/htmlforw.cxx b/sw/source/filter/html/htmlforw.cxx
index a71c2d3450ba..f2638dc09ba2 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/html/htmlforw.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/html/htmlforw.cxx
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void lcl_html_outEvents( SvStream& rStrm,
         rtl::OStringBuffer sOut;
         sOut.append(' ');
         if( pOpt && (EXTENDED_STYPE != eScriptType ||
-                     !pDescs[i].AddListenerParam.getLength()) )
+                     pDescs[i].AddListenerParam.isEmpty()) )
             sOut.append(pOpt);
         else
         {
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void lcl_html_outEvents( SvStream& rStrm,
         HTMLOutFuncs::Out_String( rStrm, pDescs[i].ScriptCode, eDestEnc, pNonConvertableChars );
         rStrm << '\"';
         if( EXTENDED_STYPE == eScriptType &&
-            pDescs[i].AddListenerParam.getLength() )
+            !pDescs[i].AddListenerParam.isEmpty() )
         {
             sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_sdaddparam)
                 .append(rtl::OUStringToOString(sListener,
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ void SwHTMLWriter::OutForm( sal_Bool bOn,
     uno::Any aTmp = xFormPropSet->getPropertyValue(
                                     OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Name")) );
     if( aTmp.getValueType() == ::getCppuType((const OUString*)0) &&
-        ((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->getLength() )
+        !((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->isEmpty() )
     {
         sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_name).append("=\"");
         Strm() << sOut.makeStringAndClear().getStr();
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ void SwHTMLWriter::OutForm( sal_Bool bOn,
     aTmp = xFormPropSet->getPropertyValue(
                     OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("TargetURL")) );
     if( aTmp.getValueType() == ::getCppuType((const OUString*)0) &&
-        ((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->getLength() )
+        !((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->isEmpty() )
     {
         sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_action).append("=\"");
         Strm() << sOut.makeStringAndClear().getStr();
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ void SwHTMLWriter::OutForm( sal_Bool bOn,
     aTmp = xFormPropSet->getPropertyValue(
                         OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("TargetFrame")) );
     if( aTmp.getValueType() == ::getCppuType((const OUString*)0)&&
-        ((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->getLength() )
+        !((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->isEmpty() )
     {
         sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_target).append("=\"");
         Strm() << sOut.makeStringAndClear().getStr();
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ void SwHTMLWriter::OutHiddenControls(
             aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue(
                             OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Name")) );
             if( aTmp.getValueType() == ::getCppuType((const OUString*)0) &&
-                ((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->getLength() )
+                !((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->isEmpty() )
             {
                 sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_name)
                     .append("=\"");
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ void SwHTMLWriter::OutHiddenControls(
             aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue(
                             OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("HiddenValue")) );
             if( aTmp.getValueType() == ::getCppuType((const OUString*)0) &&
-                ((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->getLength() )
+                !((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->isEmpty() )
             {
                 sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_value)
                     .append("=\"");
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_DrawFrmFmtAsControl( Writer& rWrt,
 
         {
             const OUString& rVal = *(OUString*)aTmp.getValue();
-            if( !rVal.getLength() )
+            if( rVal.isEmpty() )
                 bEmptyValue = sal_True;
             else if( rVal.compareToAscii( OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_on ) != 0 )
                 sValue = rVal;
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_DrawFrmFmtAsControl( Writer& rWrt,
             aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue(
                             OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Label")) );
             if( aTmp.getValueType() == ::getCppuType((const OUString*)0) &&
-                ((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->getLength() )
+                !((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->isEmpty() )
             {
                 sValue = *(OUString*)aTmp.getValue();
             }
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_DrawFrmFmtAsControl( Writer& rWrt,
                 {
                     aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue( sDefaultText );
                     if( aTmp.getValueType() == ::getCppuType((const OUString*)0) &&
-                        ((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->getLength() )
+                        !((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->isEmpty() )
                     {
                         sValue = *(OUString*)aTmp.getValue();
                     }
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_DrawFrmFmtAsControl( Writer& rWrt,
 
     aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue( OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Name")) );
     if( aTmp.getValueType() == ::getCppuType((const OUString*)0) &&
-        ((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->getLength() )
+        !((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->isEmpty() )
     {
         sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_name).
             append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("=\""));
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_DrawFrmFmtAsControl( Writer& rWrt,
         sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_disabled);
     }
 
-    if( sValue.getLength() || bEmptyValue )
+    if( !sValue.isEmpty() || bEmptyValue )
     {
         sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_value).append(
             RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("=\""));
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_DrawFrmFmtAsControl( Writer& rWrt,
         aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue(
                     OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("ImageURL")) );
         if( aTmp.getValueType() == ::getCppuType((const OUString*)0) &&
-            ((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->getLength() )
+            !((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->isEmpty() )
         {
             sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_src).
                 append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("=\""));
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_DrawFrmFmtAsControl( Writer& rWrt,
         {
             aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue( sPropName );
             if( aTmp.getValueType() == ::getCppuType((const OUString*)0) &&
-                ((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->getLength() )
+                !((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->isEmpty() )
             {
                 Font aFixedFont( OutputDevice::GetDefaultFont(
                                     DEFAULTFONT_FIXED, LANGUAGE_ENGLISH_US,
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_DrawFrmFmtAsControl( Writer& rWrt,
 
                 rHTMLWrt.OutNewLine(); // jede Option bekommt eine eigene Zeile
                 sOut.append('<').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_option);
-                if( sVal.getLength() || bEmptyVal )
+                if( !sVal.isEmpty() || bEmptyVal )
                 {
                     sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_value).
                         append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("=\""));
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_DrawFrmFmtAsControl( Writer& rWrt,
         aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue(
         OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DefaultText")) );
         if( aTmp.getValueType() == ::getCppuType((const OUString*)0)&&
-            ((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->getLength() )
+            !((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->isEmpty() )
         {
             sVal = String( *(OUString*)aTmp.getValue() );
         }
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_DrawFrmFmtAsControl( Writer& rWrt,
     {
         aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue(OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Label")));
         if( aTmp.getValueType() == ::getCppuType((const OUString*)0) &&
-            ((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->getLength() )
+            !((OUString*)aTmp.getValue())->isEmpty() )
         {
             sValue = *(OUString*)aTmp.getValue();
             HTMLOutFuncs::Out_String( rWrt.Strm(), sValue,
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_DrawFrmFmtAsControl( Writer& rWrt,
         }
     }
 
-    if( aEndTags.getLength() )
+    if( !aEndTags.isEmpty() )
         rWrt.Strm() << aEndTags.getStr();
 
     // Controls sind nicht absatz-gebunden, deshalb kein LF mehr ausgeben!
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/html/htmlplug.cxx b/sw/source/filter/html/htmlplug.cxx
index cb3692bd6b28..31f00de2d0c3 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/html/htmlplug.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/html/htmlplug.cxx
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_FrmFmtOLENode( Writer& rWrt, const SwFrmFmt& rFrmFmt,
         ::rtl::OUString aStr;
         String aURL;
         aAny = xSet->getPropertyValue( ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("PluginURL")) );
-        if( (aAny >>= aStr) && aStr.getLength() )
+        if( (aAny >>= aStr) && !aStr.isEmpty() )
         {
             aURL = URIHelper::simpleNormalizedMakeRelative( rWrt.GetBaseURL(),
                       aStr);
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_FrmFmtOLENode( Writer& rWrt, const SwFrmFmt& rFrmFmt,
 
         ::rtl::OUString aType;
         aAny = xSet->getPropertyValue( ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("PluginMimeType")) );
-        if( (aAny >>= aType) && aType.getLength() )
+        if( (aAny >>= aType) && !aType.isEmpty() )
         {
             sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_type)
                 .append("=\"");
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_FrmFmtOLENode( Writer& rWrt, const SwFrmFmt& rFrmFmt,
         // CODEBASE
         ::rtl::OUString aCd;
         aAny = xSet->getPropertyValue( ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("AppletCodeBase")) );
-        if( (aAny >>= aCd) && aCd.getLength() )
+        if( (aAny >>= aCd) && !aCd.isEmpty() )
         {
             String sCodeBase( URIHelper::simpleNormalizedMakeRelative(rWrt.GetBaseURL(), aCd) );
             if( sCodeBase.Len() )
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_FrmFmtOLENode( Writer& rWrt, const SwFrmFmt& rFrmFmt,
         ::rtl::OUString aAppletName;
         aAny = xSet->getPropertyValue( ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("AppletName")) );
         aAny >>= aAppletName;
-        if( aAppletName.getLength() )
+        if( !aAppletName.isEmpty() )
         {
             sOut.append(' ').append(OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_O_name)
                 .append("=\"");
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ Writer& OutHTML_FrmFmtOLENode( Writer& rWrt, const SwFrmFmt& rFrmFmt,
         HTMLOutFuncs::Out_AsciiTag( rWrt.Strm(), OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_HTML_iframe, sal_False );
     }
 
-    if( aEndTags.getLength() )
+    if( !aEndTags.isEmpty() )
         rWrt.Strm() << aEndTags.getStr();
 
     return rWrt;
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/html/swhtml.cxx b/sw/source/filter/html/swhtml.cxx
index b4f7f16baec3..b559b74be3a7 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/html/swhtml.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/html/swhtml.cxx
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ if( pSttNdIdx->GetIndex()+1 == pPam->GetBound( sal_False ).nNode.GetIndex() )
                     xDPS->getDocumentProperties());
                 OSL_ENSURE(xDocProps.is(), "DocumentProperties is null");
                 if ( xDocProps.is() && (xDocProps->getAutoloadSecs() > 0) &&
-                     (xDocProps->getAutoloadURL().getLength() == 0) )
+                     (xDocProps->getAutoloadURL().isEmpty()) )
                 {
                     xDocProps->setAutoloadURL(aPathToFile);
                 }
@@ -5480,10 +5480,10 @@ void SwHTMLParser::AddMetaUserDefined( ::rtl::OUString const & i_rMetaName )
 {
     // unless we already have 4 names, append the argument to m_InfoNames
     ::rtl::OUString* pName // the first empty string in m_InfoNames
-         (!m_InfoNames[0].getLength() ? &m_InfoNames[0] :
-         (!m_InfoNames[1].getLength() ? &m_InfoNames[1] :
-         (!m_InfoNames[2].getLength() ? &m_InfoNames[2] :
-         (!m_InfoNames[3].getLength() ? &m_InfoNames[3] : 0 ))));
+         (m_InfoNames[0].isEmpty() ? &m_InfoNames[0] :
+         (m_InfoNames[1].isEmpty() ? &m_InfoNames[1] :
+         (m_InfoNames[2].isEmpty() ? &m_InfoNames[2] :
+         (m_InfoNames[3].isEmpty() ? &m_InfoNames[3] : 0 ))));
     if (pName)
     {
         (*pName) = i_rMetaName;
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/html/wrthtml.cxx b/sw/source/filter/html/wrthtml.cxx
index 32c26112214e..346247f05949 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/html/wrthtml.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/html/wrthtml.cxx
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ void SwHTMLWriter::OutBookmarks()
         // auch nicht eingelesen wird.
 
         // erst die SWG spezifischen Daten:
-        if(dynamic_cast< const ::sw::mark::IBookmark* >(pBookmark) && pBookmark->GetName().getLength() )
+        if(dynamic_cast< const ::sw::mark::IBookmark* >(pBookmark) && !pBookmark->GetName().isEmpty() )
             OutAnchor( pBookmark->GetName() );
 
         if( ++nBkmkTabPos >= pMarkAccess->getMarksCount() )
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx
index df37cf0f1c14..18ade4684eda 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public:
        // #TODO check if this defaulted
        m_pSerializer->startElementNS( XML_w, XML_sizeAuto, FSEND );
        m_pSerializer->endElementNS( XML_w, XML_sizeAuto );
-       if ( rDefault.getLength() )
+       if ( !rDefault.isEmpty() )
        {
            m_pSerializer->singleElementNS( XML_w, XML_default,
                FSNS( XML_w, XML_val ),
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public:
     void WriteFormText(  const rtl::OUString& rName, const rtl::OUString& rDefault )
     {
        writeCommonStart( rName );
-       if ( rDefault.getLength() )
+       if ( !rDefault.isEmpty() )
        {
            m_pSerializer->startElementNS( XML_w, XML_textInput, FSEND );
            m_pSerializer->singleElementNS( XML_w, XML_default,
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::EndField_Impl( FieldInfos& rInfos )
 
     // Write the bookmark start if any
     OUString aBkmName( m_sFieldBkm );
-    if ( aBkmName.getLength( ) > 0 )
+    if ( !aBkmName.isEmpty() )
     {
         m_pSerializer->singleElementNS( XML_w, XML_bookmarkStart,
                FSNS( XML_w, XML_id ), OString::valueOf( sal_Int32( m_nNextMarkId ) ).getStr( ),
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::EndField_Impl( FieldInfos& rInfos )
     }
 
     // Write the bookmark end if any
-    if ( aBkmName.getLength( ) > 0 )
+    if ( !aBkmName.isEmpty() )
     {
         m_pSerializer->singleElementNS( XML_w, XML_bookmarkEnd,
                FSNS( XML_w, XML_id ), OString::valueOf( sal_Int32( m_nNextMarkId ) ).getStr( ),
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::StartRuby( const SwTxtNode& rNode, xub_StrLen nPos, co
     lang::Locale aLocale( SwBreakIt::Get()->GetLocale(
                 rNode.GetLang( nPos ) ) );
     OUString sLang( aLocale.Language );
-    if ( aLocale.Country.getLength( ) > 0 )
+    if ( !aLocale.Country.isEmpty() )
         sLang += OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "-" )) + OUString( aLocale.Country );
     m_pSerializer->singleElementNS( XML_w, XML_lid,
             FSNS( XML_w, XML_val ),
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ bool DocxAttributeOutput::StartURL( const String& rUrl, const String& rTarget )
                     OUStringToOString( OUString( sMark ), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 ).getStr( ) );
 
         OUString sTarget( rTarget );
-        if ( sTarget.getLength( ) > 0 )
+        if ( !sTarget.isEmpty() )
         {
             OString soTarget = OUStringToOString( sTarget, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
             m_pHyperlinkAttrList->add(FSNS( XML_w, XML_tgtFrame ), soTarget.getStr());
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::FlyFrameGraphic( const SwGrfNode& rGrfNode, const Size
         nImageType = XML_embed;
     }
 
-    if ( aRelId.getLength() == 0 )
+    if ( aRelId.isEmpty() )
         return;
 
     m_pSerializer->startElementNS( XML_w, XML_drawing,
@@ -2684,7 +2684,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::SectionPageNumbering( sal_uInt16 nNumType, sal_uInt16
 
     // nNumType corresponds to w:fmt. See WW8Export::GetNumId() for more precisions
     OString aFmt( impl_NumberingType( nNumType ) );
-    if ( aFmt.getLength() )
+    if ( !aFmt.isEmpty() )
         pAttr->add( FSNS( XML_w, XML_fmt ), aFmt.getStr() );
 
     XFastAttributeListRef xAttrs( pAttr );
@@ -2850,7 +2850,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::NumberingLevel( sal_uInt8 nLevel,
     // format
     OString aFmt( impl_NumberingType( nNumberingType ) );
 
-    if ( aFmt.getLength() )
+    if ( !aFmt.isEmpty() )
         m_pSerializer->singleElementNS( XML_w, XML_numFmt,
                 FSNS( XML_w, XML_val ), aFmt.getStr(),
                 FSEND );
@@ -3025,11 +3025,11 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::CharEscapement( const SvxEscapementItem& rEscapement )
             sIss = OString( "superscript" );
     }
 
-    if ( sIss.getLength( ) > 0 )
+    if ( !sIss.isEmpty() )
         m_pSerializer->singleElementNS( XML_w, XML_vertAlign,
            FSNS( XML_w, XML_val ), sIss.getStr(), FSEND );
 
-    if ( sIss.getLength() == 0 || sIss.match( OString( "baseline" ) ) )
+    if ( sIss.isEmpty() || sIss.match( OString( "baseline" ) ) )
     {
         long nHeight = ((SvxFontHeightItem&)m_rExport.GetItem(
                                     RES_CHRATR_FONTSIZE )).GetHeight();
@@ -4065,7 +4065,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::FormatVertOrientation( const SwFmtVertOrient& rFlyVert
                 break;
         }
 
-        if ( sAlign.getLength() > 0 )
+        if ( !sAlign.isEmpty() )
             m_pFlyAttrList->add( FSNS( XML_w, XML_yAlign ), sAlign );
         else
             m_pFlyAttrList->add( FSNS( XML_w, XML_y ),
@@ -4121,7 +4121,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::FormatHorizOrientation( const SwFmtHoriOrient& rFlyHor
                 break;
         }
 
-        if ( sAlign.getLength() > 0 )
+        if ( !sAlign.isEmpty() )
             m_pFlyAttrList->add( FSNS( XML_w, XML_xAlign ), sAlign );
         else
             m_pFlyAttrList->add( FSNS( XML_w, XML_x ),
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxexport.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxexport.cxx
index 98049c6fc4ea..6d8930c5b09e 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxexport.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxexport.cxx
@@ -258,12 +258,12 @@ void DocxExport::DoComboBox(const rtl::OUString& rName,
 
     m_pDocumentFS->singleElementNS( XML_w, XML_enabled, FSEND );
 
-    if ( rHelp.getLength( ) > 0 )
+    if ( !rHelp.isEmpty() )
         m_pDocumentFS->singleElementNS( XML_w, XML_helpText,
             FSNS( XML_w, XML_val ), OUStringToOString( rHelp, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 ).getStr(),
             FSEND );
 
-    if ( rToolTip.getLength( ) > 0 )
+    if ( !rToolTip.isEmpty() )
         m_pDocumentFS->singleElementNS( XML_w, XML_statusText,
             FSNS( XML_w, XML_val ), OUStringToOString( rToolTip, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 ).getStr(),
             FSEND );
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfexport.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfexport.cxx
index e1d55e22abcf..8534f8200f5d 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfexport.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/rtfexport.cxx
@@ -344,18 +344,18 @@ void RtfExport::DoFormText(const SwInputField* pFld )
     ::rtl::OUString sStatus = pFld->GetToolTip();
     m_pAttrOutput->RunText().append("{" OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FIELD "{" OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_IGNORE OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FLDINST "{ FORMTEXT }");
     m_pAttrOutput->RunText().append("{" OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_IGNORE OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FORMFIELD " {" OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FFTYPE "0" );
-    if( sHelp.getLength() )
+    if( !sHelp.isEmpty() )
         m_pAttrOutput->RunText().append( OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FFOWNHELP );
-    if( sStatus.getLength() )
+    if( !sStatus.isEmpty() )
         m_pAttrOutput->RunText().append( OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FFOWNSTAT );
     m_pAttrOutput->RunText().append( OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FFTYPETXT  "0" );
 
-    if( sName.getLength() )
+    if( !sName.isEmpty() )
         m_pAttrOutput->RunText().append( "{" OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_IGNORE OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FFNAME " ").append( OutString( sName, eDefaultEncoding )).append( "}" );
-    if( sHelp.getLength() )
+    if( !sHelp.isEmpty() )
         m_pAttrOutput->RunText().append( "{" OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_IGNORE OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FFHELPTEXT " ").append( OutString( sHelp, eDefaultEncoding )).append( "}" );
     m_pAttrOutput->RunText().append( "{" OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_IGNORE OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FFDEFTEXT " ").append( OutString( sResult, eDefaultEncoding )).append( "}" );
-    if( sStatus.getLength() )
+    if( !sStatus.isEmpty() )
         m_pAttrOutput->RunText().append( "{" OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_IGNORE OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FFSTATTEXT " ").append( OutString( sStatus, eDefaultEncoding )).append( "}");
     m_pAttrOutput->RunText().append( "}}}{" OOO_STRING_SVTOOLS_RTF_FLDRSLT " " );
     m_pAttrOutput->RunText().append( OutString( sResult, eDefaultEncoding )).append( "}}" );
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8nds.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8nds.cxx
index ad4b03e1c7b4..998197d008c9 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8nds.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/wrtw8nds.cxx
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ void MSWordExportBase::OutputTextNode( const SwTxtNode& rNode )
                         rtl::OUString sOleId;
                         uno::Any aValue = it->second;
                         aValue >>= sOleId;
-                        if ( sOleId.getLength( ) > 0 )
+                        if ( !sOleId.isEmpty() )
                             OutputLinkedOLE( sOleId );
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx
index 5335ae7c9125..a14279d5f669 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par.cxx
@@ -2822,7 +2822,7 @@ namespace
 //See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34319 for an example
 void SwWW8ImplReader::emulateMSWordAddTextToParagraph(const rtl::OUString& rAddString)
 {
-    if (!rAddString.getLength())
+    if (rAddString.isEmpty())
         return;
 
     uno::Reference<i18n::XBreakIterator> xBI(pBreakIt->GetBreakIter());
@@ -4233,7 +4233,7 @@ void SwWW8ImplReader::ReadDocInfo()
                     rtl::OUString aName = pMedium->GetName();
                     INetURLObject aURL( aName );
                     sTemplateURL = aURL.GetMainURL(INetURLObject::DECODE_TO_IURI);
-                    if ( sTemplateURL.getLength() > 0 )
+                    if ( !sTemplateURL.isEmpty() )
                         xDocProps->setTemplateURL( sTemplateURL );
                 }
             }
@@ -4253,7 +4253,7 @@ void SwWW8ImplReader::ReadDocInfo()
                 // attempt to convert to url ( won't work for obvious reasons on  linux
                 if ( sPath.Len() )
                     ::utl::LocalFileHelper::ConvertPhysicalNameToURL( sPath, aURL );
-                if (!aURL.getLength())
+                if (aURL.isEmpty())
                     xDocProps->setTemplateURL( aURL );
                 else
                     xDocProps->setTemplateURL( sPath );
@@ -4353,7 +4353,7 @@ bool SwWW8ImplReader::ReadGlobalTemplateSettings( const rtl::OUString& sCreatedF
                 aURL = sGlobalTemplates[ i ];
         else
                 osl::FileBase::getFileURLFromSystemPath( sGlobalTemplates[ i ], aURL );
-        if ( !aURL.endsWithIgnoreAsciiCaseAsciiL( ".dot", 4 ) || ( sCreatedFrom.getLength() && sCreatedFrom.equals( aURL ) ) )
+        if ( !aURL.endsWithIgnoreAsciiCaseAsciiL( ".dot", 4 ) || ( !sCreatedFrom.isEmpty() && sCreatedFrom.equals( aURL ) ) )
             continue; // don't try and read the same document as ourselves
 
         SotStorageRef rRoot = new SotStorage( aURL, STREAM_STD_READWRITE, STORAGE_TRANSACTED );
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par5.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par5.cxx
index e39f5c7d9a8b..6a7a02aad34c 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par5.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8par5.cxx
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ sal_uInt16 SwWW8ImplReader::End_Field()
                 break;
             default:
                 rtl::OUString aCode = maFieldStack.back().GetBookmarkCode();
-                if ( aCode.getLength() > 0 )
+                if ( !aCode.isEmpty() )
                 {
                     // Unhandled field with stored code
                     SwPosition aEndPos = *pPaM->GetPoint();
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ bool CanUseRemoteLink(const String &rGrfName)
 
         aCnt.getPropertyValue(rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Title")))
             >>= aTitle;
-        bUseRemote = (aTitle.getLength() > 0);
+        bUseRemote = !aTitle.isEmpty();
     }
     catch ( ... )
     {
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8toolbar.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8toolbar.cxx
index 06cf7e707e2b..2f18072e80d4 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8toolbar.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/ww8toolbar.cxx
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ TBC::ImportToolBarControl( CTBWrapper& rWrapper, const css::uno::Reference< css:
         if ( bBuiltin )
         {
             rtl::OUString sCommand = helper.MSOCommandToOOCommand( cmdId );
-            if ( sCommand.getLength() > 0 )
+            if ( !sCommand.isEmpty() )
             {
                 beans::PropertyValue aProp;
 
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/swxml.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/swxml.cxx
index d0be6210d7fd..5a6e5ff996d8 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/swxml.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/swxml.cxx
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ sal_uLong XMLReader::Read( SwDoc &rDoc, const String& rBaseURL, SwPaM &rPaM, con
             StreamPath = ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("dummyObjectName"));
         }
 
-        if( StreamPath.getLength() )
+        if( !StreamPath.isEmpty() )
         {
             sPropName = OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("StreamRelPath"));
             xInfoSet->setPropertyValue( sPropName, makeAny( StreamPath ) );
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/wrtxml.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/wrtxml.cxx
index 259f9dee9621..fe1395e5f700 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/wrtxml.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/wrtxml.cxx
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ pGraphicHelper = SvXMLGraphicHelper::Create( xStg,
         else
             aName = ::rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "dummyObjectName" ) );
 
-        if( aName.getLength() )
+        if( !aName.isEmpty() )
         {
             sPropName = OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("StreamRelPath"));
             xInfoSet->setPropertyValue( sPropName, makeAny( aName ) );
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ pGraphicHelper = SvXMLGraphicHelper::Create( xStg,
             if ( xModule.is() )
             {
                 ::rtl::OUString aModuleID = xModule->getIdentifier();
-                bStoreMeta = ( aModuleID.getLength()
+                bStoreMeta = ( !aModuleID.isEmpty()
                   && ( aModuleID.equals( ::rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.sdb.FormDesign" ) ) )
                     || aModuleID.equals( ::rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.sdb.TextReportDesign" ) ) ) ) );
             }
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlbrsh.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlbrsh.cxx
index df130d163e28..0753d8ae9603 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlbrsh.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlbrsh.cxx
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void SwXMLBrushItemExport::exportXML( const SvxBrushItem& rItem )
             rItem, sURL, MID_GRAPHIC_LINK, rUnitConv ) )
     {
         sValue = GetExport().AddEmbeddedGraphicObject( sURL );
-        if( sValue.getLength() )
+        if( !sValue.isEmpty() )
         {
             GetExport().AddAttribute( XML_NAMESPACE_XLINK, XML_HREF, sValue );
             GetExport().AddAttribute( XML_NAMESPACE_XLINK, XML_TYPE, XML_SIMPLE );
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ void SwXMLBrushItemExport::exportXML( const SvxBrushItem& rItem )
     {
         SvXMLElementExport aElem( GetExport(), XML_NAMESPACE_STYLE, XML_BACKGROUND_IMAGE,
                                   sal_True, sal_True );
-        if( sURL.getLength() )
+        if( !sURL.isEmpty() )
         {
             // optional office:binary-data
             GetExport().AddEmbeddedGraphicObjectAsBase64( sURL );
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlexpit.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlexpit.cxx
index f1afbd08db09..5018607ef493 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlexpit.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlexpit.cxx
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void SvXMLExportItemMapper::exportXML( const SvXMLExport& rExport,
             for( sal_uInt16 i=0; i < nCount; i++ )
             {
                 OUString sPrefix( pUnknown->GetAttrPrefix( i ) );
-                if( sPrefix.getLength() )
+                if( !sPrefix.isEmpty() )
                 {
                     OUString sNamespace( pUnknown->GetAttrNamespace( i ) );
 
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlfmt.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlfmt.cxx
index 8320b91a5012..5e54d6bd8b1b 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlfmt.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlfmt.cxx
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ inline sal_Bool SwXMLConditionParser_Impl::MatchName( OUString& rName )
         nPos++;
     }
     rName = sBuffer.makeStringAndClear();
-    return rName.getLength() > 0;
+    return !rName.isEmpty();
 }
 
 inline sal_Bool SwXMLConditionParser_Impl::MatchNumber( sal_uInt32& rNumber )
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ inline sal_Bool SwXMLConditionParser_Impl::MatchNumber( sal_uInt32& rNumber )
     }
 
     OUString sNum( sBuffer.makeStringAndClear() );
-    if( sNum.getLength() )
+    if( !sNum.isEmpty() )
         rNumber = sNum.toInt32();
-    return sNum.getLength() > 0;
+    return !sNum.isEmpty();
 }
 
 SwXMLConditionParser_Impl::SwXMLConditionParser_Impl( const OUString& rInp ) :
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ void SwXMLItemSetStyleContext_Impl::SetAttribute( sal_uInt16 nPrefixKey,
         else if ( IsXMLToken( rLocalName, XML_DATA_STYLE_NAME ) )
         {
             // if we have a valid data style name
-            if (rValue.getLength() > 0)
+            if (!rValue.isEmpty())
             {
                 sDataStyleName = rValue;
                 bDataStyleIsResolved = sal_False;   // needs to be resolved
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlfmte.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlfmte.cxx
index 80d2475e6c07..a57b8955efa8 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlfmte.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlfmte.cxx
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void SwXMLExport::ExportFmt( const SwFmt& rFmt, enum XMLTokenEnum eFamily )
                 // written after cell styles)
                 addDataStyle(nFormat);
                 OUString sDataStyleName = getDataStyleName(nFormat);
-                if( sDataStyleName.getLength() > 0 )
+                if( !sDataStyleName.isEmpty() )
                     AddAttribute( XML_NAMESPACE_STYLE, XML_DATA_STYLE_NAME,
                                   sDataStyleName );
             }
@@ -316,10 +316,10 @@ void SwXMLAutoStylePoolP::exportStyleAttributes(
                         OUString sStyleName;
                         aProperty->maValue >>= sStyleName;
                         // #i70748# - export also empty list styles
-                        if( sStyleName.getLength() )
+                        if( !sStyleName.isEmpty() )
                         {
                             OUString sTmp = rExport.GetTextParagraphExport()->GetListAutoStylePool().Find( sStyleName );
-                            if( sTmp.getLength() )
+                            if( !sTmp.isEmpty() )
                                 sStyleName = sTmp;
                         }
                         GetExport().AddAttribute( XML_NAMESPACE_STYLE,
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlimpit.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlimpit.cxx
index 28051ee2e2ea..bdf879518b26 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlimpit.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlimpit.cxx
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ sal_Bool SvXMLImportItemMapper::PutXMLValue(
             if( bOk )
                 pVertOrient->SetVertOrient( nValue );
             //#i8855# text::VertOrientation::NONE is stored as empty string and should be applied here
-            else if(!rValue.getLength())
+            else if(rValue.isEmpty())
             {
                 pVertOrient->SetVertOrient( text::VertOrientation::NONE );
                 bOk = sal_True;
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlitemi.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlitemi.cxx
index a04c95966455..956676721f05 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlitemi.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlitemi.cxx
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ sal_Bool SwXMLImportTableItemMapper_Impl::handleNoItem(
 void SwXMLImportTableItemMapper_Impl::finished(
         SfxItemSet & rSet, SvXMLUnitConverter const& rUnitConverter) const
 {
-    if (m_FoMarginValue.getLength())
+    if (!m_FoMarginValue.isEmpty())
     {
         sal_uInt16 const Ids[4][2] = {
             { RES_LR_SPACE, MID_L_MARGIN },
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlithlp.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlithlp.cxx
index 4db411c65fb4..18a1b6b02410 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlithlp.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmlithlp.cxx
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ sal_Bool lcl_frmitems_parseXMLBorder( const OUString& rValue,
     rNamedWidth = USHRT_MAX;
 
     sal_Int32 nTemp;
-    while( aTokens.getNextToken( aToken ) && aToken.getLength() != 0 )
+    while( aTokens.getNextToken( aToken ) && !aToken.isEmpty() )
     {
         if( !rHasWidth &&
             rUnitConverter.convertEnum( rNamedWidth, aToken,
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltble.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltble.cxx
index f3ee9c746279..0a77c1b03c79 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltble.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltble.cxx
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ void SwXMLExport::ExportTableBox( const SwTableBox& rBox,
 
                 // if this cell has a formula, export it
                 //     (with value and number format)
-                if (sCellFormula.getLength()>0)
+                if (!sCellFormula.isEmpty())
                 {
                     OUString sQValue =
                         GetNamespaceMap().GetQNameByKey(
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ void SwXMLExport::ExportTableBox( const SwTableBox& rBox,
                         AddAttribute( XML_NAMESPACE_OFFICE,
                                     XML_VALUE_TYPE, XML_STRING );
                     }
-                    else if ( (-1 != nNumberFormat) && (xText->getString().getLength() > 0) )
+                    else if ( (-1 != nNumberFormat) && !xText->getString().isEmpty() )
                     {
                         // number format key:
                         // (export values only if cell contains text;)
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltbli.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltbli.cxx
index 978e5e127a53..43a284b60d14 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltbli.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltbli.cxx
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ SwXMLTableColContext_Impl::SwXMLTableColContext_Impl(
 
     sal_Int32 nWidth = MINLAY;
     sal_Bool bRelWidth = sal_True;
-    if( aStyleName.getLength() )
+    if( !aStyleName.isEmpty() )
     {
         const SfxPoolItem *pItem;
         const SfxItemSet *pAutoItemSet = 0;
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ SwXMLTableContext::SwXMLTableContext( SwXMLImport& rImport,
     SwDoc *pDoc = SwImport::GetDocFromXMLImport( GetSwImport() );
 
     String sTblName;
-    if( aName.getLength() )
+    if( !aName.isEmpty() )
     {
         const SwTableFmt *pTblFmt = pDoc->FindTblFmtByName( aName );
         if( !pTblFmt )
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ void SwXMLTableContext::InsertColumn( sal_Int32 nWidth2, sal_Bool bRelWidth2,
     else if( nWidth2 > USHRT_MAX )
         nWidth2 = USHRT_MAX;
     aColumnWidths.push_back( ColumnWidthInfo(nWidth2, bRelWidth2) );
-    if( (pDfltCellStyleName && pDfltCellStyleName->getLength() > 0) ||
+    if( (pDfltCellStyleName && !pDfltCellStyleName->isEmpty()) ||
         pColumnDefaultCellStyleNames )
     {
         if( !pColumnDefaultCellStyleNames )
@@ -1657,13 +1657,13 @@ void SwXMLTableContext::InsertCell( const OUString& rStyleName,
     }
 
     OUString sStyleName( rStyleName );
-    if( !sStyleName.getLength() )
+    if( sStyleName.isEmpty() )
     {
         sStyleName = ((*pRows)[(sal_uInt16)nCurRow])->GetDefaultCellStyleName();
-        if( !sStyleName.getLength() && HasColumnDefaultCellStyleNames() )
+        if( sStyleName.isEmpty() && HasColumnDefaultCellStyleNames() )
         {
             sStyleName = GetColumnDefaultCellStyleName( nCurCol );
-            if( !sStyleName.getLength() )
+            if( sStyleName.isEmpty() )
                 sStyleName = aDfltCellStyleName;
         }
     }
@@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@ SwTableBox *SwXMLTableContext::MakeTableBox(
     sal_Bool bNew;
     SwTableBoxFmt *pBoxFmt2 = GetSharedBoxFormat(
         pBox, sStyleName, nColWidth, pCell->IsProtected(),
-        pCell->GetStartNode() && pCell->GetFormula().getLength() == 0 &&
+        pCell->GetStartNode() && pCell->GetFormula().isEmpty() &&
             ! pCell->HasValue(),
         bNew, &bModifyLocked  );
 
@@ -2071,7 +2071,7 @@ SwTableBox *SwXMLTableContext::MakeTableBox(
     {
         // set style
         const SfxItemSet *pAutoItemSet = 0;
-        if( pCell->GetStartNode() && sStyleName.getLength() &&
+        if( pCell->GetStartNode() && !sStyleName.isEmpty() &&
             GetSwImport().FindAutomaticStyle(
                 XML_STYLE_FAMILY_TABLE_CELL, sStyleName, &pAutoItemSet ) )
         {
@@ -2092,8 +2092,8 @@ SwTableBox *SwXMLTableContext::MakeTableBox(
         // then make it a text cell!
         bool bSuppressNumericContent = false;
         if( pCell->HasValue() && (pCell->GetValue() == 0.0) &&
-            (pCell->GetFormula().getLength() == 0) &&
-            (sStyleName.getLength() != 0) )
+            pCell->GetFormula().isEmpty() &&
+            !sStyleName.isEmpty() )
         {
             // default num format?
             const SfxPoolItem* pItem = NULL;
@@ -2139,7 +2139,7 @@ SwTableBox *SwXMLTableContext::MakeTableBox(
             // the normal case: set formula and value (if available)
 
             const OUString& rFormula = pCell->GetFormula();
-            if (rFormula.getLength() > 0)
+            if (!rFormula.isEmpty())
             {
                 // formula cell: insert formula if valid
                 SwTblBoxFormula aFormulaItem( rFormula );
@@ -2220,7 +2220,7 @@ SwTableLine *SwXMLTableContext::MakeTableLine( SwTableBox *pUpper,
     const SfxItemSet *pAutoItemSet = 0;
     const OUString& rStyleName = (*pRows)[(sal_uInt16)nTopRow]->GetStyleName();
     if( 1UL == (nBottomRow - nTopRow) &&
-        rStyleName.getLength() &&
+        !rStyleName.isEmpty() &&
         GetSwImport().FindAutomaticStyle(
             XML_STYLE_FAMILY_TABLE_ROW, rStyleName, &pAutoItemSet ) )
     {
@@ -2684,7 +2684,7 @@ void SwXMLTableContext::MakeTable()
     pTableNode->GetTable().SetTableModel( !bHasSubTables );
 
     const SfxItemSet *pAutoItemSet = 0;
-    if( aStyleName.getLength() &&
+    if( !aStyleName.isEmpty() &&
         rSwImport.FindAutomaticStyle(
             XML_STYLE_FAMILY_TABLE_TABLE, aStyleName, &pAutoItemSet ) &&
          pAutoItemSet )
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltexte.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltexte.cxx
index 2dc565c04f97..c62bce3f9c36 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltexte.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltexte.cxx
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void SwXMLTextParagraphExport::exportStyleContent(
                     sBuffer.append( GetXMLToken(eFunc) );
                     sBuffer.append( (sal_Unicode)'(' );
                     sBuffer.append( (sal_Unicode)')' );
-                    if( sVal.getLength() )
+                    if( !sVal.isEmpty() )
                     {
                         sBuffer.append( (sal_Unicode)'=' );
                         sBuffer.append( sVal );
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ void SwXMLTextParagraphExport::setTextEmbeddedGraphicURL(
     const Reference < XPropertySet >& rPropSet,
     OUString& rURL) const
 {
-    if( !rURL.getLength() )
+    if( rURL.isEmpty() )
         return;
 
     SwGrfNode *pGrfNd = GetNoTxtNode( rPropSet )->GetGrfNode();
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ void SwXMLTextParagraphExport::_exportTextEmbedded(
         pStates++;
     }
 
-    if( sAutoStyle.getLength() )
+    if( !sAutoStyle.isEmpty() )
         rXMLExport.AddAttribute( XML_NAMESPACE_DRAW, XML_STYLE_NAME, sAutoStyle );
     addTextFrameAttributes( rPropSet, sal_False );
 
@@ -561,12 +561,12 @@ void SwXMLTextParagraphExport::_exportTextEmbedded(
                 ::rtl::OUString aStr;
                 Any aAny2 = xSet->getPropertyValue( ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("AppletCodeBase")) );
                 aAny2 >>= aStr;
-                if (aStr.getLength() )
+                if (!aStr.isEmpty() )
                     lcl_addURL(rXMLExport, aStr);
 
                 aAny2 = xSet->getPropertyValue( ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("AppletName")) );
                 aAny2 >>= aStr;
-                if (aStr.getLength())
+                if (!aStr.isEmpty())
                     rXMLExport.AddAttribute( XML_NAMESPACE_DRAW, XML_APPLET_NAME, aStr );
 
                 aAny2 = xSet->getPropertyValue( ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("AppletCode")) );
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ void SwXMLTextParagraphExport::_exportTextEmbedded(
 
                 aAny2 = xSet->getPropertyValue( ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("PluginMimeType")) );
                 aAny2 >>= aStr;
-                if (aStr.getLength())
+                if (!aStr.isEmpty())
                     rXMLExport.AddAttribute( XML_NAMESPACE_DRAW, XML_MIME_TYPE, aStr );
                 eElementName = XML_PLUGIN;
             }
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ void SwXMLTextParagraphExport::_exportTextEmbedded(
                 aAny2 = xSet->getPropertyValue( ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("FrameName")) );
                 aAny2 >>= aStr;
 
-                if (aStr.getLength())
+                if (!aStr.isEmpty())
                     rXMLExport.AddAttribute( XML_NAMESPACE_DRAW, XML_FRAME_NAME, aStr );
                 eElementName = XML_FLOATING_FRAME;
             }
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltexti.cxx b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltexti.cxx
index 926f42363c66..4b77b18c4887 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltexti.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/xml/xmltexti.cxx
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ uno::Reference< XPropertySet > SwXMLTextImportHelper::createAndInsertOLEObject(
 
     OUString aObjName( rHRef.copy( nPos+1) );
 
-    if( !aObjName.getLength() )
+    if( aObjName.isEmpty() )
         return xPropSet;
 
     uno::Reference<XUnoTunnel> xCrsrTunnel( GetCursor(), UNO_QUERY );
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ uno::Reference< XPropertySet > SwXMLTextImportHelper::createAndInsertOLEObject(
     if( pDoc->GetDrawModel() )
         SwXFrame::GetOrCreateSdrObject(
                 static_cast<SwFlyFrmFmt*>( pXFrame->GetFrmFmt() ) ); // req for z-order
-    if( rTblName.getLength() )
+    if( !rTblName.isEmpty() )
     {
         const SwFmtCntnt& rCntnt = pFrmFmt->GetCntnt();
         const SwNodeIndex *pNdIdx = rCntnt.GetCntntIdx();
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ uno::Reference< XPropertySet > SwXMLTextImportHelper::createAndInsertOLEObject(
     sal_Int64 nDrawAspect = 0;
     const XMLPropStyleContext *pStyle = 0;
     sal_Bool bHasSizeProps = sal_False;
-    if( rStyleName.getLength() )
+    if( !rStyleName.isEmpty() )
     {
         pStyle = FindAutoFrameStyle( rStyleName );
         if( pStyle )
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ uno::Reference< XPropertySet > SwXMLTextImportHelper::createAndInsertOOoLink(
     // We'll need a (valid) URL. If we don't have do not insert the link and return early.
     // Copy URL into URL oject on the way.
        INetURLObject aURLObj;
-    bool bValidURL = rHRef.getLength() != 0 &&
+    bool bValidURL = !rHRef.isEmpty() &&
                      aURLObj.SetURL( URIHelper::SmartRel2Abs(
                                 INetURLObject( GetXMLImport().GetBaseURL() ), rHRef ) );
     if( !bValidURL )
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ uno::Reference< XPropertySet > SwXMLTextImportHelper::createAndInsertApplet(
     SwApplet_Impl aAppletImpl ( aItemSet );
 
     String sCodeBase;
-    if( rHRef.getLength() )
+    if( !rHRef.isEmpty() )
         sCodeBase = GetXMLImport().GetAbsoluteReference( rHRef );
 
     aAppletImpl.CreateApplet ( rCode, rName, bMayScript, sCodeBase, GetXMLImport().GetDocumentBase() );
@@ -701,9 +701,9 @@ uno::Reference< XPropertySet > SwXMLTextImportHelper::createAndInsertPlugin(
     // on the way.
        INetURLObject aURLObj;
 
-    bool bValidURL = rHRef.getLength() != 0 &&
+    bool bValidURL = !rHRef.isEmpty() &&
                      aURLObj.SetURL( URIHelper::SmartRel2Abs( INetURLObject( GetXMLImport().GetBaseURL() ), rHRef ) );
-    bool bValidMimeType = rMimeType.getLength() != 0;
+    bool bValidMimeType = !rMimeType.isEmpty();
     if( !bValidURL && !bValidMimeType )
         return xPropSet;
 
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ uno::Reference< XPropertySet > SwXMLTextImportHelper::createAndInsertFloatingFra
     sal_Bool bIsBorderSet = sal_False;
     Size aMargin( SIZE_NOT_SET, SIZE_NOT_SET );
     const XMLPropStyleContext *pStyle = 0;
-    if( rStyleName.getLength() )
+    if( !rStyleName.isEmpty() )
     {
         pStyle = FindAutoFrameStyle( rStyleName );
         if( pStyle )
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ void SwXMLTextImportHelper::RedlineAdjustStartNodeCursor(
     sal_Bool bStart)
 {
     OUString rId = GetOpenRedlineId();
-    if ((NULL != pRedlineHelper) && (rId.getLength() > 0))
+    if ((NULL != pRedlineHelper) && !rId.isEmpty())
     {
         uno::Reference<XTextRange> xTextRange( GetCursor()->getStart() );
         pRedlineHelper->AdjustStartNodeCursor(rId, bStart, xTextRange );
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/app/docst.cxx b/sw/source/ui/app/docst.cxx
index 48dc2c5ab240..74bd20eb9e09 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/app/docst.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/app/docst.cxx
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ void SwDocShell::ExecStyleSheet( SfxRequest& rReq )
                         xStyles->getByName( pNameItem->GetValue() ) >>= xInfo;
                         ::rtl::OUString aUIName;
                         xInfo->getPropertyValue( ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("DisplayName")) ) >>= aUIName;
-                        if ( aUIName.getLength() )
+                        if ( !aUIName.isEmpty() )
                             rReq.AppendItem( SfxStringItem( SID_STYLE_APPLY, aUIName ) );
                     }
                     catch (const uno::Exception&)
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/chrdlg/chardlg.cxx b/sw/source/ui/chrdlg/chardlg.cxx
index 3040979a3153..14a9bc439ae2 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/chrdlg/chardlg.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/chrdlg/chardlg.cxx
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ void SwCharURLPage::Reset(const SfxItemSet& rSet)
 sal_Bool SwCharURLPage::FillItemSet(SfxItemSet& rSet)
 {
    ::rtl::OUString sURL = aURLED.GetText();
-   if(sURL.getLength())
+   if(!sURL.isEmpty())
     {
         sURL = URIHelper::SmartRel2Abs(INetURLObject(), sURL, Link(), false );
         // #i100683# file URLs should be normalized in the UI
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/config/mailconfigpage.cxx b/sw/source/ui/config/mailconfigpage.cxx
index f423f01fd7dc..d4ab549a8e52 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/config/mailconfigpage.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/config/mailconfigpage.cxx
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ void SwTestAccountSettingsDialog::Test()
             uno::Reference<XAuthenticator> xAuthenticator;
             if(m_pParent->m_pConfigItem->IsAuthentication() &&
                     !m_pParent->m_pConfigItem->IsSMTPAfterPOP() &&
-                    m_pParent->m_pConfigItem->GetMailUserName().getLength())
+                    !m_pParent->m_pConfigItem->GetMailUserName().isEmpty())
                 xAuthenticator =
                     new SwAuthenticator(
                         m_pParent->m_pConfigItem->GetMailUserName(),
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/config/modcfg.cxx b/sw/source/ui/config/modcfg.cxx
index af6d32842c3e..8470b95fa2e0 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/config/modcfg.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/config/modcfg.cxx
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ void SwInsertConfig::Load()
                 //#i61007#  initialize caption order, right now only HUNGARIAN seems to need a different order
                 SvtSysLocaleOptions aSysLocaleOptions;
                 OUString sLang = aSysLocaleOptions.GetLocaleConfigString();
-                bCaptionOrderNumberingFirst = ( sLang.getLength() && sLang.matchAsciiL( "hu", 2 )) ? sal_True : sal_False;
+                bCaptionOrderNumberingFirst = ( !sLang.isEmpty() && sLang.matchAsciiL( "hu", 2 )) ? sal_True : sal_False;
             }
 
         }
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/config/optcomp.cxx b/sw/source/ui/config/optcomp.cxx
index 626190427e82..9fc64969b7a2 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/config/optcomp.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/config/optcomp.cxx
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ void SwCompatibilityOptPage::InitControls( const SfxItemSet& rSet )
 
         if ( sName.equals( USER_ENTRY ) )
             sNewEntry = m_sUserEntry;
-        else if ( pObjShell && sName.getLength() > 0 )
+        else if ( pObjShell && !sName.isEmpty() )
         {
             SfxFilterContainer* pFacCont = pObjShell->GetFactory().GetFilterContainer();
             const SfxFilter* pFilter = pFacCont->GetFilter4FilterName( sName );
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/addresslistdialog.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/addresslistdialog.cxx
index af1856406b81..e0d3ddbf617e 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/addresslistdialog.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/addresslistdialog.cxx
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ SwAddressListDialog::SwAddressListDialog(SwMailMergeAddressBlockPage* pParent) :
                 {
                     m_xDBContext->getByName(pNames[nName]) >>= xSourceProperties;
                     pUserData->sURL = lcl_getFlatURL( xSourceProperties );
-                    bEnableEdit = pUserData->sURL.getLength() > 0 &&
+                    bEnableEdit = !pUserData->sURL.isEmpty() &&
                         SWUnoHelper::UCB_IsFile( pUserData->sURL ) && //#i97577#
                         !SWUnoHelper::UCB_IsReadOnlyFileName( pUserData->sURL );
                 }
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ IMPL_LINK(SwAddressListDialog, FilterHdl_Impl, PushButton*, EMPTYARG)
                 ::rtl::OUString sQuery;
                 xRowProperties->getPropertyValue(C2U("ActiveCommand"))>>= sQuery;
                 xComposer->setQuery(sQuery);
-                if(pUserData->sFilter.getLength())
+                if(!pUserData->sFilter.isEmpty())
                     xComposer->setFilter(pUserData->sFilter);
                 aFirst.Value <<= xComposer;
 
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ IMPL_LINK(SwAddressListDialog, EditHdl_Impl, PushButton*, pButton)
 {
     SvLBoxEntry* pEntry = m_aListLB.FirstSelected();
     AddressUserData_Impl* pUserData = pEntry ? static_cast<AddressUserData_Impl*>(pEntry->GetUserData()) : 0;
-    if(pUserData && pUserData->sURL.getLength())
+    if(pUserData && !pUserData->sURL.isEmpty())
     {
         if(pUserData->xResultSet.is())
         {
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ IMPL_STATIC_LINK(SwAddressListDialog, StaticListBoxSelectHdl_Impl, SvLBoxEntry*,
         if(sTable == pThis->m_sConnecting)
            pThis->m_aListLB.SetEntryText(String(), pSelect, ITEMID_TABLE - 1);
     }
-    pThis->m_aEditPB.Enable(pUserData && pUserData->sURL.getLength() &&
+    pThis->m_aEditPB.Enable(pUserData && !pUserData->sURL.isEmpty() &&
                     SWUnoHelper::UCB_IsFile( pUserData->sURL ) && //#i97577#
                     !SWUnoHelper::UCB_IsReadOnlyFileName( pUserData->sURL ) );
     pThis->m_bInSelectHdl = false;
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ void SwAddressListDialog::DetectTablesAndQueries(
                 }
             }
         }
-        if ( m_aDBData.sCommand.getLength() )
+        if ( !m_aDBData.sCommand.isEmpty() )
         {
             uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xSourceProperties;
             m_xDBContext->getByName(m_aDBData.sDataSource) >>= xSourceProperties;
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/customizeaddresslistdialog.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/customizeaddresslistdialog.cxx
index e7e6c920e47b..8f6e0e28404e 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/customizeaddresslistdialog.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/customizeaddresslistdialog.cxx
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ SwAddRenameEntryDialog::~SwAddRenameEntryDialog()
 IMPL_LINK(SwAddRenameEntryDialog, ModifyHdl_Impl, Edit*, pEdit)
 {
     ::rtl::OUString sEntry = pEdit->GetText();
-    sal_Bool bFound = sEntry.getLength() ? sal_False : sal_True;
+    sal_Bool bFound = sEntry.isEmpty();
 
     if(!bFound)
     {
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/dbinsdlg.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/dbinsdlg.cxx
index 47fa5297fdde..5a7f3dcf95da 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/dbinsdlg.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/dbinsdlg.cxx
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ IMPL_LINK( SwInsertDBColAutoPilot, SelectHdl, ListBox*, pBox )
 
     if( pBox == &aLbDbFmtFromUsr )
     {
-        if( aSrch.sColumn.getLength() )
+        if( !aSrch.sColumn.isEmpty() )
         {
             aOldNumFmtLnk.Call( pBox );
             aDBColumns[ nFndPos ]->nUsrNumFmt = aLbDbFmtFromUsr.GetFormat();
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ IMPL_LINK( SwInsertDBColAutoPilot, SelectHdl, ListBox*, pBox )
         // set the selected FieldName at the FormatGroupBox, so that
         // it's clear what field is configured by the format!
         String sTxt( aFlFormat.GetText().Copy( 0, nGBFmtLen ));
-        if( !aSrch.sColumn.getLength() )
+        if( aSrch.sColumn.isEmpty() )
         {
             aRbDbFmtFromDb.Enable( sal_False );
             aRbDbFmtFromUsr.Enable( sal_False );
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/dbmgr.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/dbmgr.cxx
index 9b184c865b56..c309595b97ce 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/dbmgr.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/dbmgr.cxx
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ sal_Bool SwNewDBMgr::MergeNew(const SwMergeDescriptor& rMergeDesc )
     if ( rMergeDesc.rDescriptor.has(daConnection) )
         rMergeDesc.rDescriptor[daConnection] >>= xConnection;
 
-    if(!aData.sDataSource.getLength() || !aData.sCommand.getLength() || !xResSet.is())
+    if(aData.sDataSource.isEmpty() || aData.sCommand.isEmpty() || !xResSet.is())
     {
         return sal_False;
     }
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ sal_Bool SwNewDBMgr::GetTableNames(ListBox* pListBox, const String& rDBName)
     else
     {
         rtl::OUString sDBName(rDBName);
-        if ( sDBName.getLength() )
+        if ( !sDBName.isEmpty() )
             xConnection = RegisterConnection( sDBName );
     }
     if(xConnection.is())
@@ -2411,7 +2411,7 @@ void SwNewDBMgr::ExecuteFormLetter( SwWrtShell& rSh,
     if ( aDescriptor.has(daConnection) )
         aDescriptor[daConnection] >>= xConnection;
 
-    if(!sDataSource.getLength() || !sDataTableOrQuery.getLength())
+    if(sDataSource.isEmpty() || sDataTableOrQuery.isEmpty())
     {
         OSL_FAIL("PropertyValues missing or unset");
         return;
@@ -2574,7 +2574,7 @@ void SwNewDBMgr::InsertText(SwWrtShell& rSh,
         else if(pValues[nPos].Name.equalsAsciiL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(cActiveConnection)))
             pValues[nPos].Value >>= xConnection;
     }
-    if(!sDataSource.getLength() || !sDataTableOrQuery.getLength() || !xResSet.is())
+    if(sDataSource.isEmpty() || sDataTableOrQuery.isEmpty() || !xResSet.is())
     {
         OSL_FAIL("PropertyValues missing or unset");
         return;
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mailmergechildwindow.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mailmergechildwindow.cxx
index f76e1dd7f831..326679f5a045 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mailmergechildwindow.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mailmergechildwindow.cxx
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ void SwMailDispatcherListener_Impl::DeleteAttachments( uno::Reference< mail::XMa
             {
                 ::rtl::OUString sURL;
                 xTransferableProperties->getPropertyValue( ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("URL")) ) >>= sURL;
-                if(sURL.getLength())
+                if(!sURL.isEmpty())
                     SWUnoHelper::UCB_DeleteFile( sURL );
             }
         }
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ void  SwSendMailDialog::IterateMails()
         pMessage->addRecipient( pCurrentMailDescriptor->sEMail );
         pMessage->SetSenderName( m_pConfigItem->GetMailDisplayName() );
         pMessage->SetSenderAddress( m_pConfigItem->GetMailAddress() );
-        if(pCurrentMailDescriptor->sAttachmentURL.getLength())
+        if(!pCurrentMailDescriptor->sAttachmentURL.isEmpty())
         {
             mail::MailAttachment aAttach;
             aAttach.Data =
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ void  SwSendMailDialog::IterateMails()
         pMessage->setBody( xBody );
 
         //CC and BCC are tokenized by ';'
-        if(pCurrentMailDescriptor->sCC.getLength())
+        if(!pCurrentMailDescriptor->sCC.isEmpty())
         {
             String sTokens( pCurrentMailDescriptor->sCC );
             sal_uInt16 nTokens = comphelper::string::getTokenCount(sTokens, ';');
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ void  SwSendMailDialog::IterateMails()
                     pMessage->addCcRecipient( sTmp );
             }
         }
-        if(pCurrentMailDescriptor->sBCC.getLength())
+        if(!pCurrentMailDescriptor->sBCC.isEmpty())
         {
             String sTokens( pCurrentMailDescriptor->sBCC );
             sal_uInt16 nTokens = comphelper::string::getTokenCount(sTokens, ';');
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mailmergehelper.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mailmergehelper.cxx
index 13d7705a7181..95633289aaf3 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mailmergehelper.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mailmergehelper.cxx
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ uno::Reference< mail::XSmtpService > ConnectToSmtpServer(
             uno::Reference< mail::XAuthenticator> xAuthenticator;
             if(rConfigItem.IsAuthentication() &&
                     !rConfigItem.IsSMTPAfterPOP() &&
-                    rConfigItem.GetMailUserName().getLength())
+                    !rConfigItem.GetMailUserName().isEmpty())
             {
                 String sPasswd = rConfigItem.GetMailPassword();
                 if(rOutMailServerPassword.Len())
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ String SwAddressPreview::FillData(
 
     sal_Bool bIncludeCountry = rConfigItem.IsIncludeCountry();
     const ::rtl::OUString rExcludeCountry = rConfigItem.GetExcludeCountry();
-    bool bSpecialReplacementForCountry = (!bIncludeCountry || rExcludeCountry.getLength());
+    bool bSpecialReplacementForCountry = (!bIncludeCountry || !rExcludeCountry.isEmpty());
     String sCountryColumn;
     if( bSpecialReplacementForCountry )
     {
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ String SwAddressPreview::FillData(
                                                                                 ++nColumn)
             {
                 if(rDefHeaders.GetString(nColumn) == aItem.sText &&
-                    pAssignment[nColumn].getLength())
+                    !pAssignment[nColumn].isEmpty())
                 {
                     sConvertedColumn = pAssignment[nColumn];
                     break;
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ String SwAddressPreview::FillData(
 
                         if( bSpecialReplacementForCountry && sCountryColumn == sConvertedColumn )
                         {
-                            if( rExcludeCountry.getLength() && sReplace != rExcludeCountry )
+                            if( !rExcludeCountry.isEmpty() && sReplace != rExcludeCountry )
                                 aItem.sText = sReplace;
                             else
                                 aItem.sText.Erase();
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ OUString SwAuthenticator::getUserName( ) throw (RuntimeException)
 
 OUString SwAuthenticator::getPassword(  ) throw (RuntimeException)
 {
-    if(m_aUserName.getLength() && !m_aPassword.getLength() && m_pParentWindow)
+    if(!m_aUserName.isEmpty() && m_aPassword.isEmpty() && m_pParentWindow)
     {
        SfxPasswordDialog* pPasswdDlg =
                 new SfxPasswordDialog( m_pParentWindow );
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmaddressblockpage.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmaddressblockpage.cxx
index 3116244765bb..b5aa5de8b0a6 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmaddressblockpage.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmaddressblockpage.cxx
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ void SwSelectAddressBlockDialog::SetSettings(
 {
     if(bIsCountry)
     {
-        rCountry.getLength() ? m_aDependentRB.Check() : m_aAlwaysRB.Check();
+        !rCountry.isEmpty() ? m_aDependentRB.Check() : m_aAlwaysRB.Check();
         m_aCountryED.SetText(rCountry);
     }
     else
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ SwAssignFieldsControl::SwAssignFieldsControl(
         FixedInfo* pNewPreview = new FixedInfo(&m_aWindow, ResId( FT_PREVIEW, *rResId.GetResMgr() ));
         //select the ListBox
         //if there is an assignment
-        if(aAssignments.getLength() > i && aAssignments[i].getLength())
+        if(aAssignments.getLength() > i && !aAssignments[i].isEmpty())
             pNewLB->SelectEntry(aAssignments[i]);
         else //otherwise the current column name may match one of the db columns
             pNewLB->SelectEntry(rHeader);
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmconfigitem.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmconfigitem.cxx
index e21456916adc..948af5e1f0a5 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmconfigitem.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmconfigitem.cxx
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ void  SwMailMergeConfigItem_Impl::Commit()
         if(aAssignIter->bColumnAssignmentsChanged)
         {
             //create a new node name
-            OUString sNewNode = aAssignIter->sConfigNodeName.getLength() ?
+            OUString sNewNode = !aAssignIter->sConfigNodeName.isEmpty() ?
                         aAssignIter->sConfigNodeName :
                         lcl_CreateNodeName(aAssignments);
             OUString sSlash = C2U("/");
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ void SwMailMergeConfigItem::SetCurrentDBData( const SwDBData& rDBData)
 
 Reference< XResultSet>   SwMailMergeConfigItem::GetResultSet() const
 {
-    if(!m_pImpl->xConnection.is() && m_pImpl->aDBData.sDataSource.getLength())
+    if(!m_pImpl->xConnection.is() && !m_pImpl->aDBData.sDataSource.isEmpty())
     {
         m_pImpl->xConnection.reset(
             SwNewDBMgr::GetConnection( m_pImpl->aDBData.sDataSource, m_pImpl->xSource ),
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ Reference< XResultSet>   SwMailMergeConfigItem::GetResultSet() const
                 xRowProperties->setPropertyValue(C2U("ActiveConnection"), makeAny(m_pImpl->xConnection.getTyped()));
                 try
                 {
-                    xRowProperties->setPropertyValue(C2U("ApplyFilter"), makeAny(m_pImpl->sFilter.getLength()>0));
+                    xRowProperties->setPropertyValue(C2U("ApplyFilter"), makeAny(!m_pImpl->sFilter.isEmpty()));
                     xRowProperties->setPropertyValue(C2U("Filter"), makeAny(m_pImpl->sFilter));
                 }
                 catch (const Exception&)
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ void  SwMailMergeConfigItem::SetFilter(::rtl::OUString& rFilter)
         {
             try
             {
-                xRowProperties->setPropertyValue(C2U("ApplyFilter"), makeAny(m_pImpl->sFilter.getLength()>0));
+                xRowProperties->setPropertyValue(C2U("ApplyFilter"), makeAny(!m_pImpl->sFilter.isEmpty()));
                 xRowProperties->setPropertyValue(C2U("Filter"), makeAny(m_pImpl->sFilter));
                 uno::Reference<XRowSet> xRowSet( m_pImpl->xResultSet, UNO_QUERY_THROW );
                 xRowSet->execute();
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ Sequence< ::rtl::OUString> SwMailMergeConfigItem::GetColumnAssignment(
 {
     ::rtl::OUString sRet;
     Sequence< ::rtl::OUString> aAssignment = GetColumnAssignment( m_pImpl->aDBData );
-    if(aAssignment.getLength() > sal::static_int_cast< sal_Int32, sal_uInt32>(nColumn) && aAssignment[nColumn].getLength())
+    if(aAssignment.getLength() > sal::static_int_cast< sal_Int32, sal_uInt32>(nColumn) && !aAssignment[nColumn].isEmpty())
         sRet = aAssignment[nColumn];
     else if(nColumn < m_pImpl->m_AddressHeaderSA.Count())
         sRet = m_pImpl->m_AddressHeaderSA.GetString(nColumn);
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ bool SwMailMergeConfigItem::IsAddressFieldsAssigned() const
                                                                                 ++nColumn)
             {
                 if(rHeaders.GetString(nColumn) == aItem.sText &&
-                    pAssignment[nColumn].getLength())
+                    !pAssignment[nColumn].isEmpty())
                 {
                     sConvertedColumn = pAssignment[nColumn];
                     break;
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ bool SwMailMergeConfigItem::IsGreetingFieldsAssigned() const
                                                                                 ++nColumn)
             {
                 if(rHeaders.GetString(nColumn) == aItem.sText &&
-                    pAssignment[nColumn].getLength())
+                    !pAssignment[nColumn].isEmpty())
                 {
                     sConvertedColumn = pAssignment[nColumn];
                     break;
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmdocselectpage.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmdocselectpage.cxx
index d94e5ceeda60..229ef6866790 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmdocselectpage.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmdocselectpage.cxx
@@ -188,15 +188,15 @@ sal_Bool SwMailMergeDocSelectPage::commitPage( ::svt::WizardTypes::CommitPageRea
         ::rtl::OUString sReloadDocument;
         bReturn = m_aCurrentDocRB.IsChecked() ||
                 m_aNewDocRB.IsChecked() ||
-                ((sReloadDocument = m_sLoadFileName).getLength() && m_aLoadDocRB.IsChecked() )||
-                ((sReloadDocument = m_sLoadTemplateName).getLength() && m_aLoadTemplateRB.IsChecked())||
-                (m_aRecentDocRB.IsChecked() && (sReloadDocument = m_aRecentDocLB.GetSelectEntry()).getLength());
+                (!(sReloadDocument = m_sLoadFileName).isEmpty() && m_aLoadDocRB.IsChecked() )||
+                (!(sReloadDocument = m_sLoadTemplateName).isEmpty() && m_aLoadTemplateRB.IsChecked())||
+                (m_aRecentDocRB.IsChecked() && !(sReloadDocument = m_aRecentDocLB.GetSelectEntry()).isEmpty());
         if( _eReason == ::svt::WizardTypes::eValidate )
             m_pWizard->SetDocumentLoad(!m_aCurrentDocRB.IsChecked());
 
         if(bNext && !m_aCurrentDocRB.IsChecked())
         {
-            if(sReloadDocument.getLength())
+            if(!sReloadDocument.isEmpty())
                 m_pWizard->SetReloadDocument( sReloadDocument );
             m_pWizard->SetRestartPage(MM_OUTPUTTYPETPAGE);
             m_pWizard->EndDialog(RET_LOAD_DOC);
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmgreetingspage.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmgreetingspage.cxx
index bc899800c38d..9e5e038db678 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmgreetingspage.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmgreetingspage.cxx
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void SwMailMergeGreetingsPage::UpdatePreview()
         ::rtl::OUString sFemaleColumn = m_aFemaleColumnLB.GetSelectEntry();
         Reference< sdbcx::XColumnsSupplier > xColsSupp( m_pWizard->GetConfigItem().GetResultSet(), UNO_QUERY);
         Reference < container::XNameAccess> xColAccess = xColsSupp.is() ? xColsSupp->getColumns() : 0;
-        if(sFemaleValue.getLength() && sFemaleColumn.getLength() &&
+        if(!sFemaleValue.isEmpty() && !sFemaleColumn.isEmpty() &&
                 xColAccess.is() &&
                 xColAccess->hasByName(sFemaleColumn))
         {
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void SwMailMergeGreetingsPage::UpdatePreview()
                             aCol = xColAccess->getByName(sLastNameColumn);
                             aCol >>= xColumn;
                             ::rtl::OUString sLastNameColumnValue = xColumn->getString();
-                            bNoValue = !sLastNameColumnValue.getLength();
+                            bNoValue = sLastNameColumnValue.isEmpty();
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmlayoutpage.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmlayoutpage.cxx
index 7f82a9ccc245..5baa5106d765 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmlayoutpage.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmlayoutpage.cxx
@@ -348,14 +348,14 @@ SwFrmFmt* SwMailMergeLayoutPage::InsertAddressFrame(
         sal_Bool bIncludeCountry = rConfigItem.IsIncludeCountry();
         sal_Bool bHideEmptyParagraphs = rConfigItem.IsHideEmptyParagraphs();
         const ::rtl::OUString rExcludeCountry = rConfigItem.GetExcludeCountry();
-        bool bSpecialReplacementForCountry = (!bIncludeCountry || rExcludeCountry.getLength());
+        bool bSpecialReplacementForCountry = (!bIncludeCountry || !rExcludeCountry.isEmpty());
 
         const ResStringArray& rHeaders = rConfigItem.GetDefaultAddressHeaders();
         String sCountryColumn = rHeaders.GetString(MM_PART_COUNTRY);
         Sequence< ::rtl::OUString> aAssignment =
                         rConfigItem.GetColumnAssignment( rConfigItem.GetCurrentDBData() );
         const ::rtl::OUString* pAssignment = aAssignment.getConstArray();
-        if(aAssignment.getLength() > MM_PART_COUNTRY && aAssignment[MM_PART_COUNTRY].getLength())
+        if(aAssignment.getLength() > MM_PART_COUNTRY && !aAssignment[MM_PART_COUNTRY].isEmpty())
             sCountryColumn = aAssignment[MM_PART_COUNTRY];
         //
         String sHideParagraphsExpression;
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ SwFrmFmt* SwMailMergeLayoutPage::InsertAddressFrame(
                                                                                     ++nColumn)
                 {
                     if(rHeaders.GetString(nColumn) == aItem.sText &&
-                        pAssignment[nColumn].getLength())
+                        !pAssignment[nColumn].isEmpty())
                     {
                         sConvertedColumn = pAssignment[nColumn];
                         break;
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ SwFrmFmt* SwMailMergeLayoutPage::InsertAddressFrame(
                 {
                     // now insert a hidden paragraph field
                     String sExpression;
-                    if( rExcludeCountry.getLength() )
+                    if( !rExcludeCountry.isEmpty() )
                     {
                         sExpression = sDatabaseConditionPrefix;
                         sExpression.Insert('[', 0);
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ void SwMailMergeLayoutPage::InsertGreeting(SwWrtShell& rShell, SwMailMergeConfig
 //          Female:  [database.sGenderColumn] != "rFemaleGenderValue" && [database.NameColumn]
 //          Male:    [database.sGenderColumn] == "rFemaleGenderValue" && [database.rGenderColumn]
 //          Neutral: [database.sNameColumn]
-            OSL_ENSURE(sGenderColumn.Len() && rFemaleGenderValue.getLength(),
+            OSL_ENSURE(sGenderColumn.Len() && !rFemaleGenderValue.isEmpty(),
                     "gender settings not available - how to form the condition?");
             //column used as lastname
             for(sal_Int8 eGender = SwMailMergeConfigItem::FEMALE;
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ void SwMailMergeLayoutPage::InsertGreeting(SwWrtShell& rShell, SwMailMergeConfig
                                                                                                 ++nColumn)
                             {
                                 if(rHeaders.GetString(nColumn) == aItem.sText &&
-                                    pAssignment[nColumn].getLength())
+                                    !pAssignment[nColumn].isEmpty())
                                 {
                                     sConvertedColumn = pAssignment[nColumn];
                                     break;
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmoutputpage.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmoutputpage.cxx
index ea332d3e4343..ef2540887b99 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmoutputpage.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/mmoutputpage.cxx
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ IMPL_LINK(SwMailMergeOutputPage, OutputTypeHdl_Impl, RadioButton*, pButton)
             String sEMailColumn = rHeaders.GetString( MM_PART_E_MAIL );
             Sequence< ::rtl::OUString> aAssignment =
                             rConfigItem.GetColumnAssignment( rConfigItem.GetCurrentDBData() );
-            if(aAssignment.getLength() > MM_PART_E_MAIL && aAssignment[MM_PART_E_MAIL].getLength())
+            if(aAssignment.getLength() > MM_PART_E_MAIL && !aAssignment[MM_PART_E_MAIL].isEmpty())
                 sEMailColumn = aAssignment[MM_PART_E_MAIL];
             m_aMailToLB.SelectEntry(sEMailColumn);
             // HTML format pre-selected
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ IMPL_LINK(SwMailMergeOutputPage, SendDocumentsHdl_Impl, PushButton*, pButton)
     if(!pTargetView)
         return 0;
 
-    if(!rConfigItem.GetMailServer().getLength() ||
+    if(rConfigItem.GetMailServer().isEmpty() ||
             !SwMailMergeHelper::CheckMailAddress(rConfigItem.GetMailAddress()) )
     {
         QueryBox aQuery(pButton, WB_YES_NO_CANCEL, m_sConfigureMail);
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ IMPL_LINK(SwMailMergeOutputPage, SendDocumentsHdl_Impl, PushButton*, pButton)
                 ::rtl::OUString sNameColumn = rConfigItem.GetAssignedColumn(MM_PART_LASTNAME);
                 ::rtl::OUString sName = lcl_GetColumnValueOf(sNameColumn, xColAccess);
                 String sGreeting;
-                if(sName.getLength() && rConfigItem.IsIndividualGreeting(sal_True))
+                if(!sName.isEmpty() && rConfigItem.IsIndividualGreeting(sal_True))
                 {
                     ::rtl::OUString sGenderColumn = rConfigItem.GetAssignedColumn(MM_PART_GENDER);
                     const ::rtl::OUString& sFemaleValue = rConfigItem.GetFemaleGenderValue();
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dbui/selectdbtabledialog.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dbui/selectdbtabledialog.cxx
index ab848fb26ea2..ebcb474c63fe 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dbui/selectdbtabledialog.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dbui/selectdbtabledialog.cxx
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ IMPL_LINK(SwSelectDBTableDialog, PreviewHdl, PushButton*, pButton)
             Reference<XPropertySet> xPrSet(xSource, UNO_QUERY);
             xPrSet->getPropertyValue(C2U("Name")) >>= sDataSourceName;
         }
-        OSL_ENSURE(sDataSourceName.getLength(), "no data source found");
+        OSL_ENSURE(!sDataSourceName.isEmpty(), "no data source found");
         Sequence<PropertyValue> aProperties(5);
         PropertyValue* pProperties = aProperties.getArray();
         pProperties[0].Name = C2U("DataSourceName");
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/dialog/uiregionsw.cxx b/sw/source/ui/dialog/uiregionsw.cxx
index 8c28df453cc6..284ee74ed0c8 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/dialog/uiregionsw.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/dialog/uiregionsw.cxx
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ IMPL_LINK( SwEditRegionDlg, SubRegionEventHdl, VclWindowEvent *, pEvent )
         //if necessary fill the names bookmarks/sections/tables now
 
         rtl::OUString sFileName = aFileNameED.GetText();
-        if(sFileName.getLength())
+        if(!sFileName.isEmpty())
         {
             SfxMedium* pMedium = rSh.GetView().GetDocShell()->GetMedium();
             INetURLObject aAbs;
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/docvw/romenu.cxx b/sw/source/ui/docvw/romenu.cxx
index fea31eaa4406..dada27df5541 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/docvw/romenu.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/docvw/romenu.cxx
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ String ExportGraphic( const Graphic &rGraphic, const String &rGrfName )
             }
 
             sal_uInt16 nFilter;
-            if ( xFltMgr->getCurrentFilter().getLength() && rGF.GetExportFormatCount() )
+            if ( !xFltMgr->getCurrentFilter().isEmpty() && rGF.GetExportFormatCount() )
                 nFilter = rGF.GetExportFormatNumber( xFltMgr->getCurrentFilter() );
             else
                 nFilter = GRFILTER_FORMAT_DONTKNOW;
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/envelp/label1.cxx b/sw/source/ui/envelp/label1.cxx
index b1bde75b300a..e49f36755804 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/envelp/label1.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/envelp/label1.cxx
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ void SwLabPage::Reset(const SfxItemSet& rSet)
     aMakeBox.GetSelectHdl().Call( &aMakeBox );
     aItem.aType = sType;
     //#102806# a newly added make may not be in the type ListBox already
-    if (aTypeBox.GetEntryPos(String(aItem.aType)) == LISTBOX_ENTRY_NOTFOUND && aItem.aMake.getLength())
+    if (aTypeBox.GetEntryPos(String(aItem.aType)) == LISTBOX_ENTRY_NOTFOUND && !aItem.aMake.isEmpty())
         GetParent()->UpdateGroup( aItem.aMake );
     if (aTypeBox.GetEntryPos(String(aItem.aType)) != LISTBOX_ENTRY_NOTFOUND)
     {
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/envelp/labelcfg.cxx b/sw/source/ui/envelp/labelcfg.cxx
index d8dc95333717..b6748953a6de 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/envelp/labelcfg.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/envelp/labelcfg.cxx
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ void SwLabelConfig::SaveLabel(  const rtl::OUString& rManufacturer,
         }
     }
     // if not found - generate a unique node name
-    if(!sFoundNode.getLength())
+    if(sFoundNode.isEmpty())
     {
         sal_Int32 nIndex = aLabels.getLength();
         OUString sPrefix(C2U("Label"));
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/envelp/mailmrge.cxx b/sw/source/ui/envelp/mailmrge.cxx
index c9d61dd1c441..b78e2e8f6da7 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/envelp/mailmrge.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/envelp/mailmrge.cxx
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ SwMailMergeDlg::SwMailMergeDlg(Window* pParent, SwWrtShell& rShell,
                     break;
                 }
             }
-            if( sUIName2.getLength() )
+            if( !sUIName2.isEmpty() )
             {
                 sal_uInt16 nFilter = aFilterLB.InsertEntry( sUIName2 );
                 if( 0 == sFilter.compareToAscii("writer8") )
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/fldui/flddb.cxx b/sw/source/ui/fldui/flddb.cxx
index 8f678e33915a..4a4c8a86ffb6 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/fldui/flddb.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/fldui/flddb.cxx
@@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ sal_Bool SwFldDBPage::FillItemSet(SfxItemSet& )
     if(!pSh)
         pSh = ::GetActiveWrtShell();
 
-    if (!aData.sDataSource.getLength())
+    if (aData.sDataSource.isEmpty())
         aData = pSh->GetDBData();
 
-    if(aData.sDataSource.getLength())       // without database no new field command
+    if(!aData.sDataSource.isEmpty())       // without database no new field command
     {
         sal_uInt16 nTypeId = (sal_uInt16)(sal_uLong)aTypeLB.GetEntryData(GetTypeSel());
         String aVal(aValueED.GetText());
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/fldui/fldmgr.cxx b/sw/source/ui/fldui/fldmgr.cxx
index 54ec65298bf4..2ebd2cecd0dc 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/fldui/fldmgr.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/fldui/fldmgr.cxx
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ sal_Bool SwFldMgr::InsertFld(  const SwInsertFld_Data& rData )
                 sPar1 = rData.sPar1.GetToken(3, DB_DELIM);
             }
 
-            if(aDBData.sDataSource.getLength() && pCurShell->GetDBData() != aDBData)
+            if(!aDBData.sDataSource.isEmpty() && pCurShell->GetDBData() != aDBData)
                 pCurShell->ChgDBData(aDBData);
 
             SwDBFieldType* pTyp = (SwDBFieldType*)pCurShell->InsertFldType(
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ sal_Bool SwFldMgr::InsertFld(  const SwInsertFld_Data& rData )
                 nPos = 0;
             sPar1 = rData.sPar1.Copy(nPos);
 
-            if (aDBData.sDataSource.getLength() && pCurShell->GetDBData() != aDBData)
+            if (!aDBData.sDataSource.isEmpty() && pCurShell->GetDBData() != aDBData)
                 pCurShell->ChgDBData(aDBData);
 
             switch(rData.nTypeId)
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ sal_Bool SwFldMgr::ChooseMacro(const String&)
     ::rtl::OUString aScriptURL = SfxApplication::ChooseScript();
 
     // the script selector dialog returns a valid script URL
-    if ( aScriptURL.getLength() != 0 )
+    if ( !aScriptURL.isEmpty() )
     {
         SetMacroPath( aScriptURL );
         bRet = sal_True;
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/lingu/hhcwrp.cxx b/sw/source/ui/lingu/hhcwrp.cxx
index 975157e0f9cc..56a77b1eebff 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/lingu/hhcwrp.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/lingu/hhcwrp.cxx
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ sal_Bool SwHHCWrapper::ConvContinue_impl( SwConversionArgs *pConversionArgs )
     uno::Any  aRet = bProgress ?
         pView->GetWrtShell().SpellContinue( &nPageCount, &nPageStart, pConversionArgs ) :
         pView->GetWrtShell().SpellContinue( &nPageCount, NULL, pConversionArgs );
-    return pConversionArgs->aConvText.getLength() != 0;
+    return !pConversionArgs->aConvText.isEmpty();
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/lingu/olmenu.cxx b/sw/source/ui/lingu/olmenu.cxx
index 22fc7b264cf3..eb2f796311dd 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/lingu/olmenu.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/lingu/olmenu.cxx
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ LanguageType lcl_CheckLanguage(
 
         // if the result from language guessing does not provide a 'Country' part
         // try to get it by looking up the locale setting of the office.
-        if (aLocale.Country.getLength() == 0)
+        if (aLocale.Country.isEmpty())
         {
             lang::Locale aTmpLocale = SvxCreateLocale( nTmpLang );
             if (aTmpLocale.Language == aLocale.Language)
@@ -247,14 +247,14 @@ void SwSpellPopup::fillLangPopupMenu(
     }
 
     //4--guessed language
-    if (aGuessedTextLang.getLength() > 0)
+    if (!aGuessedTextLang.isEmpty())
     {
         if (lcl_checkScriptType(nScriptType, aLanguageTable.GetType(aGuessedTextLang)))
             aLangItems.insert( aGuessedTextLang );
     }
 
     //5--keyboard language
-    if (aKeyboardLang.getLength() > 0)
+    if (!aKeyboardLang.isEmpty())
     {
         if (lcl_checkScriptType(nScriptType, aLanguageTable.GetType(aKeyboardLang)))
             aLangItems.insert( aKeyboardLang );
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static Image lcl_GetImageFromPngUrl( const OUString &rFileUrl )
 OUString RetrieveLabelFromCommand( const OUString& aCmdURL )
 {
     OUString aLabel;
-    if ( aCmdURL.getLength() )
+    if ( !aCmdURL.isEmpty() )
     {
         try
         {
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ SwSpellPopup::SwSpellPopup(
             const String aEntry = aSuggestions[ i ];
             InsertItem( nItemId, aEntry, 0, i );
             SetHelpId( nItemId, HID_LINGU_REPLACE);
-            if (aSuggestionImageUrl.getLength() > 0)
+            if (!aSuggestionImageUrl.isEmpty())
                 SetItemImage( nItemId, aImage );
 
             pMenu->InsertItem( nAutoCorrItemId, aEntry );
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ SwSpellPopup::SwSpellPopup(
                 {
                     OUString aDictionaryImageUrl( aCfg.GetSpellAndGrammarContextDictionaryImage(
                             xSvcInfo->getImplementationName() ) );
-                    if (aDictionaryImageUrl.getLength() > 0)
+                    if (!aDictionaryImageUrl.isEmpty())
                     {
                         Image aImage( lcl_GetImageFromPngUrl( aDictionaryImageUrl ) );
                         pMenu->SetItemImage( nItemId, aImage );
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ aInfo16( SW_RES(IMG_INFO_16) )
             const String aEntry = aSuggestions[ i ];
             InsertItem( nItemId, aEntry, 0, nPos++ );
             SetHelpId( nItemId, HID_LINGU_REPLACE );
-            if (aSuggestionImageUrl.getLength() > 0)
+            if (!aSuggestionImageUrl.isEmpty())
                 SetItemImage( nItemId, aImage );
 
             ++nItemId;
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/shells/drformsh.cxx b/sw/source/ui/shells/drformsh.cxx
index 3fefd1a1d44a..97cb606d5497 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/shells/drformsh.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/shells/drformsh.cxx
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void SwDrawFormShell::Execute(SfxRequest &rReq)
                         if( xPropInfoSet->hasPropertyByName( sTargetURL ))
                         {
                             beans::Property aProp = xPropInfoSet->getPropertyByName( sTargetURL );
-                            if( aProp.Name.getLength() )
+                            if( !aProp.Name.isEmpty() )
                             {
                                 uno::Any aTmp;
                                 // Ja!
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void SwDrawFormShell::GetState(SfxItemSet& rSet)
                                 {
                                     aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue( C2U("Label") );
                                     OUString sTmp;
-                                    if( (aTmp >>= sTmp) && sTmp.getLength())
+                                    if( (aTmp >>= sTmp) && !sTmp.isEmpty())
                                     {
                                         aHLinkItem.SetName(sTmp);
                                     }
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ void SwDrawFormShell::GetState(SfxItemSet& rSet)
                                 {
                                     aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue( C2U("TargetURL") );
                                     OUString sTmp;
-                                    if( (aTmp >>= sTmp) && sTmp.getLength())
+                                    if( (aTmp >>= sTmp) && !sTmp.isEmpty())
                                     {
                                         aHLinkItem.SetURL(sTmp);
                                     }
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void SwDrawFormShell::GetState(SfxItemSet& rSet)
                                 {
                                     aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue( C2U("TargetFrame") );
                                     OUString sTmp;
-                                    if( (aTmp >>= sTmp) && sTmp.getLength())
+                                    if( (aTmp >>= sTmp) && !sTmp.isEmpty())
                                     {
                                         aHLinkItem.SetTargetFrame(sTmp);
                                     }
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/shells/grfshex.cxx b/sw/source/ui/shells/grfshex.cxx
index b69b861fb2e9..474809ca73bd 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/shells/grfshex.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/shells/grfshex.cxx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ bool SwTextShell::InsertMediaDlg( SfxRequest& rReq )
         if( pStringItem )
         {
             aURL = pStringItem->GetValue();
-            bAPI = aURL.getLength();
+            bAPI = !aURL.isEmpty();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/uiview/srcview.cxx b/sw/source/ui/uiview/srcview.cxx
index d75a26e47e82..96186f713884 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/uiview/srcview.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/uiview/srcview.cxx
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ SwSrcView::~SwSrcView()
     ::rtl::OUString url = xDocProps->getAutoloadURL();
     sal_Int32 delay = xDocProps->getAutoloadSecs();
     pDocShell->SetAutoLoad(INetURLObject(url), delay,
-                            (delay != 0) || url.getLength());
+                            (delay != 0) || !url.isEmpty());
     EndListening(*pDocShell);
     delete pSearchItem;
 }
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/uiview/view2.cxx b/sw/source/ui/uiview/view2.cxx
index ccfd6e94afce..08e5cb876770 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/uiview/view2.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/uiview/view2.cxx
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ sal_Bool SwView::InsertGraphicDlg( SfxRequest& rReq )
                     ListboxControlActions::GET_SELECTED_ITEM );
                 OUString sTmpl;
                 aTemplateValue >>= sTmpl;
-                if( sTmpl.getLength() )
+                if( !sTmpl.isEmpty() )
                     sGraphicFormat = sTmpl;
                 rReq.AppendItem( SfxStringItem( FN_PARAM_2, sGraphicFormat ) );
                 rReq.AppendItem( SfxBoolItem( FN_PARAM_1, bAsLink ) );
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/uiview/viewling.cxx b/sw/source/ui/uiview/viewling.cxx
index 423fad97ed11..20f4dd70a95d 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/uiview/viewling.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/uiview/viewling.cxx
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ sal_Bool SwView::ExecSpellPopup(const Point& rPt)
                 // we like to use the grammar checking context menu if we either get
                 // some suggestions or at least a comment about the error found...
                 bUseGrammarContext = bCorrectionRes &&
-                        (aSuggestions.getLength() > 0 || aMessageText.getLength() > 0);
+                        (aSuggestions.getLength() > 0 || !aMessageText.isEmpty());
             }
 
             // open respective context menu for spell check or grammar errors with correction suggestions...
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ sal_Bool SwView::ExecSpellPopup(const Point& rPt)
                         OUString aSlotURL( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "slot:" ));
                         sal_uInt16 nId = ((PopupMenu*)pMenu)->Execute(pEditWin, aPixPos);
                         OUString aCommand = ((PopupMenu*)pMenu)->GetItemCommand(nId);
-                        if (aCommand.getLength() == 0 )
+                        if (aCommand.isEmpty() )
                         {
                             if(!ExecuteMenuCommand( *dynamic_cast<PopupMenu*>(pMenu), *GetViewFrame(), nId ))
                                 pPopup->Execute(nId);
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/uiview/viewprt.cxx b/sw/source/ui/uiview/viewprt.cxx
index 6e0b7e9d9c26..a9c065bee32c 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/uiview/viewprt.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/uiview/viewprt.cxx
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void SetPrinter( IDocumentDeviceAccess* pIDDA, SfxPrinter* pNew, sal_Bool bWeb )
     {
         if( pIDDA )
             pIDDA->setPrintData( *pAddPrinterAttr );
-        if( pAddPrinterAttr->GetFax().getLength() )
+        if( !pAddPrinterAttr->GetFax().isEmpty() )
             pOpt->SetFaxName(pAddPrinterAttr->GetFax());
     }
 }
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/uno/SwXDocumentSettings.cxx b/sw/source/ui/uno/SwXDocumentSettings.cxx
index 2711275c4b4a..7398dfd0f40d 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/uno/SwXDocumentSettings.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/uno/SwXDocumentSettings.cxx
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ void SwXDocumentSettings::_setSingleValue( const comphelper::PropertyInfo & rInf
             OUString sPrinterName;
             if( rValue >>= sPrinterName  )
             {
-                if( !mpPrinter && sPrinterName.getLength() > 0 && mpDocSh->GetCreateMode() != SFX_CREATE_MODE_EMBEDDED )
+                if( !mpPrinter && !sPrinterName.isEmpty() && mpDocSh->GetCreateMode() != SFX_CREATE_MODE_EMBEDDED )
                 {
                     SfxPrinter* pPrinter = mpDoc->getPrinter( true );
                     if ( OUString ( pPrinter->GetName()) != sPrinterName )
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/uno/swdetect.cxx b/sw/source/ui/uno/swdetect.cxx
index 734a9ce54267..cf4d6135ac91 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/uno/swdetect.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/uno/swdetect.cxx
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ SwFilterDetect::~SwFilterDetect()
             lDescriptor[nIndexOfTemplateFlag].Value <<= bOpenAsTemplate;
     }
 
-    if ( aDocumentTitle.getLength() )
+    if ( !aDocumentTitle.isEmpty() )
     {
         // the title was set here
         if ( nIndexOfDocumentTitle == -1 )
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/uno/unoatxt.cxx b/sw/source/ui/uno/unoatxt.cxx
index 40bd990d707c..34a7fdc06e14 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/uno/unoatxt.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/uno/unoatxt.cxx
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ uno::Reference< text::XAutoTextGroup >  SwXAutoTextContainer::insertNewByName(
     if(hasByName(aGroupName))
         throw container::ElementExistException();
     //check for non-ASCII characters
-    if(!aGroupName.getLength())
+    if(aGroupName.isEmpty())
     {
         lang::IllegalArgumentException aIllegal;
         aIllegal.Message = C2U("group name must not be empty");
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ void SwXAutoTextGroup::setPropertyValue(
         {
             OUString sNewTitle;
             aValue >>= sNewTitle;
-            if(!sNewTitle.getLength())
+            if(sNewTitle.isEmpty())
                 throw lang::IllegalArgumentException();
             sal_Bool bChanged = !sNewTitle.equals(pGlosGroup->GetName());
             pGlosGroup->SetName(sNewTitle);
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/uno/unodispatch.cxx b/sw/source/ui/uno/unodispatch.cxx
index d09282e9b394..f6486b870d09 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/uno/unodispatch.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/uno/unodispatch.cxx
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ void SwXDispatch::dispatch(
         aDescriptor[::svx::daCommandType]   <<= rData.nCommandType;
 
         aEvent.State <<= aDescriptor.createPropertyValueSequence();
-        aEvent.IsEnabled = rData.sDataSource.getLength() > 0;
+        aEvent.IsEnabled = !rData.sDataSource.isEmpty();
 
         StatusListenerList::iterator aListIter = m_aListenerList.begin();
         for(aListIter = m_aListenerList.begin(); aListIter != m_aListenerList.end(); ++aListIter)
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ void SwXDispatch::addStatusListener(
         aDescriptor[::svx::daCommandType]   <<= rData.nCommandType;
 
         aEvent.State <<= aDescriptor.createPropertyValueSequence();
-        aEvent.IsEnabled = rData.sDataSource.getLength() > 0;
+        aEvent.IsEnabled = !rData.sDataSource.isEmpty();
     }
 
 
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/uno/unomailmerge.cxx b/sw/source/ui/uno/unomailmerge.cxx
index 4b6a8a1402fe..00caddc10e0a 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/uno/unomailmerge.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/uno/unomailmerge.cxx
@@ -503,14 +503,14 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL SwXMailMerge::execute(
         else if (rName.equalsAscii( GetPropName( UNO_NAME_DOCUMENT_URL ) ))
         {
             bOK = rValue >>= aCurDocumentURL;
-            if (aCurDocumentURL.getLength()
+            if (!aCurDocumentURL.isEmpty()
                 && !LoadFromURL_impl( xCurModel, xCurDocSh, aCurDocumentURL, sal_False ))
                 throw RuntimeException( OUString ( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM ( "Failed to create document from URL: " ) ) + aCurDocumentURL, static_cast < cppu::OWeakObject * > ( this ) );
         }
         else if (rName.equalsAscii( GetPropName( UNO_NAME_OUTPUT_URL ) ))
         {
             bOK = rValue >>= aCurOutputURL;
-            if (aCurOutputURL.getLength())
+            if (!aCurOutputURL.isEmpty())
             {
                 if (!UCB_IsDirectory(aCurOutputURL))
                     throw IllegalArgumentException( OUString ( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM ( "URL does not point to a directory: " ) ) + aCurOutputURL, static_cast < cppu::OWeakObject * > ( this ), 0 );
@@ -625,13 +625,13 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL SwXMailMerge::execute(
     // and thus avoiding the SelectShell call in Writers GetState function
     // while still in Update of Sfx.
     // (GetSelection in Update is not allowed)
-    if (aCurDocumentURL.getLength())
+    if (!aCurDocumentURL.isEmpty())
         pView->AttrChangedNotify( &pView->GetWrtShell() );//Damit SelectShell gerufen wird.
 
     SharedComponent aRowSetDisposeHelper;
     if (!xCurResultSet.is())
     {
-        if (!aCurDataSourceName.getLength() || !aCurDataCommand.getLength() )
+        if (aCurDataSourceName.isEmpty() || aCurDataCommand.isEmpty() )
         {
             OSL_FAIL("PropertyValues missing or unset");
             throw IllegalArgumentException( OUString ( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM ( "Either the ResultSet or DataSourceName and DataCommand must be set." ) ), static_cast < cppu::OWeakObject * > ( this ), 0 );
@@ -717,14 +717,14 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL SwXMailMerge::execute(
         INetURLObject aURLObj;
         aURLObj.SetSmartProtocol( INET_PROT_FILE );
 
-        if (aCurDocumentURL.getLength())
+        if (!aCurDocumentURL.isEmpty())
         {
             // if OutputURL or FileNamePrefix are missing get
             // them from DocumentURL
             aURLObj.SetSmartURL( aCurDocumentURL );
-            if (!aCurFileNamePrefix.getLength())
+            if (aCurFileNamePrefix.isEmpty())
                 aCurFileNamePrefix = aURLObj.GetBase(); // filename without extension
-            if (!aCurOutputURL.getLength())
+            if (aCurOutputURL.isEmpty())
             {
                 aURLObj.removeSegment();
                 aCurOutputURL = aURLObj.GetMainURL( INetURLObject::DECODE_TO_IURI );
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL SwXMailMerge::execute(
         }
         else    // default empty document without URL
         {
-            if (!aCurOutputURL.getLength())
+            if (aCurOutputURL.isEmpty())
                 throw RuntimeException( OUString ( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM ( "OutputURL is not set and can not be obtained." ) ), static_cast < cppu::OWeakObject * > ( this ) );
         }
 
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL SwXMailMerge::execute(
         else
         {
             pMgr->SetEMailColumn( sAddressFromColumn );
-            if(!sAddressFromColumn.getLength())
+            if(sAddressFromColumn.isEmpty())
                 throw RuntimeException( OUString ( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM ( "Mail address column not set." ) ), static_cast < cppu::OWeakObject * > ( this ) );
             aMergeDesc.sSaveToFilter     = sAttachmentFilter;
             aMergeDesc.sSubject          = sSubject;
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ void SAL_CALL SwXMailMerge::setPropertyValue(
             {
                 OUString aText;
                 bOK = rValue >>= aText;
-                if (aText.getLength()
+                if (!aText.isEmpty()
                     && !LoadFromURL_impl( xModel, xDocSh, aText, sal_True ))
                     throw RuntimeException( OUString ( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM ( "Failed to create document from URL: " ) ) + aText, static_cast < cppu::OWeakObject * > ( this ) );
                 aDocumentURL = aText;
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ void SAL_CALL SwXMailMerge::setPropertyValue(
             {
                 OUString aText;
                 bOK = rValue >>= aText;
-                if (aText.getLength())
+                if (!aText.isEmpty())
                 {
                     if (!UCB_IsDirectory(aText))
                         throw IllegalArgumentException( OUString ( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM ( "URL does not point to a directory: " ) ) + aText, static_cast < cppu::OWeakObject * > ( this ), 0 );
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/utlui/unotools.cxx b/sw/source/ui/utlui/unotools.cxx
index d9089f7008da..98eb46ecc3a8 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/utlui/unotools.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/utlui/unotools.cxx
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ IMPL_LINK( SwOneExampleFrame, TimeoutHdl, Timer*, pTimer )
         uno::Reference< container::XNameContainer >  xPFamily;
 
         if( 0 == (EX_SHOW_DEFAULT_PAGE == nStyleFlags)
-                && (aPFamily >>= xPFamily) && sPageStyle.getLength() )
+                && (aPFamily >>= xPFamily) && !sPageStyle.isEmpty() )
         {
             uno::Any aPStyle = xPFamily->getByName( sPageStyle );
             uno::Reference< style::XStyle >  xPStyle;
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbafield.cxx b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbafield.cxx
index d83f5705b926..489f57fe4019 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbafield.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbafield.cxx
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ SwVbaFields::Add( const css::uno::Reference< ::ooo::vba::word::XRange >& Range,
     Text >>= sText;
 
     String sFieldName;
-    if( ( nType == word::WdFieldType::wdFieldEmpty ) && ( sText.getLength() > 0 ) )
+    if( ( nType == word::WdFieldType::wdFieldEmpty ) && !sText.isEmpty() )
     {
         _ReadFieldParams aReadParam(sText);
         sFieldName = aReadParam.GetFieldName();
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ uno::Reference< text::XTextField > SwVbaFields::Create_Field_FileName( const rtl
 {
     uno::Reference< text::XTextField > xTextField( mxMSF->createInstance( rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.text.TextField.FileName")) ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
     sal_Int16 nFileFormat = text::FilenameDisplayFormat::NAME_AND_EXT;
-    if( _text.getLength() > 0 )
+    if( !_text.isEmpty() )
     {
         long nRet;
         _ReadFieldParams aReadParam( _text );
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ uno::Reference< text::XTextField > SwVbaFields::Create_Field_DocProperty( const
     {
         sFieldService = rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.text.textfield.docinfo.Custom" ) );
     }
-    else if( sFieldService.getLength() == 0 )
+    else if( sFieldService.isEmpty() )
     {
         throw uno::RuntimeException( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Not implemented") ), uno::Reference< uno::XInterface >() );
     }
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbafind.cxx b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbafind.cxx
index c995527e20a6..52a0d8c22e3e 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbafind.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbafind.cxx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ void SwVbaFind::SetReplace( sal_Int32 type )
 uno::Reference< text::XTextRange > SwVbaFind::FindOneElement() throw ( uno::RuntimeException )
 {
     uno::Reference< text::XTextRange > xFoundOne;
-    if( mxTVC->getString().getLength() > 0 )
+    if( !mxTVC->getString().isEmpty() )
     {
         if( getForward() )
         {
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbarange.cxx b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbarange.cxx
index 0f514004f375..5b97fa87ab27 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbarange.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbarange.cxx
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ SwVbaRange::setText( const rtl::OUString& rText ) throw ( uno::RuntimeException
     }
 
     // insert the bookmark if the bookmark is deleted during setting text string
-    if( sName.getLength() )
+    if( !sName.isEmpty() )
     {
         uno::Reference< text::XBookmarksSupplier > xBookmarksSupplier( mxTextDocument, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
         uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xNameAccess( xBookmarksSupplier->getBookmarks(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
@@ -267,15 +267,15 @@ SwVbaRange::setParagraphFormat( const uno::Reference< word::XParagraphFormat >&
 void SwVbaRange::GetStyleInfo(rtl::OUString& aStyleName, rtl::OUString& aStyleType ) throw ( uno::RuntimeException )
 {
     uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xProp( mxTextCursor, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
-    if( ( xProp->getPropertyValue( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("CharStyleName") ) ) >>= aStyleName ) && aStyleName.getLength() )
+    if( ( xProp->getPropertyValue( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("CharStyleName") ) ) >>= aStyleName ) && !aStyleName.isEmpty() )
     {
         aStyleType = rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("CharacterStyles") );
     }
-    else if( ( xProp->getPropertyValue( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("ParaStyleName") ) ) >>= aStyleName ) && aStyleName.getLength() )
+    else if( ( xProp->getPropertyValue( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("ParaStyleName") ) ) >>= aStyleName ) && !aStyleName.isEmpty() )
     {
         aStyleType = rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("ParagraphStyles") );
     }
-    if( aStyleType.getLength() == 0 )
+    if( aStyleType.isEmpty() )
     {
         DebugHelper::exception( SbERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, rtl::OUString() );
     }
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbaselection.cxx b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbaselection.cxx
index 51530eaca059..4ddee39c9260 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbaselection.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbaselection.cxx
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL SwVbaSelection::Rows( const uno::Any& index ) throw (uno::Runt
     uno::Reference< text::XTextTable > xTextTable = GetXTextTable();
     SwVbaTableHelper aTableHelper( xTextTable );
     nStartRow = aTableHelper.getTabRowIndex( sTLName );
-    if( sBRName.getLength() > 0 )
+    if( !sBRName.isEmpty() )
     {
         nEndRow = aTableHelper.getTabRowIndex( sBRName );
     }
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL SwVbaSelection::Columns( const uno::Any& index ) throw (uno::R
     uno::Reference< text::XTextTable > xTextTable = GetXTextTable();
     SwVbaTableHelper aTableHelper( xTextTable );
     nStartColumn = aTableHelper.getTabColIndex( sTLName );
-    if( sBRName.getLength() > 0 )
+    if( !sBRName.isEmpty() )
     {
         nEndColumn = aTableHelper.getTabColIndex( sBRName );
     }
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ void SwVbaSelection::GetSelectedCellRange( rtl::OUString& sTLName, rtl::OUString
             sBRName = sRange.GetToken(1, ':');
         }
     }
-    if( !sTLName.getLength() )
+    if( sTLName.isEmpty() )
     {
         uno::Reference< table::XCell > xCell;
         xCursorProps->getPropertyValue( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("Cell") ) ) >>= xCell;
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL SwVbaSelection::Cells( const uno::Any& index ) throw (uno::Run
     SwVbaTableHelper aTableHelper( xTextTable );
     nLeft = aTableHelper.getTabColIndex( sTLName );
     nTop = aTableHelper.getTabRowIndex( sTLName );
-    if( sBRName.getLength() > 0 )
+    if( !sBRName.isEmpty() )
     {
         nRight = aTableHelper.getTabColIndex( sBRName );
         nBottom = aTableHelper.getTabRowIndex( sBRName );
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbastyle.cxx b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbastyle.cxx
index e2ff34edb7d2..4c966e3637ce 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbastyle.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbastyle.cxx
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void SwVbaStyle::setStyle( const uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet >& xParaPro
         rStyle >>= sStyle;
     }
 
-    if( sStyle.getLength() )
+    if( !sStyle.isEmpty() )
     {
         xParaProps->setPropertyValue( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("ParaStyleName") ), uno::makeAny( sStyle ) );
         return;
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL SwVbaStyle::getBaseStyle() throw (uno::RuntimeException)
     // ParentStyle
     rtl::OUString sBaseStyle;
     mxStyleProps->getPropertyValue( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("ParentStyle") ) ) >>= sBaseStyle;
-    if( sBaseStyle.getLength() > 0 )
+    if( !sBaseStyle.isEmpty() )
     {
         uno::Reference< XCollection > xCol( new SwVbaStyles( this, mxContext, mxModel ) );
         return xCol->Item( uno::makeAny( sBaseStyle ), uno::Any() );
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL SwVbaStyle::getNextParagraphStyle() throw (uno::RuntimeExcepti
     //FollowStyle
     rtl::OUString sFollowStyle;
     mxStyleProps->getPropertyValue( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("FollowStyle") ) ) >>= sFollowStyle;
-    if( sFollowStyle.getLength() > 0 )
+    if( !sFollowStyle.isEmpty() )
     {
         uno::Reference< XCollection > xCol( new SwVbaStyles( this, mxContext, mxModel ) );
         return xCol->Item( uno::makeAny( sFollowStyle ), uno::Any() );
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbastyles.cxx b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbastyles.cxx
index cd4f353d29d4..09ead7502f39 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbastyles.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbastyles.cxx
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ SwVbaStyles::Item( const uno::Any& Index1, const uno::Any& Index2 ) throw (uno::
             if( nIndex == pTable->wdBuiltinStyle )
             {
                 rtl::OUString aStyleName = rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( pTable->pOOoStyleName );
-                if( aStyleName.getLength() > 0 )
+                if( !aStyleName.isEmpty() )
                 {
                     rtl::OUString aStyleType;
                     switch( pTable->wdStyleType )
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbasystem.cxx b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbasystem.cxx
index d8be0e21276b..368dae6e0ce3 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbasystem.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbasystem.cxx
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ uno::Any PrivateProfileStringListener::getValueEvent()
 {
     // get the private profile string
     rtl::OUString sValue;
-    if(maFileName.getLength())
+    if(!maFileName.isEmpty())
     {
         // get key/value from a file
         Config aCfg( maFileName );
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void PrivateProfileStringListener::setValueEvent( const css::uno::Any& value )
     // set the private profile string
     rtl::OUString aValue;
     value >>= aValue;
-    if(maFileName.getLength())
+    if(!maFileName.isEmpty())
     {
         // set value into a file
         Config aCfg( maFileName );
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ SwVbaSystem::PrivateProfileString( const rtl::OUString& rFilename, const rtl::OU
     // FIXME: need to detect whether it is a relative file path
     // we need to detect if this is a URL, if not then assume its a file path
     rtl::OUString sFileUrl;
-    if( rFilename.getLength() )
+    if( !rFilename.isEmpty() )
     {
         INetURLObject aObj;
         aObj.SetURL( rFilename );
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbatemplate.cxx b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbatemplate.cxx
index 9774a971f114..d09d65e85954 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/vba/vbatemplate.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/vba/vbatemplate.cxx
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ rtl::OUString
 SwVbaTemplate::getName() throw ( css::uno::RuntimeException )
 {
     rtl::OUString sName;
-    if( msFullUrl.getLength() )
+    if( !msFullUrl.isEmpty() )
     {
         INetURLObject aURL( msFullUrl );
         ::osl::File::getSystemPathFromFileURL( aURL.GetLastName(), sName );
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ rtl::OUString
 SwVbaTemplate::getPath() throw ( css::uno::RuntimeException )
 {
     rtl::OUString sPath;
-    if( msFullUrl.getLength() )
+    if( !msFullUrl.isEmpty() )
     {
         INetURLObject aURL( msFullUrl );
         rtl::OUString sURL( aURL.GetMainURL( INetURLObject::DECODE_TO_IURI ) );
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtsh2.cxx b/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtsh2.cxx
index 0160b5350914..7fb33e783e5c 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtsh2.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtsh2.cxx
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ sal_Bool SwWrtShell::StartInputFldDlg( SwField* pFld, sal_Bool bNextButton,
     AbstractFldInputDlg* pDlg = pFact->CreateFldInputDlg( DLG_FLD_INPUT,
                                                         pParentWin, *this, pFld, bNextButton);
     OSL_ENSURE(pDlg, "Dialogdiet fail!");
-    if(pWindowState && pWindowState->getLength())
+    if(pWindowState && !pWindowState->isEmpty())
         pDlg->SetWindowState(*pWindowState);
     sal_Bool bRet = RET_CANCEL == pDlg->Execute();
     if(pWindowState)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ sal_Bool SwWrtShell::StartDropDownFldDlg(SwField* pFld, sal_Bool bNextButton, rt
 
     AbstractDropDownFieldDialog* pDlg = pFact->CreateDropDownFieldDialog( NULL, *this, pFld, DLG_FLD_DROPDOWN ,bNextButton );
     OSL_ENSURE(pDlg, "Dialogdiet fail!");
-    if(pWindowState && pWindowState->getLength())
+    if(pWindowState && !pWindowState->isEmpty())
         pDlg->SetWindowState(*pWindowState);
     sal_uInt16 nRet = pDlg->Execute();
     if(pWindowState)
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtsh3.cxx b/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtsh3.cxx
index 077cd9815a41..aaf8671eb39f 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtsh3.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtsh3.cxx
@@ -220,14 +220,14 @@ sal_Bool SwWrtShell::GetURLFromButton( String& rURL, String& rDescr ) const
                         // Label
                         aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue( C2U("Label") );
                         OUString uTmp;
-                        if( (aTmp >>= uTmp) && uTmp.getLength())
+                        if( (aTmp >>= uTmp) && !uTmp.isEmpty())
                         {
                             rDescr = String(uTmp);
                         }
 
                         // util::URL
                         aTmp = xPropSet->getPropertyValue( C2U("TargetURL") );
-                        if( (aTmp >>= uTmp) && uTmp.getLength())
+                        if( (aTmp >>= uTmp) && !uTmp.isEmpty())
                         {
                             rURL = String(uTmp);
                         }
diff --git a/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtundo.cxx b/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtundo.cxx
index 42bf7750d8a7..f9ce8879cab2 100644
--- a/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtundo.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/ui/wrtsh/wrtundo.cxx
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ sal_uInt16 SwWrtShell::GetDoStrings( DoType eDoType, SfxStringListItem& rStrs )
     ::rtl::OUStringBuffer buf;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < comments.size(); ++i)
     {
-        OSL_ENSURE(comments[i].getLength(), "no Undo/Redo Text set");
+        OSL_ENSURE(!comments[i].isEmpty(), "no Undo/Redo Text set");
         buf.append(comments[i]);
         buf.append(sal_Unicode('\n'));
     }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ String SwWrtShell::GetRepeatString() const
     ::rtl::OUString str;
     GetRepeatInfo(& str);
 
-    if (str.getLength() == 0)
+    if (str.isEmpty())
     {
         return str;
     }
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