Remove RTL_CONSTASCII_(U)STRINGPARAM in tools

Change-Id: Id97070321ad6b20f349896d3b4e1ae51cc82ece7
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/2769
Reviewed-by: Fridrich Strba <fridrich@documentfoundation.org>
Tested-by: Fridrich Strba <fridrich@documentfoundation.org>

14 files changed, 160 insertions, 198 deletions

diff --git a/tools/source/fsys/dirent.cxx b/tools/source/fsys/dirent.cxx
index e0231d4c8f58..624cac03650c 100644
--- a/tools/source/fsys/dirent.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/fsys/dirent.cxx
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ rtl::OString ImplCutPath( const rtl::OString& rStr, sal_Int32 nMax, char cAccDel
             if (!comphelper::string::isalnumAscii(aCutPath[n]))
             {
                 comphelper::string::truncateToLength(aCutPath, n);
-                aCutPath.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("..."));
+                aCutPath.append("...");
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ rtl::OString ImplCutPath( const rtl::OString& rStr, sal_Int32 nMax, char cAccDel
     if ( bInsertPrefix )
     {
         rtl::OStringBuffer aIns;
-        aIns.append(cAccDel).append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("..."));
+        aIns.append(cAccDel).append("...");
         aCutPath.insert(nBegin, aIns.makeStringAndClear());
     }
 
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ DirEntry::DirEntry( const String& rInitName, FSysPathStyle eStyle ) :
     }
 
     rtl::OString aTmpName(rtl::OUStringToOString(rInitName, osl_getThreadTextEncoding()));
-    if (aTmpName.matchIgnoreAsciiCase(rtl::OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("file:"))))
+    if (aTmpName.matchIgnoreAsciiCase(rtl::OString("file:")))
     {
         DBG_WARNING( "File URLs are not permitted but accepted" );
         aTmpName = rtl::OUStringToOString(INetURLObject( rInitName ).PathToFileName(), osl_getThreadTextEncoding());
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ DirEntry::DirEntry( const String& rInitName, FSysPathStyle eStyle ) :
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
         if (eStyle == FSYS_STYLE_HOST && aTmpName.indexOf( "://" ) != -1)
         {
-            rtl::OStringBuffer aErr(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("DirEntries akzeptieren nur File URLS: "));
+            rtl::OStringBuffer aErr("DirEntries akzeptieren nur File URLS: ");
             aErr.append(aTmpName);
             DBG_WARNING(aErr.getStr());
         }
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ DirEntry::DirEntry( const rtl::OString& rInitName, FSysPathStyle eStyle ) :
     }
 
     rtl::OString aTmpName( rInitName );
-    if (aTmpName.matchIgnoreAsciiCase(rtl::OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("file:"))))
+    if (aTmpName.matchIgnoreAsciiCase(rtl::OString("file:")))
     {
         DBG_WARNING( "File URLs are not permitted but accepted" );
         aTmpName = rtl::OUStringToOString(INetURLObject( rInitName ).PathToFileName(), osl_getThreadTextEncoding());
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ DirEntry::DirEntry( const rtl::OString& rInitName, FSysPathStyle eStyle ) :
     {
         if( eStyle == FSYS_STYLE_HOST && rInitName.indexOf("://") != -1 )
         {
-            rtl::OStringBuffer aErr(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("DirEntries akzeptieren nur File URLS: "));
+            rtl::OStringBuffer aErr("DirEntries akzeptieren nur File URLS: ");
             aErr.append(rInitName);
             DBG_WARNING(aErr.getStr());
         }
@@ -741,18 +741,18 @@ sal_Bool DirEntry::Exists( FSysAccess nAccess ) const
 
 #if defined WNT
     // get special file names from system
-    if ( aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("CLOCK$")) ||
-           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("CON")) ||
-           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("AUX")) ||
-           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("COM1")) ||
-           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("COM2")) ||
-           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("COM3")) ||
-           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("COM4")) ||
-           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("LPT1")) ||
-           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("LPT2")) ||
-           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("LPT3")) ||
-           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("NUL")) ||
-           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("PRN")) )
+    if ( aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("CLOCK$") ||
+           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("CON") ||
+           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("AUX") ||
+           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("COM1") ||
+           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("COM2") ||
+           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("COM3") ||
+           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("COM4") ||
+           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("LPT1") ||
+           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("LPT2") ||
+           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("LPT3") ||
+           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("NUL") ||
+           aName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("PRN") )
         return sal_True;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/tools/source/fsys/urlobj.cxx b/tools/source/fsys/urlobj.cxx
index 066f4aa919be..b839e6deb515 100644
--- a/tools/source/fsys/urlobj.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/fsys/urlobj.cxx
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
                     setInvalid();
                     return false;
                 }
-                aSynAbsURIRef.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+                aSynAbsURIRef.append("//");
                 rtl::OUStringBuffer aSynAuthority;
                 while (pPos < pEnd
                        && *pPos != '/' && *pPos != '?'
@@ -875,8 +875,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
                 if (pEnd - pPos >= 2 && pPos[0] == '/' && pPos[1] == '/')
                 {
                     pPos += 2;
-                    aSynAbsURIRef.
-                        appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+                    aSynAbsURIRef.append("//");
                     rtl::OUStringBuffer aSynAuthority;
                     while (pPos < pEnd
                            && *pPos != '/' && *pPos != '?'
@@ -920,7 +919,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
                     setInvalid();
                     return false;
                 }
-                aSynAbsURIRef.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+                aSynAbsURIRef.append("//");
                 rtl::OUStringBuffer aSynUser;
 
                 bool bHasUser = false;
@@ -949,7 +948,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
                     m_aUser.set(aSynAbsURIRef,
                             aSynUser.makeStringAndClear(),
                             aSynAbsURIRef.getLength());
-                    aSynAbsURIRef.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("@"));
+                    aSynAbsURIRef.append("@");
                     ++pPos;
 
                     while (pPos < pEnd
@@ -1015,8 +1014,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
                                 pPos + 2, p1, bOctets, ENCODE_ALL,
                                 RTL_TEXTENCODING_DONTKNOW, true, NULL))
                         {
-                            aSynAbsURIRef.
-                                appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+                            aSynAbsURIRef.append("//");
                             pHostPortBegin = pPos + 2;
                             pHostPortEnd = p1;
                             pPos = p1;
@@ -1040,8 +1038,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
                     //    "file:///" *path ["#" *UCS4]
                     if (pEnd - pPos >= 2 && pPos[0] == '/' && pPos[1] == '/')
                     {
-                        aSynAbsURIRef.
-                            appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+                        aSynAbsURIRef.append("//");
                         pPos += 2;
                         bSkippedInitialSlash = true;
                         if ((eStyle & FSYS_DOS) != 0
@@ -1060,8 +1057,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
                     //    "file:///" *path ["#" *UCS4]
                     if (pPos < pEnd && *pPos == '/')
                     {
-                        aSynAbsURIRef.
-                            appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+                        aSynAbsURIRef.append("//");
                         break;
                     }
 
@@ -1089,8 +1085,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
                              (scanDomain(p1, pe) > 0 && p1 == pe)
                            )
                         {
-                            aSynAbsURIRef.
-                                appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+                            aSynAbsURIRef.append("//");
                             pHostPortBegin = pPos + 2;
                             pHostPortEnd = pe;
                             pPos = pe;
@@ -1117,8 +1112,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
                             || pPos[2] == '/'
                             || pPos[2] == '\\'))
                     {
-                        aSynAbsURIRef.
-                            appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+                        aSynAbsURIRef.append("//");
                         nAltSegmentDelimiter = '\\';
                         bSkippedInitialSlash = true;
                         break;
@@ -1141,8 +1135,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
                     //  character is not copied.
                     if (eStyle & (FSYS_UNX | FSYS_DOS | FSYS_MAC))
                     {
-                        aSynAbsURIRef.
-                            appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+                        aSynAbsURIRef.appendAscii("//");
                         switch (guessFSysStyleByCounting(pPos, pEnd, eStyle))
                         {
                             case FSYS_UNX:
@@ -1183,7 +1176,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
                     setInvalid();
                     return false;
                 }
-                aSynAbsURIRef.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+                aSynAbsURIRef.append("//");
 
                 sal_Unicode const * pAuthority = pPos;
                 sal_uInt32 c = getSchemeInfo().m_bQuery ? '?' : 0x80000000;
@@ -1293,8 +1286,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    aSynAbsURIRef.
-                        appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(";AUTH="));
+                    aSynAbsURIRef.append(";AUTH=");
                     rtl::OUStringBuffer aSynAuth;
                     while (p1 < pUserInfoEnd)
                     {
@@ -1653,7 +1645,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::convertRelToAbs(rtl::OUString const & rTheRelURIRef,
     {
         if (pEnd - p >= 2 && p[0] == '/' && p[1] == '/')
         {
-            aSynAbsURIRef.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+            aSynAbsURIRef.append("//");
             p += 2;
             eState = STATE_ABS_PATH;
             bSameDoc = false;
@@ -1986,7 +1978,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::convertAbsToRel(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
          ++p)
     {
         if (*p == '/')
-            aSynRelURIRef.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("../"));
+            aSynRelURIRef.append("../");
     }
 
     // If the new relative URL would start with "//" (i.e., it would be
@@ -2000,7 +1992,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::convertAbsToRel(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
             && pSubjectPathBegin[nMatch] == '/'
             && pSubjectPathBegin[nMatch + 1] == '/')
         {
-            aSynRelURIRef.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("./"));
+            aSynRelURIRef.append("./");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -2009,8 +2001,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::convertAbsToRel(rtl::OUString const & rTheAbsURIRef,
             {
                 if (mustEncode(*p, PART_REL_SEGMENT_EXTRA))
                 {
-                    aSynRelURIRef.
-                        appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("./"));
+                    aSynRelURIRef.append("./");
                     break;
                 }
             }
@@ -2354,7 +2345,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setPassword(rtl::OUString const & rThePassword,
     else if (m_aHost.isPresent())
     {
         m_aAbsURIRef.insert(m_aHost.getBegin(),
-            rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( ":@" )));
+            rtl::OUString( ":@" ));
         m_aUser.set(m_aAbsURIRef, rtl::OUString(), m_aHost.getBegin());
         nDelta
             = m_aAuth.set(m_aAbsURIRef, aNewAuth, m_aHost.getBegin() + 1) + 2;
@@ -2527,7 +2518,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::parseHost(sal_Unicode const *& rBegin, sal_Unicode const * p
             case STATE_IP6_COLON:
                 if (*p == ':')
                 {
-                    aTheCanonic.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("::"));
+                    aTheCanonic.append("::");
                     eState = STATE_IP6_2COLON;
                 }
                 else
@@ -2886,8 +2877,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setHost(rtl::OUString const & rTheHost, bool bOctets,
         case INET_PROT_FILE:
             {
                 rtl::OUString sTemp(aSynHost.toString());
-                if (sTemp.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseAsciiL(
-                    RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("localhost")))
+                if (sTemp.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("localhost"))
                 {
                     aSynHost.setLength(0);
                 }
@@ -3176,7 +3166,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::parsePath(INetProtocol eScheme,
         case INET_PROT_OUT:
             if (pEnd - pPos < 2 || *pPos++ != '/' || *pPos++ != '~')
                 return false;
-            aTheSynPath.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("/~"));
+            aTheSynPath.append("/~");
             while (pPos < pEnd && *pPos != nFragmentDelimiter)
             {
                 EscapeType eEscapeType;
@@ -3766,9 +3756,9 @@ INetURLObject::getAbbreviated(
     {
         rtl::OUString aRest;
         if (m_aQuery.isPresent())
-            aRest = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("?..."));
+            aRest = "?...";
         else if (m_aFragment.isPresent())
-            aRest = rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("#..."));
+            aRest = "#...";
         rtl::OUStringBuffer aTrailer;
         sal_Unicode const * pBegin = pCoreBegin;
         sal_Unicode const * pEnd = pCoreEnd;
@@ -3797,7 +3787,7 @@ INetURLObject::getAbbreviated(
                 pSuffixEnd = p;
                 rtl::OUStringBuffer aResult(aBuffer);
                 if (pSuffixEnd != pBegin)
-                    aResult.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("..."));
+                    aResult.append("...");
                 aResult.append(aSegment);
                 aResult.append(aTrailer.toString());
                 aResult.append(aRest);
@@ -3839,7 +3829,7 @@ INetURLObject::getAbbreviated(
                 rtl::OUStringBuffer aResult(aBuffer);
                 aResult.append(aSegment);
                 if (pPrefixBegin != pEnd)
-                    aResult.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("..."));
+                    aResult.append("...");
                 aResult.append(aTrailer.toString());
                 aResult.append(aRest);
                 if (rStringWidth->
@@ -3862,7 +3852,7 @@ INetURLObject::getAbbreviated(
         if (bSegment)
         {
             if (pPrefixBegin != pBegin || pSuffixEnd != pEnd)
-                aBuffer.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("..."));
+                aBuffer.append("...");
             aBuffer.append(aTrailer.toString());
         }
     }
@@ -3899,7 +3889,7 @@ INetURLObject::getAbbreviated(
                 else
                 {
                     aBuffer.setLength(--i);
-                    aBuffer.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("..."));
+                    aBuffer.append("...");
                 }
                 aResult = aBuffer;
                 if (rStringWidth->
@@ -4028,7 +4018,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::ConcatData(INetProtocol eTheScheme,
     m_aAbsURIRef.append(sal_Unicode(':'));
     if (getSchemeInfo().m_bAuthority)
     {
-        m_aAbsURIRef.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+        m_aAbsURIRef.append("//");
         bool bUserInfo = false;
         if (getSchemeInfo().m_bUser)
         {
@@ -4088,8 +4078,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::ConcatData(INetProtocol eTheScheme,
                 case INET_PROT_FILE:
                     {
                         rtl::OUString sTemp(aSynHost.toString());
-                        if (sTemp.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseAsciiL(
-                            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("localhost")))
+                        if (sTemp.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase( "localhost" ))
                         {
                             aSynHost.setLength(0);
                         }
@@ -4657,7 +4646,7 @@ bool INetURLObject::setFSysPath(rtl::OUString const & rFSysPath,
             break;
     }
 
-    rtl::OUStringBuffer aSynAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("file://")));
+    rtl::OUStringBuffer aSynAbsURIRef(rtl::OUString("file://"));
 
     switch (eStyle)
     {
@@ -4812,7 +4801,7 @@ rtl::OUString INetURLObject::getFSysPath(FSysStyle eStyle,
                 *pDelimiter = '/';
 
             rtl::OUStringBuffer aSynFSysPath;
-            aSynFSysPath.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("//"));
+            aSynFSysPath.append("//");
             if (m_aHost.isPresent() && m_aHost.getLength() > 0)
                 aSynFSysPath.append(decode(m_aHost, '%', DECODE_WITH_CHARSET,
                                        RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
@@ -4843,7 +4832,7 @@ rtl::OUString INetURLObject::getFSysPath(FSysStyle eStyle,
             rtl::OUStringBuffer aSynFSysPath;
             if (m_aHost.isPresent() && m_aHost.getLength() > 0)
             {
-                aSynFSysPath.appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("\\\\"));
+                aSynFSysPath.append("\\\\");
                 aSynFSysPath.append(decode(m_aHost, '%', DECODE_WITH_CHARSET,
                                        RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
                 aSynFSysPath.append(sal_Unicode('\\'));
diff --git a/tools/source/fsys/wntmsc.cxx b/tools/source/fsys/wntmsc.cxx
index b1c416c13277..c6cf063abdfa 100644
--- a/tools/source/fsys/wntmsc.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/fsys/wntmsc.cxx
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ String DirEntry::GetVolume() const
     if ( ( pTop->eFlag == FSYS_FLAG_ABSROOT ||
            pTop->eFlag == FSYS_FLAG_RELROOT ||
            pTop->eFlag == FSYS_FLAG_VOLUME )
-         && !aTopName.equalsL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("a:"))
-         && !aTopName.equalsL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("b:")) && Exists() )
+         && aTopName != "a:"
+         && aTopName != "b:" && Exists() )
     {
         char sFileSysName[256];
         char sVolumeName[256];
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ String DirEntry::GetVolume() const
         // Append volume name for local drives
         if ( aRet.Len() == 0 )
         {
-            aRootDir += rtl::OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("\\"));
+            aRootDir += "\\";
             if ( GetVolumeInformation( aRootDir.getStr(),
                                        sVolumeName, 256,
                                        (LPDWORD) &nSerial, (LPDWORD) &nMaxCompLen,
@@ -604,14 +604,12 @@ sal_Bool FileStat::Update( const DirEntry& rDirEntry, sal_Bool bForceAccess )
                 pTop->eFlag == FSYS_FLAG_RELROOT ||
                 pTop->eFlag == FSYS_FLAG_VOLUME ) )
         {
-            if ( aName.equalsL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("a:")) ||
-                 aName.equalsL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("b:")) )
+            if ( aName == "a:" || aName == "b:" )
                 bAccess = sal_False;
             else
                 OSL_TRACE( "FSys: will access removable device!" );
         }
-        if ( bAccess && ( aName.equalsL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("a:")) ||
-                          aName.equalsL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("b:")) ) )
+        if ( bAccess && ( aName == "a:" || aName == "b:" ) )
         {
             DBG_WARNING( "floppy will clatter" );
         }
@@ -637,7 +635,7 @@ sal_Bool FileStat::Update( const DirEntry& rDirEntry, sal_Bool bForceAccess )
             }
 
             rtl::OString aRootDir = aDirEntry.aName;
-            aRootDir += rtl::OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("\\"));
+            aRootDir += "\\";
             UINT nType = GetDriveType( aRootDir.getStr() );       //TPF: 2i
             if ( nType == 1 || nType == 0 )
             {
diff --git a/tools/source/generic/config.cxx b/tools/source/generic/config.cxx
index f2c49eed9018..9d2d284defb8 100644
--- a/tools/source/generic/config.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/generic/config.cxx
@@ -672,10 +672,9 @@ Config::Config( const rtl::OUString& rFileName )
     mbPersistence   = sal_True;
 
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Config::Config( "));
+    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr("Config::Config( ");
     aTraceStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(maFileName, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" )"));
+    aTraceStr.append(" )");
     OSL_TRACE("%s", aTraceStr.getStr());
 #endif
 }
@@ -831,12 +830,11 @@ rtl::OUString Config::ReadKey(const rtl::OString& rKey, rtl_TextEncoding eEncodi
 rtl::OString Config::ReadKey(const rtl::OString& rKey, const rtl::OString& rDefault) const
 {
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Config::ReadKey( "));
+    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr("Config::ReadKey( ");
     aTraceStr.append(rKey);
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" ) from "));
+    aTraceStr.append(" ) from ");
     aTraceStr.append(GetGroup());
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" in "));
+    aTraceStr.append(" in ");
     aTraceStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(maFileName, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
     OSL_TRACE("%s", aTraceStr.getStr());
 #endif
@@ -865,13 +863,13 @@ rtl::OString Config::ReadKey(const rtl::OString& rKey, const rtl::OString& rDefa
 void Config::WriteKey(const rtl::OString& rKey, const rtl::OString& rStr)
 {
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Config::WriteKey( "));
+    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr("Config::WriteKey( ");
     aTraceStr.append(rKey);
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(", "));
+    aTraceStr.append(", ");
     aTraceStr.append(rStr);
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" ) to "));
+    aTraceStr.append(" ) to ");
     aTraceStr.append(GetGroup());
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" in "));
+    aTraceStr.append(" in ");
     aTraceStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(maFileName, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
     OSL_TRACE("%s", aTraceStr.getStr());
 #endif
@@ -975,11 +973,10 @@ void Config::DeleteKey(const rtl::OString& rKey)
 sal_uInt16 Config::GetKeyCount() const
 {
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Config::GetKeyCount()"));
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" from "));
+    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr("Config::GetKeyCount()");
+    aTraceStr.append(" from ");
     aTraceStr.append(GetGroup());
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" in "));
+    aTraceStr.append(" in ");
     aTraceStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(maFileName, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
     OSL_TRACE("%s", aTraceStr.getStr());
 #endif
@@ -1009,12 +1006,11 @@ sal_uInt16 Config::GetKeyCount() const
 rtl::OString Config::GetKeyName(sal_uInt16 nKey) const
 {
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Config::GetKeyName( "));
+    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr("Config::GetKeyName( ");
     aTraceStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(nKey));
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" ) from "));
+    aTraceStr.append(" ) from ");
     aTraceStr.append(GetGroup());
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" in "));
+    aTraceStr.append(" in ");
     aTraceStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(
         maFileName, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
     OSL_TRACE("%s", aTraceStr.getStr());
@@ -1044,12 +1040,11 @@ rtl::OString Config::GetKeyName(sal_uInt16 nKey) const
 rtl::OString Config::ReadKey(sal_uInt16 nKey) const
 {
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Config::ReadKey( "));
+    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr("Config::ReadKey( ");
     aTraceStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(nKey));
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" ) from "));
+    aTraceStr.append(" ) from ");
     aTraceStr.append(GetGroup());
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" in "));
+    aTraceStr.append(" in ");
     aTraceStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(maFileName,
         RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
     OSL_TRACE("%s", aTraceStr.getStr());
diff --git a/tools/source/inet/inetmsg.cxx b/tools/source/inet/inetmsg.cxx
index 35bd176cd13e..914d59caca82 100644
--- a/tools/source/inet/inetmsg.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/inet/inetmsg.cxx
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ inline sal_Unicode ascii_toLowerCase( sal_Unicode ch )
         return ch;
 }
 
-#define CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(a) (a), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US
-
 INetMessage::~INetMessage()
 {
     ListCleanup_Impl();
@@ -152,22 +150,22 @@ namespace
         {
             static const OString _ImplINetRFC822MessageHeaderData[] =
             {
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("BCC")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("CC")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Comments")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Date")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("From")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("In-Reply-To")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Keywords")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Message-ID")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("References")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Reply-To")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Return-Path")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Subject")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Sender")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("To")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("X-Mailer")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Return-Receipt-To"))
+                OString("BCC"),
+                OString("CC"),
+                OString("Comments"),
+                OString("Date"),
+                OString("From"),
+                OString("In-Reply-To"),
+                OString("Keywords"),
+                OString("Message-ID"),
+                OString("References"),
+                OString("Reply-To"),
+                OString("Return-Path"),
+                OString("Subject"),
+                OString("Sender"),
+                OString("To"),
+                OString("X-Mailer"),
+                OString("Return-Receipt-To")
             };
             return &_ImplINetRFC822MessageHeaderData[0];
         }
@@ -639,12 +637,12 @@ namespace
         {
             static const OString _ImplINetMIMEMessageHeaderData[] =
             {
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("MIME-Version")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Content-Description")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Content-Disposition")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Content-ID")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Content-Type")),
-                OString(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Content-Transfer-Encoding"))
+                OString("MIME-Version"),
+                OString("Content-Description"),
+                OString("Content-Disposition"),
+                OString("Content-ID"),
+                OString("Content-Type"),
+                OString("Content-Transfer-Encoding")
             };
             return &_ImplINetMIMEMessageHeaderData[0];
         }
@@ -944,36 +942,36 @@ bool INetMIMEMessage::EnableAttachChild (INetMessageContainerType eType)
     switch (eType)
     {
         case INETMSG_MESSAGE_RFC822:
-            aContentType.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("message/rfc822"));
+            aContentType.append("message/rfc822");
             break;
 
         case INETMSG_MULTIPART_ALTERNATIVE:
-            aContentType.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("multipart/alternative"));
+            aContentType.append("multipart/alternative");
             break;
 
         case INETMSG_MULTIPART_DIGEST:
-            aContentType.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("multipart/digest"));
+            aContentType.append("multipart/digest");
             break;
 
         case INETMSG_MULTIPART_PARALLEL:
-            aContentType.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("multipart/parallel"));
+            aContentType.append("multipart/parallel");
             break;
 
         case INETMSG_MULTIPART_RELATED:
-            aContentType.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("multipart/related"));
+            aContentType.append("multipart/related");
             break;
 
         case INETMSG_MULTIPART_FORM_DATA:
-            aContentType.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("multipart/form-data"));
+            aContentType.append("multipart/form-data");
             break;
 
         default:
-            aContentType.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("multipart/mixed"));
+            aContentType.append("multipart/mixed");
             break;
     }
 
     // Setup boundary for multipart types.
-    if (aContentType.toString().equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseL(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("multipart/")))
+    if (aContentType.toString().equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("multipart/"))
     {
         // Generate a unique boundary from current time.
         sal_Char sTail[16 + 1];
@@ -987,7 +985,7 @@ bool INetMIMEMessage::EnableAttachChild (INetMessageContainerType eType)
         m_aBoundary += sTail;
 
         // Append boundary as ContentType parameter.
-        aContentType.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("; boundary="));
+        aContentType.append("; boundary=");
         aContentType.append(m_aBoundary);
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/source/inet/inetstrm.cxx b/tools/source/inet/inetstrm.cxx
index 3b7d3487e922..009c90530b5f 100644
--- a/tools/source/inet/inetstrm.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/inet/inetstrm.cxx
@@ -1277,10 +1277,9 @@ int INetMIMEMessageStream::GetMsgLine (sal_Char *pData, sal_uIntPtr nSize)
                         if (pMsg->IsMultipart())
                         {
                             // Insert multipart delimiter.
-                            rtl::OStringBuffer aDelim(
-                                RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("--"));
+                            rtl::OStringBuffer aDelim("--");
                             aDelim.append(pMsg->GetMultipartBoundary());
-                            aDelim.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("\r\n"));
+                            aDelim.append("\r\n");
 
                             memcpy(pData, aDelim.getStr(),
                                 aDelim.getLength());
@@ -1296,10 +1295,9 @@ int INetMIMEMessageStream::GetMsgLine (sal_Char *pData, sal_uIntPtr nSize)
                         if (pMsg->IsMultipart())
                         {
                             // Insert close delimiter.
-                            rtl::OStringBuffer aDelim(
-                                RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("--"));
+                            rtl::OStringBuffer aDelim("--");
                             aDelim.append(pMsg->GetMultipartBoundary());
-                            aDelim.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("--\r\n"));
+                            aDelim.append("--\r\n");
 
                             memcpy (pData, aDelim.getStr(),
                                 aDelim.getLength());
@@ -1448,8 +1446,7 @@ int INetMIMEMessageStream::PutMsgLine (const sal_Char *pData, sal_uIntPtr nSize)
                         pMsg->GetContentType(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US));
                     rtl::OString aLowerType(aType.toAsciiLowerCase());
 
-                    sal_Int32 nPos = aLowerType.indexOfL(
-                        RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("boundary="));
+                    sal_Int32 nPos = aLowerType.indexOf("boundary=");
                     rtl::OString aBoundary(aType.copy(nPos + 9));
 
                     aBoundary = comphelper::string::strip(aBoundary, ' ');
@@ -1460,17 +1457,16 @@ int INetMIMEMessageStream::PutMsgLine (const sal_Char *pData, sal_uIntPtr nSize)
                 }
 
                 rtl::OString aPlainDelim (pMsg->GetMultipartBoundary());
-                rtl::OString aDelim = rtl::OStringBuffer(
-                    RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("--")).
+                rtl::OString aDelim = rtl::OStringBuffer("--").
                     append(aPlainDelim).
                     makeStringAndClear();
                 rtl::OString aPlainClose = rtl::OStringBuffer(
                     aPlainDelim).
-                    append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("--")).
+                    append("--").
                     makeStringAndClear();
                 rtl::OString aClose = rtl::OStringBuffer(
                     aDelim).
-                    append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("--")).
+                    append("--").
                     makeStringAndClear();
 
                 if (pMsgBuffer == NULL) pMsgBuffer = new SvMemoryStream;
diff --git a/tools/source/misc/appendunixshellword.cxx b/tools/source/misc/appendunixshellword.cxx
index 4657301145f7..6a15a1f5163c 100644
--- a/tools/source/misc/appendunixshellword.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/misc/appendunixshellword.cxx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void appendUnixShellWord(
 {
     OSL_ASSERT(accumulator != NULL);
     if (text.isEmpty()) {
-        accumulator->append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("''"));
+        accumulator->append("''");
     } else {
         bool quoted = false;
         for (sal_Int32 i = 0; i < text.getLength(); ++i) {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void appendUnixShellWord(
                     accumulator->append('\'');
                     quoted = false;
                 }
-                accumulator->append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("\\'"));
+                accumulator->append("\\'");
             } else {
                 if (!quoted) {
                     accumulator->append('\'');
diff --git a/tools/source/misc/extendapplicationenvironment.cxx b/tools/source/misc/extendapplicationenvironment.cxx
index 5fc44a2d0c4b..68181ade22d2 100644
--- a/tools/source/misc/extendapplicationenvironment.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/misc/extendapplicationenvironment.cxx
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@ void extendApplicationEnvironment() {
 
     // Make sure URE_BOOTSTRAP environment variable is set (failure is fatal):
     rtl::OUStringBuffer env;
-    rtl::OUString envVar(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("URE_BOOTSTRAP"));
+    rtl::OUString envVar("URE_BOOTSTRAP");
     rtl::OUString uri;
     if (rtl::Bootstrap::get(envVar, uri))
     {
-        if (!uri.matchIgnoreAsciiCaseAsciiL(
-                RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("vnd.sun.star.pathname:")))
+        if (!uri.matchIgnoreAsciiCase("vnd.sun.star.pathname:"))
         {
             uri = rtl::Bootstrap::encode(uri);
         }
@@ -71,8 +70,7 @@ void extendApplicationEnvironment() {
             uri = uri.copy(0, i + 1);
         }
         env.append(rtl::Bootstrap::encode(uri));
-        env.appendAscii(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(SAL_CONFIGFILE("fundamental")));
+        env.append(SAL_CONFIGFILE("fundamental"));
     }
     rtl::OUString envValue(env.makeStringAndClear());
     if (osl_setEnvironment(envVar.pData, envValue.pData) != osl_Process_E_None) {
diff --git a/tools/source/misc/getprocessworkingdir.cxx b/tools/source/misc/getprocessworkingdir.cxx
index 916915a5a9bd..115e5c86aa2b 100644
--- a/tools/source/misc/getprocessworkingdir.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/misc/getprocessworkingdir.cxx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace tools {
 bool getProcessWorkingDir(rtl::OUString &rUrl)
 {
     rUrl = rtl::OUString();
-    rtl::OUString s(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("$OOO_CWD"));
+    rtl::OUString s("$OOO_CWD");
     rtl::Bootstrap::expandMacros(s);
     if (s.isEmpty())
     {
diff --git a/tools/source/rc/resmgr.cxx b/tools/source/rc/resmgr.cxx
index e8c9db7c67ea..7ef652381cf5 100644
--- a/tools/source/rc/resmgr.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/rc/resmgr.cxx
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@ void ResMgrContainer::init()
     assert( m_aResFiles.empty() );
 
     // get resource path
-    rtl::OUString uri(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("$BRAND_BASE_DIR/program/resource/"));
+    rtl::OUString uri("$BRAND_BASE_DIR/program/resource/");
     rtl::Bootstrap::expandMacros(uri); //TODO: detect failure
 
     // collect all possible resource files
@@ -284,9 +283,9 @@ InternalResMgr* ResMgrContainer::getResMgr( const OUString& rPrefix,
             // locale fallback failed
             // fallback to en-US locale
             nTries = 2;
-            aLocale.Language = OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "en" ) );
-            aLocale.Country  = OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "US" ) );
-            aLocale.Variant = OUString();
+            aLocale.Language = "en";
+            aLocale.Country  = "US";
+            aLocale.Variant = "";
         }
     }
     // try if there is anything with this prefix at all
@@ -343,8 +342,7 @@ InternalResMgr* ResMgrContainer::getResMgr( const OUString& rPrefix,
             sKey.append( sal_Unicode('-') );
             sKey.append( rLocale.Variant );
         } // if( !aLocale.Variant.isEmpty() )
-        ::rtl::OUString sURL = sKey.makeStringAndClear();
-        sURL += ::rtl::OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(".res"));
+        OUString sURL = sKey.makeStringAndClear() + ".res";
         if ( m_aResFiles.find(sURL) == m_aResFiles.end() )
         {
             m_aResFiles[ sURL ].aFileURL = sURL;
@@ -400,8 +398,8 @@ InternalResMgr* ResMgrContainer::getNextFallback( InternalResMgr* pMgr )
         aLocale.Country = OUString();
     else if( !isAlreadyPureenUS(aLocale) )
     {
-        aLocale.Language = OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "en" ) );
-        aLocale.Country = OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "US" ) );
+        aLocale.Language = "en";
+        aLocale.Country = "US";
     }
     InternalResMgr* pNext = getResMgr( pMgr->aPrefix, aLocale, pMgr->bSingular );
     // prevent recursion
@@ -490,7 +488,7 @@ InternalResMgr::~InternalResMgr()
         {
             SvFileStream aStm( OUString::createFromAscii( pLogFile ), STREAM_WRITE );
             aStm.Seek( STREAM_SEEK_TO_END );
-            rtl::OStringBuffer aLine(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("FileName: "));
+            rtl::OStringBuffer aLine("FileName: ");
             aLine.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(aFileName,
                 RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
             aStm.WriteLine(aLine.makeStringAndClear());
@@ -499,7 +497,7 @@ InternalResMgr::~InternalResMgr()
                  it != pResUseDump->end(); ++it )
             {
                 sal_uInt64 nKeyId = it->first;
-                aLine.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Type/Id: "));
+                aLine.append("Type/Id: ");
                 aLine.append(sal::static_int_cast< sal_Int32 >((nKeyId >> 32) & 0xFFFFFFFF));
                 aLine.append('/');
                 aLine.append(sal::static_int_cast< sal_Int32 >(nKeyId & 0xFFFFFFFF));
@@ -713,22 +711,22 @@ void ResMgr::RscError_Impl( const sal_Char* pMessage, ResMgr* pResMgr,
     if (aStr.getLength())
         aStr.append('\n');
 
-    aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Class: "));
+    aStr.append("Class: ");
     aStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(GetTypeRes_Impl(ResId(nRT, *pNewResMgr)),
         RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
-    aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(", Id: "));
+    aStr.append(", Id: ");
     aStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(nId));
-    aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(". "));
+    aStr.append(". ");
     aStr.append(pMessage);
 
-    aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("\nResource Stack\n"));
+    aStr.append("\nResource Stack\n");
     while( nDepth > 0 )
     {
-        aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Class: "));
+        aStr.append("Class: ");
         aStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(GetTypeRes_Impl(
             ResId(rResStack[nDepth].pResource->GetRT(), *pNewResMgr)),
             RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
-        aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(", Id: "));
+        aStr.append(", Id: ");
         aStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(
             rResStack[nDepth].pResource->GetId()));
         nDepth--;
@@ -842,8 +840,7 @@ void ResMgr::Init( const OUString& rFileName )
     if ( !pImpRes )
     {
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-        rtl::OStringBuffer aStr(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Resourcefile not found:\n"));
+        rtl::OStringBuffer aStr("Resourcefile not found:\n");
         aStr.append(OUStringToOString(rFileName, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
         OSL_FAIL(aStr.getStr());
 #endif
@@ -1090,10 +1087,9 @@ sal_Bool ResMgr::GetResource( const ResId& rId, const Resource* pResObj )
             {
                 pTop->Flags |= RC_FALLBACK_DOWN;
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-                rtl::OStringBuffer aMess(
-                    RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("found resource "));
+                rtl::OStringBuffer aMess("found resource ");
                 aMess.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(nId));
-                aMess.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" in fallback "));
+                aMess.append(" in fallback ");
                 aMess.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(
                     pFallbackResMgr->GetFileName(),
                     osl_getThreadTextEncoding()));
diff --git a/tools/source/ref/errinf.cxx b/tools/source/ref/errinf.cxx
index 0038c8672c23..5631d4627fa1 100644
--- a/tools/source/ref/errinf.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/ref/errinf.cxx
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ public:
 
 static void aDspFunc(const OUString &rErr, const OUString &rAction)
 {
-    rtl::OStringBuffer aErr(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Aktion: "));
+    rtl::OStringBuffer aErr("Aktion: ");
     aErr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(rAction, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US));
-    aErr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" Fehler: "));
+    aErr.append(" Fehler: ");
     aErr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(rErr, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US));
     OSL_FAIL(aErr.getStr());
 }
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ sal_uInt16 ErrorHandler::HandleError_Impl(
         {
             if(!pData->pDsp)
             {
-                rtl::OStringBuffer aStr(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Action: "));
+                rtl::OStringBuffer aStr("Action: ");
                 aStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(aAction, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US));
-                aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("\nFehler: "));
+                aStr.append("\nFehler: ");
                 aStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(aErr, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US));
                 OSL_FAIL(aStr.getStr());
             }
@@ -377,23 +377,22 @@ sal_Bool SimpleErrorHandler::CreateString(
     const ErrorInfo *pInfo, OUString &rStr, sal_uInt16 &) const
 {
     sal_uIntPtr nId = pInfo->GetErrorCode();
-    rtl::OStringBuffer aStr(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("Id "));
+    rtl::OStringBuffer aStr("Id ");
     aStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(nId));
-    aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(
-        " only handled by SimpleErrorHandler"));
-    aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("\nErrorCode: "));
+    aStr.append(" only handled by SimpleErrorHandler");
+    aStr.append("\nErrorCode: ");
     aStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(
         nId & ((1L <<  ERRCODE_CLASS_SHIFT)  - 1 )));
-    aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("\nErrorClass: "));
+    aStr.append("\nErrorClass: ");
     aStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(
         (nId & ERRCODE_CLASS_MASK) >> ERRCODE_CLASS_SHIFT));
-    aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("\nErrorArea: "));
+    aStr.append("\nErrorArea: ");
     aStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>((nId & ERRCODE_ERROR_MASK &
             ~((1 << ERRCODE_AREA_SHIFT ) -1 ) ) >> ERRCODE_AREA_SHIFT));
     DynamicErrorInfo *pDyn=PTR_CAST(DynamicErrorInfo,pInfo);
     if(pDyn)
     {
-        aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("\nDId "));
+        aStr.append("\nDId ");
         aStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(*pDyn));
     }
     rStr = rtl::OStringToOUString(aStr.makeStringAndClear(),
diff --git a/tools/source/ref/pstm.cxx b/tools/source/ref/pstm.cxx
index ee5870c323d9..ffe8d348176c 100644
--- a/tools/source/ref/pstm.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/ref/pstm.cxx
@@ -110,10 +110,9 @@ void TOOLS_DLLPUBLIC ReadObjects( SvPersistListReadable& rLst, SvPersistStream &
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
             if( nObjLen + nObjPos != rStm.Tell() )
             {
-                rtl::OStringBuffer aStr(
-                    RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("false list len: read = "));
+                rtl::OStringBuffer aStr("false list len: read = ");
                 aStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int64>(rStm.Tell() - nObjPos));
-                aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(", should = "));
+                aStr.append(", should = ");
                 aStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int64>(nObjLen));
                 OSL_FAIL(aStr.getStr());
             }
@@ -587,10 +586,9 @@ sal_uInt32 SvPersistStream::ReadObj
             if( !pFunc )
             {
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-                rtl::OStringBuffer aStr(
-                    RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("no class with id: " ));
+                rtl::OStringBuffer aStr("no class with id: " );
                 aStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(nClassId));
-                aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" registered"));
+                aStr.append(" registered");
                 DBG_WARNING(aStr.getStr());
 #else
                 (void)nObjLen;
@@ -615,10 +613,9 @@ sal_uInt32 SvPersistStream::ReadObj
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
             if( nObjLen + nObjPos != Tell() )
             {
-                rtl::OStringBuffer aStr(
-                    RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("false object len: read = "));
+                rtl::OStringBuffer aStr("false object len: read = ");
                 aStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int64>((long)(Tell() - nObjPos)));
-                aStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(", should = "));
+                aStr.append(", should = ");
                 aStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(nObjLen));
                 OSL_FAIL(aStr.getStr());
             }
diff --git a/tools/source/stream/strmunx.cxx b/tools/source/stream/strmunx.cxx
index ec3c87187cdb..b36d6365f8d0 100644
--- a/tools/source/stream/strmunx.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/stream/strmunx.cxx
@@ -349,10 +349,9 @@ sal_uInt16 SvFileStream::IsA() const
 sal_Size SvFileStream::GetData( void* pData, sal_Size nSize )
 {
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("SvFileStream::GetData(): "));
+    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr("SvFileStream::GetData(): ");
     aTraceStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int64>(nSize));
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" Bytes from "));
+    aTraceStr.append(" Bytes from ");
     aTraceStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(aFilename,
         osl_getThreadTextEncoding()));
     OSL_TRACE("%s", aTraceStr.getStr());
@@ -374,10 +373,9 @@ sal_Size SvFileStream::GetData( void* pData, sal_Size nSize )
 sal_Size SvFileStream::PutData( const void* pData, sal_Size nSize )
 {
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr(
-        RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("SvFileStream::PutData(): "));
+    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr("SvFileStream::PutData(): ");
     aTraceStr.append(static_cast<sal_Int64>(nSize));
-    aTraceStr.append(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" Bytes to "));
+    aTraceStr.append(" Bytes to ");
     aTraceStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(aFilename,
         osl_getThreadTextEncoding()));
     OSL_TRACE("%s", aTraceStr.getStr());
@@ -512,8 +510,7 @@ void SvFileStream::Open( const String& rFilename, StreamMode nOpenMode )
     rtl::OString aLocalFilename(rtl::OUStringToOString(aFilename, osl_getThreadTextEncoding()));
 
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(
-        "SvFileStream::Open(): "));
+    rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr("SvFileStream::Open(): ");
     aTraceStr.append(aLocalFilename);
     OSL_TRACE( "%s", aTraceStr.getStr() );
 #endif
@@ -611,8 +608,7 @@ void SvFileStream::Close()
     if ( IsOpen() )
     {
 #ifdef DBG_UTIL
-        rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr(
-            RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("SvFileStream::Close(): "));
+        rtl::OStringBuffer aTraceStr("SvFileStream::Close(): ");
         aTraceStr.append(rtl::OUStringToOString(aFilename,
             osl_getThreadTextEncoding()));
         OSL_TRACE("%s", aTraceStr.getStr());
diff --git a/tools/source/string/strucvt.cxx b/tools/source/string/strucvt.cxx
index b01e3e277419..e77174041ce2 100644
--- a/tools/source/string/strucvt.cxx
+++ b/tools/source/string/strucvt.cxx
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ rtl::OUString ResId::toString() const
 
 #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
         sRet = rtl::OUStringBuffer().
-            appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM("<resource id ")).
+            append("<resource id ").
             append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(GetId())).
-            appendAscii(RTL_CONSTASCII_STRINGPARAM(" not found>")).
+            append(" not found>").
             makeStringAndClear();
 #endif