further OUString cleanup

Change-Id: I19954ee5976cb881a5fe73a889c8e04a19b14eb6

46 files changed, 94 insertions, 101 deletions

diff --git a/basctl/source/basicide/baside2b.cxx b/basctl/source/basicide/baside2b.cxx
index 8ab5dd94cd45..bb81726502f5 100644
--- a/basctl/source/basicide/baside2b.cxx
+++ b/basctl/source/basicide/baside2b.cxx
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ void WatchWindow::AddWatch( const String& rVName )
     WatchItem* pWatchItem = new WatchItem(aVar);
 
     OUString aWatchStr_( aVar );
-    aWatchStr_ += OUString( "\t\t" );
+    aWatchStr_ += "\t\t";
     SvTreeListEntry* pNewEntry = aTreeListBox.InsertEntry( aWatchStr_, 0, true, LIST_APPEND );
     pNewEntry->SetUserData( pWatchItem );
 
@@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ void WatchTreeListBox::UpdateWatches( bool bBasicStopped )
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        aWatchStr += OUString( "<?>" );
+                        aWatchStr += "<?>";
                     }
                 }
                 else if ( (sal_uInt8)eType == (sal_uInt8)SbxOBJECT )
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ void WatchTreeListBox::UpdateWatches( bool bBasicStopped )
             }
             else if( !bArrayElement )
             {
-                aWatchStr += OUString( "<Out of Scope>" );
+                aWatchStr += "<Out of Scope>";
             }
 
             if( bCollapse )
diff --git a/basctl/source/basicide/moduldl2.cxx b/basctl/source/basicide/moduldl2.cxx
index 92e54d050ed2..68b41ba53eb0 100644
--- a/basctl/source/basicide/moduldl2.cxx
+++ b/basctl/source/basicide/moduldl2.cxx
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ void LibPage::InsertLib()
                                     {
                                         OUString aErrStr( IDE_RESSTR(RID_STR_REPLACELIB) );
                                         aErrStr = aErrStr.replaceAll("XX", aLibName);
-                                        aErrStr += OUString( "\n" );
+                                        aErrStr += "\n";
                                         aErrStr += IDE_RESSTR(RID_STR_LIBISREADONLY);
                                         ErrorBox( this, WB_OK | WB_DEF_OK, aErrStr ).Execute();
                                         continue;
diff --git a/basic/qa/cppunit/test_vba.cxx b/basic/qa/cppunit/test_vba.cxx
index 65338a96697f..7ce4a4a18089 100644
--- a/basic/qa/cppunit/test_vba.cxx
+++ b/basic/qa/cppunit/test_vba.cxx
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void VBATest::testMiscOLEStuff()
     uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgs(1);
     // path to test document
     OUString sPath = getPathFromSrc("/basic/qa/vba_tests/data/");
-    sPath += OUString( "ADODBdata.xls" );
+    sPath += "ADODBdata.xls";
     sPath = sPath.replaceAll( "/", "\\" );
 
     aArgs[ 0 ] = uno::makeAny( sPath );
diff --git a/canvas/source/cairo/cairo_devicehelper.cxx b/canvas/source/cairo/cairo_devicehelper.cxx
index f9df77911b2c..e8fe710b40a4 100644
--- a/canvas/source/cairo/cairo_devicehelper.cxx
+++ b/canvas/source/cairo/cairo_devicehelper.cxx
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ namespace cairocanvas
         {
             OUString aFilename("dbg_frontbuffer");
             aFilename += OUString::valueOf(nFilePostfixCount);
-            aFilename += OUString(".bmp");
+            aFilename += ".bmp";
 
             SvFileStream aStream( aFilename, STREAM_STD_READWRITE );
 
diff --git a/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/dbloader.cxx b/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/dbloader.cxx
index 4f9d37e7ad2d..ad7cbb12a210 100644
--- a/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/dbloader.cxx
+++ b/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/dbloader.cxx
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ extern "C" void SAL_CALL writeDBLoaderInfo(void* pRegistryKey)
     aImpl += DBContentLoader::getImplementationName_Static();
 
     OUString aImpltwo = aImpl;
-    aImpltwo += OUString("/UNO/Loader");
+    aImpltwo += "/UNO/Loader";
     Reference< XRegistryKey> xNewKey = xKey->createKey( aImpltwo );
     aImpltwo = aImpl;
-    aImpltwo += OUString("/Loader");
+    aImpltwo += "/Loader";
     Reference< XRegistryKey >  xLoaderKey = xKey->createKey( aImpltwo );
     xNewKey = xLoaderKey->createKey( OUString("Pattern") );
     xNewKey->setAsciiValue( OUString(".component:DB*") );
diff --git a/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/unodatbr.cxx b/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/unodatbr.cxx
index 764aec993f47..d37e7625323c 100644
--- a/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/unodatbr.cxx
+++ b/dbaccess/source/ui/browser/unodatbr.cxx
@@ -3745,7 +3745,7 @@ OUString SbaTableQueryBrowser::getPrivateTitle() const
             sTitle = aURL.getBase(INetURLObject::LAST_SEGMENT,true,INetURLObject::DECODE_WITH_CHARSET);
         if ( !sName.isEmpty() )
         {
-            sName += OUString(" - ");
+            sName += " - ";
             sName += sTitle;
             sTitle = sName;
         }
diff --git a/dbaccess/source/ui/querydesign/QueryDesignView.cxx b/dbaccess/source/ui/querydesign/QueryDesignView.cxx
index b1b91f6beae1..b9c5279f497e 100644
--- a/dbaccess/source/ui/querydesign/QueryDesignView.cxx
+++ b/dbaccess/source/ui/querydesign/QueryDesignView.cxx
@@ -374,9 +374,9 @@ namespace
                 OUString aQuote = xMetaData->getIdentifierQuoteString();
                 if ( _bForce || isAppendTableAliasEnabled( _xConnection ) || pEntryTab->GetAliasName() != aDBName )
                 {
-                    aTableListStr += OUString(" ");
+                    aTableListStr += " ";
                     if ( generateAsBeforeTableAlias( _xConnection ) )
-                        aTableListStr += OUString("AS ");
+                        aTableListStr += "AS ";
                     aTableListStr += ::dbtools::quoteName( aQuote, pEntryTab->GetAliasName() );
                 }
                 aDBName = aTableListStr;
@@ -864,9 +864,7 @@ namespace
                             }
                             else
                             {
-                                aWhereStr += aWork;
-                                aWhereStr += OUString("=");
-                                aWhereStr += aCriteria;
+                                aWhereStr += aWork + "=" + aCriteria;
                             }
                         }
                     }
@@ -1107,17 +1105,17 @@ namespace
                                     {
                                         // create outer join
                                         if ( bUseEscape )
-                                            aStr += OUString("{ OJ ");
+                                            aStr += "{ OJ ";
                                         aStr += aJoin;
                                         if ( bUseEscape )
-                                            aStr += OUString(" }");
+                                            aStr += " }";
                                     }
                                     break;
                                 default:
                                     aStr += aJoin;
                                     break;
                             }
-                            aStr += OUString(",");
+                            aStr += ",";
                             aTableListStr += aStr;
                         }
                     }
@@ -3108,8 +3106,8 @@ OSQLParseNode* OQueryDesignView::getPredicateTreeFromEntry(OTableFieldDescRef pE
         {
             // first try the international version
             OUString sSql;
-            sSql += OUString("SELECT * ");
-            sSql += OUString(" FROM x WHERE ");
+            sSql += "SELECT * ";
+            sSql += " FROM x WHERE ";
             sSql += pEntry->GetField();
             sSql += _sCriteria;
             SAL_WNODEPRECATED_DECLARATIONS_PUSH
diff --git a/desktop/source/app/app.cxx b/desktop/source/app/app.cxx
index 3e03a57a8fa4..eeca5a7c3e28 100644
--- a/desktop/source/app/app.cxx
+++ b/desktop/source/app/app.cxx
@@ -2274,11 +2274,11 @@ void Desktop::OpenClients()
         if ( lastIndex > 0 )
         {
             aIniName    = aIniName.copy( 0, lastIndex+1 );
-            aIniName    += OUString( "perftune" );
+            aIniName    += "perftune";
 #if defined(WNT)
-            aIniName    += OUString( ".ini" );
+            aIniName    += ".ini";
 #else
-            aIniName    += OUString( "rc" );
+            aIniName    += "rc";
 #endif
         }
 
diff --git a/desktop/source/app/officeipcthread.cxx b/desktop/source/app/officeipcthread.cxx
index c416cccaebb4..af4499052195 100644
--- a/desktop/source/app/officeipcthread.cxx
+++ b/desktop/source/app/officeipcthread.cxx
@@ -486,11 +486,11 @@ OfficeIPCThread::Status OfficeIPCThread::EnableOfficeIPCThread()
     if ( lastIndex > 0 )
     {
         aIniName    = aIniName.copy( 0, lastIndex+1 );
-        aIniName    += OUString( "perftune" );
+        aIniName    += "perftune";
 #if defined(WNT)
-        aIniName    += OUString( ".ini" );
+        aIniName    += ".ini";
 #else
-        aIniName    += OUString( "rc" );
+        aIniName    += "rc";
 #endif
     }
 
diff --git a/desktop/unx/source/officeloader/officeloader.cxx b/desktop/unx/source/officeloader/officeloader.cxx
index ba8eb064dc06..2c24a120e40d 100644
--- a/desktop/unx/source/officeloader/officeloader.cxx
+++ b/desktop/unx/source/officeloader/officeloader.cxx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ SAL_IMPLEMENT_MAIN()
 
     osl_getExecutableFile( &sExecutableFile.pData );
 
-    sExecutableFile += OUString(".bin");
+    sExecutableFile += ".bin";
 
     nCommandArgs = osl_getCommandArgCount();
     pCommandArgs = new rtl_uString *[nCommandArgs];
diff --git a/extensions/source/plugin/win/winmgr.cxx b/extensions/source/plugin/win/winmgr.cxx
index 81d1e55080eb..8052e665c46f 100644
--- a/extensions/source/plugin/win/winmgr.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/plugin/win/winmgr.cxx
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ Sequence< PluginDescription > XPluginManager_Impl::impl_getPluginDescriptions(vo
                             {
                             case ',':
                             case ';':
-                                aExtensions += OUString(";*.");
+                                aExtensions += ";*.";
                             case ' ':
                                 break;
                             case '*':
diff --git a/filter/source/placeware/exporter.cxx b/filter/source/placeware/exporter.cxx
index 319b42e7e66f..ccc807093108 100644
--- a/filter/source/placeware/exporter.cxx
+++ b/filter/source/placeware/exporter.cxx
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ sal_Bool PlaceWareExporter::doExport( Reference< XComponent > xDoc, Reference <
 
             OUString aName("i");
             aName += OUString::valueOf( nPage );
-            aName += OUString(".gif");
+            aName += ".gif";
             pEntry->setURL( aName );
 
             if(xStatusIndicator.is())
diff --git a/filter/source/placeware/tempfile.cxx b/filter/source/placeware/tempfile.cxx
index 6168d2271f9c..b3bd97f51317 100644
--- a/filter/source/placeware/tempfile.cxx
+++ b/filter/source/placeware/tempfile.cxx
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ OUString TempFile::createTempFileURL()
         u %= (nRadix*nRadix*nRadix);
         OUString aTmp( aTempDirURL );
         if( aTmp.getStr()[ aTmp.getLength() - 1 ] != sal_Unicode( '/' ) )
-            aTmp += OUString( "/" );
+            aTmp += "/";
         aTmp += OUString::valueOf( (sal_Int32) (unsigned) u, nRadix );
-        aTmp += OUString( ".tmp" );
+        aTmp += ".tmp";
 
         osl::File aFile( aTmp );
         osl::FileBase::RC err = aFile.open(osl_File_OpenFlag_Create);
diff --git a/filter/source/xsltdialog/xmlfiltersettingsdialog.cxx b/filter/source/xsltdialog/xmlfiltersettingsdialog.cxx
index 15b86e1eccda..60e5188efcd4 100644
--- a/filter/source/xsltdialog/xmlfiltersettingsdialog.cxx
+++ b/filter/source/xsltdialog/xmlfiltersettingsdialog.cxx
@@ -1345,9 +1345,7 @@ OUString getApplicationUIName( const OUString& rServiceName )
         OUString aRet = RESIDSTR(STR_UNKNOWN_APPLICATION);
         if( !rServiceName.isEmpty() )
         {
-            aRet += OUString( " (" );
-            aRet += rServiceName;
-            aRet += OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( ")" ));
+            aRet += " (" + rServiceName + ")";
         }
         return aRet;
     }
diff --git a/filter/source/xsltdialog/xmlfiltertestdialog.cxx b/filter/source/xsltdialog/xmlfiltertestdialog.cxx
index c7c78f8d4d28..ef3db9df78b8 100644
--- a/filter/source/xsltdialog/xmlfiltertestdialog.cxx
+++ b/filter/source/xsltdialog/xmlfiltertestdialog.cxx
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ void XMLFilterTestDialog::onExportBrowse()
                                         {
                                             if( n > 0 )
                                                 aExtension += OUString( sal_Unicode(';') );
-                                            aExtension += OUString( "*." );
+                                            aExtension += "*.";
                                             aExtension += (*pExtensions++);
                                         }
                                     }
diff --git a/i18npool/source/defaultnumberingprovider/defaultnumberingprovider.cxx b/i18npool/source/defaultnumberingprovider/defaultnumberingprovider.cxx
index 75818ad30bb1..61573a964996 100644
--- a/i18npool/source/defaultnumberingprovider/defaultnumberingprovider.cxx
+++ b/i18npool/source/defaultnumberingprovider/defaultnumberingprovider.cxx
@@ -956,9 +956,9 @@ OUString DefaultNumberingProvider::makeNumberingIdentifier(sal_Int16 index)
             for (sal_Int32 j = 1; j <= 3; j++) {
                 aProperties[1].Value <<= j;
                 result += makeNumberingString( aProperties, aLocale );
-                result += OUString(", ");
+                result += ", ";
             }
-            result += OUString("...");
+            result += "...";
             return result;
         }
 }
diff --git a/i18npool/source/localedata/LocaleNode.cxx b/i18npool/source/localedata/LocaleNode.cxx
index f8a9620874c6..9ec83baaab5e 100644
--- a/i18npool/source/localedata/LocaleNode.cxx
+++ b/i18npool/source/localedata/LocaleNode.cxx
@@ -704,11 +704,11 @@ void LCFormatNode::generateCode (const OFileWriter &of) const
             {
                 OUString aStr(  "Duplicated default for usage=\"");
                 aStr += aUsage;
-                aStr += OUString(  "\" type=\"");
+                aStr += "\" type=\"";
                 aStr += aType;
-                aStr += OUString(  "\": formatindex=\"");
+                aStr += "\": formatindex=\"";
                 aStr += aFormatIndex;
-                aStr += OUString(  "\".");
+                aStr += "\".";
                 incError( aStr);
             }
         }
diff --git a/idlc/source/idlccompile.cxx b/idlc/source/idlccompile.cxx
index 8770a2f37934..2c8beb5e4c00 100644
--- a/idlc/source/idlccompile.cxx
+++ b/idlc/source/idlccompile.cxx
@@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ sal_Int32 compileFile(const OString * pathname)
     cpp = cpp.copy(0, idx);
 
 #if defined(SAL_W32)
-    cpp += OUString("ucpp.exe");
+    cpp += "ucpp.exe";
 #else
-    cpp += OUString("ucpp");
+    cpp += "ucpp";
 #endif
 #else // SYSTEM_UCPP
     cpp = OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(UCPP));
diff --git a/io/source/acceptor/acc_pipe.cxx b/io/source/acceptor/acc_pipe.cxx
index a8b8856497b7..b2bc9a842174 100644
--- a/io/source/acceptor/acc_pipe.cxx
+++ b/io/source/acceptor/acc_pipe.cxx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace io_acceptor
         g_moduleCount.modCnt.acquire( &g_moduleCount.modCnt );
 
         // make it unique
-        m_sDescription += OUString(",uniqueValue=");
+        m_sDescription += ",uniqueValue=";
         m_sDescription += OUString::valueOf(
             sal::static_int_cast<sal_Int64 >(
                 reinterpret_cast< sal_IntPtr >(&m_pipe)),
diff --git a/io/source/acceptor/acc_socket.cxx b/io/source/acceptor/acc_socket.cxx
index 1e5081405b60..a5c7e20737e4 100644
--- a/io/source/acceptor/acc_socket.cxx
+++ b/io/source/acceptor/acc_socket.cxx
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ namespace io_acceptor {
     {
         g_moduleCount.modCnt.acquire( &g_moduleCount.modCnt );
         // make it unique
-        m_sDescription += OUString( ",uniqueValue=" ) ;
+        m_sDescription += ",uniqueValue=" ;
         m_sDescription += OUString::valueOf(
             sal::static_int_cast< sal_Int64 >(
                 reinterpret_cast< sal_IntPtr >(&m_socket)),
diff --git a/io/test/testcomponent.cxx b/io/test/testcomponent.cxx
index 05be118b8b84..9780266014ab 100644
--- a/io/test/testcomponent.cxx
+++ b/io/test/testcomponent.cxx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 #else
         OUString aDllName("lib");
         aDllName += OStringToOUString( sTestName , RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US );
-        aDllName += OUString(".so");
+        aDllName += ".so";
 #endif
 
         xReg->registerImplementation(
diff --git a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/Database/DriverSkeleton/SServices.cxx b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/Database/DriverSkeleton/SServices.cxx
index 0d57aa223777..1dd29d8aee53 100644
--- a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/Database/DriverSkeleton/SServices.cxx
+++ b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/Database/DriverSkeleton/SServices.cxx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void REGISTER_PROVIDER(
 {
     OUString aMainKeyName("/");
     aMainKeyName += aServiceImplName;
-    aMainKeyName += OUString("/UNO/SERVICES");
+    aMainKeyName += "/UNO/SERVICES";
 
     Reference< ::com::sun::star::registry::XRegistryKey >  xNewKey( xKey->createKey(aMainKeyName) );
     OSL_ENSURE(xNewKey.is(), "SKELETON::component_writeInfo : could not create a registry key !");
diff --git a/padmin/source/adddlg.cxx b/padmin/source/adddlg.cxx
index b506db211a3f..12c4efaee1fe 100644
--- a/padmin/source/adddlg.cxx
+++ b/padmin/source/adddlg.cxx
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ void AddPrinterDialog::addPrinter()
             {
                 aInfo.m_aFeatures = OUString("fax=");
                 if( m_pFaxNamePage->isFaxSwallow() )
-                    aInfo.m_aFeatures += OUString("swallow");
+                    aInfo.m_aFeatures += "swallow";
             }
             else if( m_pChooseDevicePage->isPDF() )
             {
diff --git a/registry/workben/regspeed.cxx b/registry/workben/regspeed.cxx
index 0939b5dc0b2e..c127202779ad 100644
--- a/registry/workben/regspeed.cxx
+++ b/registry/workben/regspeed.cxx
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int _cdecl main( int argc, char * argv[] )
                     keyName2 = OUString("/");
                     keyName2 += sName1;
                     keyName2 += OUString().valueOf(i);
-                    keyName2 += OUString("/");
+                    keyName2 += "/";
                     keyName2 += sName2;
                     keyName2 += OUString().valueOf(j);
                     if (reg_openKey(hRootKey, keyName2.pData, &hSubKey))
@@ -204,10 +204,10 @@ int _cdecl main( int argc, char * argv[] )
                             keyName3 = OUString("/");
                             keyName3 += sName1;
                             keyName3 += OUString().valueOf(i);
-                            keyName3 += OUString("/");
+                            keyName3 += "/";
                             keyName3 += sName2;
                             keyName3 += OUString().valueOf(j);
-                            keyName3 += OUString("/");
+                            keyName3 += "/";
                             keyName3 += sName3;
                             keyName3 += OUString().valueOf(n);
                             if (reg_openKey(hRootKey, keyName3.pData, &hSubSubKey))
diff --git a/rsc/source/rsc/rsc.cxx b/rsc/source/rsc/rsc.cxx
index de18023361ab..74892184c296 100644
--- a/rsc/source/rsc/rsc.cxx
+++ b/rsc/source/rsc/rsc.cxx
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ ERRTYPE RscCompiler::Link()
                 OUString sIlstUrl;
                 sIlstUrl = sRcUrl.copy(sRcUrl.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
                 sIlstUrl = sIlstUrl.copy(0,sIlstUrl.lastIndexOf('.'));
-                sIlstUrl += OUString(".ilst");
+                sIlstUrl += ".ilst";
                 sIlstUrl = lcl_getAbsoluteUrl(sOilDirUrl, OUStringToOString(sIlstUrl, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
 
                 aSysList = lcl_getSystemPath(sIlstUrl);
diff --git a/sal/qa/rtl/bootstrap/rtl_Bootstrap.cxx b/sal/qa/rtl/bootstrap/rtl_Bootstrap.cxx
index 0cab17f5b546..b7b164043564 100644
--- a/sal/qa/rtl/bootstrap/rtl_Bootstrap.cxx
+++ b/sal/qa/rtl/bootstrap/rtl_Bootstrap.cxx
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ inline rtl::OUString t_getSourcePath(rtl::OString const& _sFilename)
 {
 
      rtl::OUString aDirURL(getExecutableDirectory());
-     aDirURL += OUString("/");
+     aDirURL += "/";
      aDirURL += OUString::createFromAscii( _sFilename.getStr() );
 #if defined(WNT)
     aDirURL += rtl::OUString(".ini");
@@ -577,8 +577,7 @@ namespace rtl_Bootstrap
                   rtl::OUString suMacro("${");         //rtlrc:Bootstrap:RTLVALUE}");
 
      rtl::OUString aDirURL("$ORIGIN");
-     aDirURL += OUString("/");
-     aDirURL += OUString("rtl");
+     aDirURL += "/rtl";
 #if defined(WNT)
     aDirURL += rtl::OUString(".ini");
 #else
@@ -748,7 +747,7 @@ namespace rtl_Bootstrap
         rtl::OUString suName("INHERITED_VALUE");
                 OUString suGetValue;
                 Bootstrap::get( suName, suGetValue );
-                suGetValue += OUString("/well");
+                suGetValue += "/well";
                 CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("expandMacros failed.", suGetValue.compareTo(suMacro) == 0 );
             }
 
diff --git a/sal/qa/rtl_strings/rtl_old_teststrbuf.cxx b/sal/qa/rtl_strings/rtl_old_teststrbuf.cxx
index ed25a62b9d96..15a0851e6c8a 100644
--- a/sal/qa/rtl_strings/rtl_old_teststrbuf.cxx
+++ b/sal/qa/rtl_strings/rtl_old_teststrbuf.cxx
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void oldtests::test_OUStringBuffer()
     TEST_ENSURE( s1 == b2.getStr(), "test_OWStringBuffer error 4");
 
     sal_Int32 n = 123456789L;
-    s1 += OUString(" 123456789");
+    s1 += " 123456789";
     b2.append(OUString(" "));
     b2.append(n);
     TEST_ENSURE( s1 == b2.getStr(), "test_OWStringBuffer error 5");
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ void oldtests::test_OUStringBuffer()
 #else
     sal_Int64 m = -3223372036854775807;
 #endif
-    s1 += OUString(" -3223372036854775807");
+    s1 += " -3223372036854775807";
     b2.append(OUString(" "));
     b2.append(m);
     TEST_ENSURE( s1 == b2.getStr(), "test_OWStringBuffer error 6");
diff --git a/sax/source/expatwrap/sax_expat.cxx b/sax/source/expatwrap/sax_expat.cxx
index b210c2edcd05..72b84e2ffae0 100644
--- a/sax/source/expatwrap/sax_expat.cxx
+++ b/sax/source/expatwrap/sax_expat.cxx
@@ -730,11 +730,11 @@ OUString getErrorMessage( XML_Error xmlE, OUString sSystemId , sal_Int32 nLine )
 
     OUString str("[");
     str += sSystemId;
-    str += OUString(" line ");
+    str += " line ";
     str += OUString::valueOf( nLine );
-    str += OUString("]: ");
+    str += "]: ";
     str += Message;
-    str += OUString("error");
+    str += "error";
 
     return str;
 }
diff --git a/sax/test/testcomponent.cxx b/sax/test/testcomponent.cxx
index a8b83f3bc708..b81e07d1ef81 100644
--- a/sax/test/testcomponent.cxx
+++ b/sax/test/testcomponent.cxx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 #else
             OUString aDllName = OUString( "lib");
             aDllName += OStringToOUString( argv[n] , RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US );
-            aDllName += OUString( ".so");
+            aDllName += ".so";
 #endif
             xReg->registerImplementation(
                 OUString("com.sun.star.loader.SharedLibrary"),
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 #else
         OUString aDllName = OUString( "lib");
         aDllName += OStringToOUString( sTestName , RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US );
-        aDllName += OUString( ".so");
+        aDllName += ".so";
 #endif
 
         xReg->registerImplementation(
diff --git a/stoc/test/testregistry.cxx b/stoc/test/testregistry.cxx
index 0f24e3eb11b7..c118cbdfa976 100644
--- a/stoc/test/testregistry.cxx
+++ b/stoc/test/testregistry.cxx
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Registry *myRegistry = new Registry();
 RegistryKey rootKey, rKey, rKey2;
 
 OUString userReg = getExePath();
-userReg += OUString("user.rdb");
+userReg += "user.rdb";
 if(myRegistry->open(userReg, REG_READWRITE))
 {
 OSL_VERIFY(!myRegistry->create(userReg));
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void setLinkInDefaultRegistry(const OUString& linkName, const OUString& linkTarg
     RegistryKey rootKey;
 
     OUString appReg = getExePath();
-    appReg += OUString("stoctest.rdb");
+    appReg += "stoctest.rdb";
 
     OSL_VERIFY(!myRegistry->open(appReg, REG_READWRITE));
     OSL_VERIFY(!myRegistry->openRootKey(rootKey));
@@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ void test_DefaultRegistry(
     OUString userRdb(exePath);
     OUString applicatRdb(exePath);
 
-    userRdb += OUString("user.rdb");
-    applicatRdb += OUString("stoctest.rdb");
+    userRdb += "user.rdb";
+    applicatRdb += "stoctest.rdb";
 
     Reference < XMultiServiceFactory > rSMgr  = ::cppu::createRegistryServiceFactory( userRdb, applicatRdb, sal_False, OUString());
                                                                                       //OUString("//./e:/src596/stoc/wntmsci3/bin") );
diff --git a/stoc/test/testsmgr.cxx b/stoc/test/testsmgr.cxx
index 05b8fef9299c..d60323731dfd 100644
--- a/stoc/test/testsmgr.cxx
+++ b/stoc/test/testsmgr.cxx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void setStarUserRegistry()
     RegistryKey rootKey, rKey, rKey2;
 
     OUString userReg = getExePath();
-    userReg += OUString("user.rdb");
+    userReg += "user.rdb";
     if(myRegistry->open(userReg, REG_READWRITE))
     {
         OSL_VERIFY(!myRegistry->create(userReg));
diff --git a/store/workben/t_store.cxx b/store/workben/t_store.cxx
index 7709c58b8c40..507edde5d6a3 100644
--- a/store/workben/t_store.cxx
+++ b/store/workben/t_store.cxx
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ DirectoryTraveller::DirectoryTraveller (
       m_nLevel   (nLevel),
       m_nCount   (0)
 {
-    m_aPath += rName;
-    m_aPath += OUString("/");
+    m_aPath += rName + "/";
 }
 
 /*
@@ -359,7 +358,7 @@ int SAL_CALL main (int argc, char **argv)
         {
             OUString aName ("demostor-");
             aName += OUString::valueOf ((sal_Int32)(i + 1), 10);
-            aName += OUString(".dat");
+            aName += ".dat";
 
 #if (_DEMOSTOR_REMOVE == 1)
             eErrCode = aFile.remove (aPath, aName);
diff --git a/svtools/source/brwbox/brwbox3.cxx b/svtools/source/brwbox/brwbox3.cxx
index 0ba1a76d16c4..ff34cb059317 100644
--- a/svtools/source/brwbox/brwbox3.cxx
+++ b/svtools/source/brwbox/brwbox3.cxx
@@ -229,31 +229,31 @@ OUString BrowseBox::GetAccessibleObjectName( ::svt::AccessibleBrowseBoxObjType e
         case ::svt::BBTYPE_TABLECELL:
             aRetText = OUString( "TableCell" );
 #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
-            aRetText += OUString( " [" );
+            aRetText += " [";
             aRetText += OUString::valueOf(sal_Int32(GetCurRow()));
-            aRetText += OUString( "," );
+            aRetText += ",";
             aRetText += OUString::valueOf(sal_Int32(GetCurColumnId()));
-            aRetText += OUString( "]" );
+            aRetText += "]";
 #endif
             break;
         case ::svt::BBTYPE_ROWHEADERCELL:
             aRetText = OUString( "RowHeaderCell" );
 #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
-            aRetText += OUString( " [" );
+            aRetText += " [";
             aRetText += OUString::valueOf(sal_Int32(GetCurRow()));
-            aRetText += OUString( "," );
+            aRetText += ",";
             aRetText += OUString::valueOf(sal_Int32(GetCurColumnId()));
-            aRetText += OUString( "]" );
+            aRetText += "]";
 #endif
             break;
         case ::svt::BBTYPE_COLUMNHEADERCELL:
             aRetText = OUString( "ColumnHeaderCell" );
 #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
-            aRetText += OUString( " [" );
+            aRetText += " [";
             aRetText += OUString::valueOf(sal_Int32(GetCurRow()));
-            aRetText += OUString( "," );
+            aRetText += ",";
             aRetText += OUString::valueOf(sal_Int32(GetCurColumnId()));
-            aRetText += OUString( "]" );
+            aRetText += "]";
 #endif
             break;
         default:
diff --git a/svtools/source/config/printoptions.cxx b/svtools/source/config/printoptions.cxx
index f36fc74cba50..3dfbd2998a13 100644
--- a/svtools/source/config/printoptions.cxx
+++ b/svtools/source/config/printoptions.cxx
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ SvtPrinterOptions::SvtPrinterOptions()
     if( m_pStaticDataContainer == NULL )
     {
         OUString aRootPath( ROOTNODE_START );
-        m_pStaticDataContainer = new SvtPrintOptions_Impl( aRootPath += OUString( "/Printer" ) );
+        m_pStaticDataContainer = new SvtPrintOptions_Impl( aRootPath += "/Printer" );
         pPrinterOptionsDataContainer = m_pStaticDataContainer;
         svtools::ItemHolder2::holdConfigItem(E_PRINTOPTIONS);
     }
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ SvtPrintFileOptions::SvtPrintFileOptions()
     if( m_pStaticDataContainer == NULL )
     {
         OUString aRootPath( ROOTNODE_START );
-        m_pStaticDataContainer = new SvtPrintOptions_Impl( aRootPath += OUString( "/File" ) );
+        m_pStaticDataContainer = new SvtPrintOptions_Impl( aRootPath += "/File" );
         pPrintFileOptionsDataContainer = m_pStaticDataContainer;
 
         svtools::ItemHolder2::holdConfigItem(E_PRINTFILEOPTIONS);
diff --git a/svx/source/dialog/docrecovery.cxx b/svx/source/dialog/docrecovery.cxx
index e87fb8749379..103599dac6b9 100644
--- a/svx/source/dialog/docrecovery.cxx
+++ b/svx/source/dialog/docrecovery.cxx
@@ -1945,7 +1945,7 @@ void BrokenRecoveryDialog::impl_askForSavePath()
             Bootstrap::expandMacros( ustrValue );
 
 #if defined(WNT)
-            ustrValue += OUString("/user/crashdata");
+            ustrValue += "/user/crashdata";
 #endif
             return ustrValue;
         }
diff --git a/svx/source/unodraw/recoveryui.cxx b/svx/source/unodraw/recoveryui.cxx
index 164457e458da..324b4a45800b 100644
--- a/svx/source/unodraw/recoveryui.cxx
+++ b/svx/source/unodraw/recoveryui.cxx
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static OUString GetCrashConfigDir()
     Bootstrap::expandMacros( ustrValue );
 
 #if defined(WNT)
-    ustrValue += OUString("/user/crashdata");
+    ustrValue += "/user/crashdata";
 #endif
     return ustrValue;
 }
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static OUString GetUnsentURL()
 {
     OUString    aURL = GetCrashConfigDir();
 
-    aURL += OUString(  "/"  );
+    aURL += "/";
     aURL += OUString(  LCKFILE  );
 
     return aURL;
diff --git a/svx/workben/msview/xmlconfig.cxx b/svx/workben/msview/xmlconfig.cxx
index 7f46b7325786..1b2cbdf51e8f 100644
--- a/svx/workben/msview/xmlconfig.cxx
+++ b/svx/workben/msview/xmlconfig.cxx
@@ -344,8 +344,7 @@ rtl::OUString ElementConfig::format( SvStream& rStream, sal_Size& nLength ) cons
     OUString aRet;
     if( maName.getLength() )
     {
-        aRet += maName;
-        aRet += OUString( " = "  );
+        aRet += maName + " = ";
     }
 
     switch( mnType )
@@ -387,10 +386,10 @@ rtl::OUString ElementConfig::dump_hex( SvStream& rStream, sal_Size& nLength )
         if( (nRow == 16) || (nLength==0) )
         {
             while( aHex.getLength() < (16*3) )
-                aHex += OUString( " " );
+                aHex += " ";
             aOut += aHex;
             aOut += aAscii;
-            aOut += OUString( "\n\r"  );
+            aOut += "\n\r";
             aHex = aEmpty;
             aAscii = aEmpty;
             nRow = 0;
@@ -476,7 +475,7 @@ rtl::OUString ElementConfigContainer::format( SvStream& rStream, sal_Size& nLeng
         {
             aRet += (*aIter++)->format( rStream, nLength );
             if( (aIter != aEnd) || (nLength != 0) )
-                aRet += OUString( "\n\r"  );
+                aRet += "\n\r";
         }
 
         if( nLength )
@@ -486,7 +485,7 @@ rtl::OUString ElementConfigContainer::format( SvStream& rStream, sal_Size& nLeng
     {
         aRet = getName();
         if( aRet.getLength() )
-            aRet += OUString( " = "  );
+            aRet += " = ";
 
         OUString aValue;
         switch( getType() )
diff --git a/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx b/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx
index 2ca1fc13dd84..bbe5231d4a4c 100644
--- a/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/filter/ww8/docxattributeoutput.cxx
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ void DocxAttributeOutput::StartRuby( const SwTxtNode& rNode, xub_StrLen nPos, co
                 rNode.GetLang( nPos ) ) );
     OUString sLang( aLocale.Language );
     if ( !aLocale.Country.isEmpty() )
-        sLang += OUString( "-" ) + OUString( aLocale.Country );
+        sLang += "-" + aLocale.Country;
     m_pSerializer->singleElementNS( XML_w, XML_lid,
             FSNS( XML_w, XML_val ),
             OUStringToOString( sLang, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 ).getStr( ), FSEND );
diff --git a/toolkit/source/awt/vclxmenu.cxx b/toolkit/source/awt/vclxmenu.cxx
index 154c265619d4..6ea7cd608f62 100644
--- a/toolkit/source/awt/vclxmenu.cxx
+++ b/toolkit/source/awt/vclxmenu.cxx
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@
         if ( MENU_ITEM_NOTFOUND == mpMenu->GetItemPos( nItemId ) ) \
             throw  ::com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException( \
                 OUString( Func ) \
-                += OUString( ": There is no menu item with " ) \
+                += ": There is no menu item with " \
                 += OUString::valueOf( sal_Int32( nItemId ) ) \
-                += OUString( " as identifier" ), \
+                += " as identifier", \
                 *this \
             );
     #define THROW_MENUPOS_NOT_FOUND( Func, nPos ) \
         if ( MENU_ITEM_NOTFOUND == sal_uInt16( nPos ) ) \
             throw  ::com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException( \
                 OUString( Func ) \
-                += OUString( ": There is no menu item at position " ) \
+                += ": There is no menu item at position " \
                 += OUString::valueOf( sal_Int32( nPos ) ), \
                 *this \
             );
diff --git a/toolkit/source/controls/formattedcontrol.cxx b/toolkit/source/controls/formattedcontrol.cxx
index 51af6be8d042..1ed4fd4b5848 100644
--- a/toolkit/source/controls/formattedcontrol.cxx
+++ b/toolkit/source/controls/formattedcontrol.cxx
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ namespace toolkit
             throw IllegalArgumentException(
                         ( OUString("Unable to convert the given value for the property ")
                     +=  GetPropertyName((sal_uInt16)nPropId) )
-                    +=  OUString(" (double, integer, or string expected)."),
+                    += " (double, integer, or string expected).",
                 static_cast< XPropertySet* >(this),
                 1);
         }
diff --git a/vcl/generic/app/gensys.cxx b/vcl/generic/app/gensys.cxx
index b24cfa201f7c..75e8d5c1d689 100644
--- a/vcl/generic/app/gensys.cxx
+++ b/vcl/generic/app/gensys.cxx
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ const char* SalGenericSystem::getFrameClassName()
     {
         OUString aIni, aProduct;
         rtl::Bootstrap::get( "BRAND_BASE_DIR", aIni );
-        aIni += OUString("/program/") + SAL_CONFIGFILE( "bootstrap" );
+        aIni += "/program/") + SAL_CONFIGFILE( "bootstrap";
         rtl::Bootstrap aBootstrap( aIni );
         aBootstrap.getFrom( "ProductKey", aProduct );
 
diff --git a/vcl/source/app/unohelp.cxx b/vcl/source/app/unohelp.cxx
index 47da039ebdc5..3b15d25bd521 100644
--- a/vcl/source/app/unohelp.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/app/unohelp.cxx
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ uno::Reference < i18n::XCharacterClassification > vcl::unohelper::CreateCharacte
         aLibName += aDLLSuffix;
     }
 #ifdef MACOSX
-    aLibName += OUString( ".dylib" );
+    aLibName += ".dylib";
 #else
-    aLibName += OUString( ".so" );
+    aLibName += ".so";
 #endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
index f81b21539eaa..70ccd943591a 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
@@ -12091,7 +12091,7 @@ sal_Int32 PDFWriterImpl::createControl( const PDFWriter::AnyWidget& rControl, sa
 
         m_nSignatureObject = createObject();
         rNewWidget.m_aValue = OUString::valueOf( m_nSignatureObject );
-        rNewWidget.m_aValue += OUString(" 0 R");
+        rNewWidget.m_aValue += " 0 R";
         //createDefaultSignatureAppearance( rNewWidget, rSig );
         // let's add a fake appearance
         rNewWidget.m_aAppearances[ "N" ][ "Standard" ] = new SvMemoryStream();
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/fpicker/SalGtkFilePicker.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/fpicker/SalGtkFilePicker.cxx
index 40c78c997f14..09836423f557 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/fpicker/SalGtkFilePicker.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/fpicker/SalGtkFilePicker.cxx
@@ -1855,7 +1855,7 @@ GtkFileFilter* SalGtkFilePicker::implAddFilter( const OUString& rFilter, const O
             if (!aToken.isEmpty())
             {
                 if (!aTokens.isEmpty())
-                    aTokens += OUString(",");
+                    aTokens += ",";
                 aTokens = aTokens += aToken;
                 gtk_file_filter_add_custom (filter, GTK_FILE_FILTER_URI,
                     case_insensitive_filter,
diff --git a/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/odiapi/testProperty.cxx b/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/odiapi/testProperty.cxx
index 6ea35c62e9ce..091853ff425e 100644
--- a/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/odiapi/testProperty.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/qa/cppunittests/odiapi/testProperty.cxx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ OString getTempFileName(const OUString& fileName)
   OUString ousTmpUrl;
   FileBase::getTempDirURL(ousTmpUrl);
   if (!ousTmpUrl.endsWithIgnoreAsciiCaseAsciiL("/", 1))
-    ousTmpUrl += OUString("/");
+    ousTmpUrl += "/";
   ousTmpUrl += fileName;
 
   OUString sysTmpPath;
diff --git a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapper_Impl.cxx b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapper_Impl.cxx
index 62e91e6bfdbe..5249272cdab4 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapper_Impl.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/DomainMapper_Impl.cxx
@@ -2769,7 +2769,7 @@ void DomainMapper_Impl::CloseFieldCommand()
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        sServiceName += OUString( "TextField.");
+                        sServiceName += "TextField.";
                         sServiceName += OUString::createFromAscii(aIt->second.cFieldServiceName );
                     }