service call replaced with helper: MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTEW

git-svn-id: http://svn.miranda-ng.org/main/trunk@3827 1316c22d-e87f-b044-9b9b-93d7a3e3ba9c

35 files changed, 126 insertions, 166 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/AVS/src/image_utils.cpp b/plugins/AVS/src/image_utils.cpp
index 35cb33259a..4c1d830711 100644
--- a/plugins/AVS/src/image_utils.cpp
+++ b/plugins/AVS/src/image_utils.cpp
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ INT_PTR BmpFilterSaveBitmap(WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam)
 

 	const char *szFile = (const char*)lParam;

 	char szFilename[MAX_PATH];

-	if ( !CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)szFile, (LPARAM)szFilename))

+	if ( !PathToAbsolute(szFile, szFilename))

 		mir_snprintf(szFilename, SIZEOF(szFilename), "%s", szFile);

 

 	int filenameLen = lstrlenA( szFilename );

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ INT_PTR BmpFilterSaveBitmapW(WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam)
 

 	const wchar_t *wszFile = (const wchar_t *)lParam;

 	wchar_t wszFilename[MAX_PATH];

-	if ( !CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTEW, (WPARAM)wszFile, (LPARAM)wszFilename))

+	if ( !PathToAbsoluteW(wszFile, wszFilename))

 		mir_sntprintf(wszFilename, SIZEOF(wszFilename), _T("%s"), wszFile);

 

 	int filenameLen = lstrlenW( wszFilename );

diff --git a/plugins/AssocMgr/src/assoclist.cpp b/plugins/AssocMgr/src/assoclist.cpp
index 2ea9980597..cc2a58828a 100644
--- a/plugins/AssocMgr/src/assoclist.cpp
+++ b/plugins/AssocMgr/src/assoclist.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void CleanupAssocEnabledSettings(void)
 			pszSuffix = &ppszSettings[i][8];

 			mir_snprintf(szSetting, sizeof(szSetting), "module_%s", pszSuffix);

 			if (!DBGetContactSettingTString(NULL, "AssocMgr", szSetting, &dbv)) {

-				if(CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)dbv.ptszVal, (LPARAM)szDLL)) {

+				if( PathToAbsoluteT(dbv.ptszVal, szDLL)) {

 					/* file still exists? */

 					hFile = CreateFile(szDLL, 0, FILE_SHARE_READ, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);

 					if(hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {

diff --git a/plugins/AvatarHistory/src/AvatarDlg.cpp b/plugins/AvatarHistory/src/AvatarDlg.cpp
index f06469adef..c79374a1ec 100644
--- a/plugins/AvatarHistory/src/AvatarDlg.cpp
+++ b/plugins/AvatarHistory/src/AvatarDlg.cpp
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ int FillAvatarListFromDB(HWND list, HANDLE hContact)
 

 				// Get file in disk

 				char path[MAX_PATH] = "";

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE,(WPARAM) (char *) &dbei.pBlob[i+1],(LPARAM)path);

+				PathToAbsolute((char*)&dbei.pBlob[i+1], path);

 				TCHAR *filename = mir_a2t(path);

 

 				// Add to list

diff --git a/plugins/AvatarHistory/src/AvatarHistory.cpp b/plugins/AvatarHistory/src/AvatarHistory.cpp
index dcc2679bcd..4c33dfa38a 100644
--- a/plugins/AvatarHistory/src/AvatarHistory.cpp
+++ b/plugins/AvatarHistory/src/AvatarHistory.cpp
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ void * GetHistoryEventText(HANDLE hContact, HANDLE hDbEvent, DBEVENTINFO *dbe, i
 		if (dbe->pBlob[i] != 0)

 		{

 			TCHAR absFile[MAX_PATH] = _T("");

-			CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET,(WPARAM) &dbe->pBlob[i], (LPARAM)absFile);

+			PathToAbsoluteT((TCHAR*)&dbe->pBlob[i], absFile);

 			if(absFile != NULL)

 			{

 				HBITMAP hBmp = (HBITMAP) CallService(MS_IMG_LOAD, (WPARAM) absFile, IMGL_TCHAR);

diff --git a/plugins/ClientChangeNotify/src/Misc.h b/plugins/ClientChangeNotify/src/Misc.h
index 9ef8337636..6853fcc442 100644
--- a/plugins/ClientChangeNotify/src/Misc.h
+++ b/plugins/ClientChangeNotify/src/Misc.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ __inline TCString Path_ToAbsolute(TCString &Path)
 {

 	CString Str;

 	Str.GetBuffer(MAX_PATH);

-	CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)(const char*)TCHAR2ANSI(Path), (LPARAM)(char*)Str);

+	PathToAbsolute( TCHAR2ANSI(Path), Str);

 	Str.ReleaseBuffer();

 	return ANSI2TCHAR(Str);

 }

diff --git a/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_clcopts.cpp b/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_clcopts.cpp
index 107a46958f..4dd2d44ec8 100644
--- a/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_clcopts.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_clcopts.cpp
@@ -587,15 +587,14 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcStatusBarBkgOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM w
 		SendDlgItemMessage(hwndDlg,IDC_SELCOLOUR,CPM_SETDEFAULTCOLOUR, 0, CLCDEFAULT_SELBKCOLOUR);

 		SendDlgItemMessage(hwndDlg,IDC_SELCOLOUR,CPM_SETCOLOUR, 0, db_get_dw(NULL,"StatusBar","SelBkColour",CLCDEFAULT_SELBKCOLOUR));

 		{

-			DBVARIANT dbv = {0};

-			if ( !DBGetContactSettingString(NULL,"StatusBar","BkBitmap",&dbv)) {

+			DBVARIANT dbv;

+			if ( !DBGetContactSettingString(NULL, "StatusBar", "BkBitmap", &dbv)) {

 				SetDlgItemTextA(hwndDlg,IDC_FILENAME,dbv.pszVal);

-				if ( ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE)) {

-					char szPath[MAX_PATH];

 

-					if (CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)szPath))

-						SetDlgItemTextA(hwndDlg,IDC_FILENAME,szPath);

-				}

+				char szPath[MAX_PATH];

+				if ( PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, szPath))

+					SetDlgItemTextA(hwndDlg,IDC_FILENAME,szPath);

+

 				db_free(&dbv);

 			}

 		}

@@ -1497,7 +1496,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcClcBkgOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 				DBVARIANT dbv;

 				if ( !DBGetContactSettingString(NULL,module,"BkBitmap",&dbv))

 				{

-					int retval = CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)dat->item[indx].filename);

+					int retval = PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, dat->item[indx].filename);

 					if ( !retval || retval == CALLSERVICE_NOTFOUND)

 						lstrcpynA(dat->item[indx].filename, dbv.pszVal, MAX_PATH);

 					mir_free(dbv.pszVal);

@@ -1670,9 +1669,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcClcBkgOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 							db_set_b(NULL, module, "UseWinColours", (BYTE)dat->item[indx].useWinColours);

 

 							char str[MAX_PATH];

-							int retval = CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE,

-								(WPARAM)dat->item[indx].filename,

-								(LPARAM)str);

+							int retval = PathToAbsolute(dat->item[indx].filename, str);

 							if ( !retval || retval == CALLSERVICE_NOTFOUND)

 								db_set_s(NULL, module, "BkBitmap", dat->item[indx].filename);

 							else

diff --git a/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_clui.cpp b/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_clui.cpp
index 3fd7ed5423..b8fb2365c3 100644
--- a/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_clui.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_clui.cpp
@@ -894,8 +894,9 @@ static int CLUI_GetConnectingIconForProtoCount(char *szAccoName)
 		char szRelativePath[MAX_PATH];

 		GetModuleFileNameA(GetModuleHandle(NULL), szRelativePath, MAX_PATH);

 		char *str = strrchr( szRelativePath, '\\' );

-		if ( str != NULL ) *str = 0;

-		CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)szRelativePath, (LPARAM)szFolderPath);

+		if (str != NULL)

+			*str = 0;

+		PathToAbsolute(szRelativePath, szFolderPath);

 	}

 

 	if ( szAccoName ) {

@@ -934,7 +935,7 @@ static HICON CLUI_ExtractIconFromPath(const char *path, BOOL * needFree)
 	comma = strrchr(file,',');

 	if (comma == NULL) n = 0;

 	else {n = atoi(comma+1); *comma = 0;}

-	CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)file, (LPARAM)fileFull);

+	PathToAbsolute(file, fileFull);

 	hIcon = NULL;

 	ExtractIconExA(fileFull,n,NULL,&hIcon,1);

 	if (needFree)

@@ -1648,7 +1649,7 @@ HANDLE RegisterIcolibIconHandle(char *szIcoID, char *szSectionName,  char *szDes
 	sid.ptszDefaultFile = fileFull;

 

 	if (tszDefaultFile) {

-		CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)tszDefaultFile, (LPARAM)fileFull);

+		PathToAbsoluteT(tszDefaultFile, fileFull);

 		if ( !FileExists(fileFull))

 			fileFull[0] = _T('\0');

 	}

diff --git a/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_skinengine.cpp b/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_skinengine.cpp
index d86d025d4a..1deee93360 100644
--- a/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_skinengine.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_skinengine.cpp
@@ -1778,13 +1778,13 @@ int ske_GetFullFilename(char * buf, char *file, char * skinfolder,BOOL madeAbsol
 		_snprintf(b2, MAX_PATH,"%s\\%s",(skinfolder == NULL)?SkinPlace:((INT_PTR)skinfolder != -1)?skinfolder:"",file);

 	else

 		_snprintf(b2, MAX_PATH,"%s",file);

-	if (madeAbsolute)

+	if (madeAbsolute) {

 		if (b2[0] == '\\' && b2[1] != '\\')

-			CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)(b2+1), (LPARAM)buf);

+			PathToAbsolute(b2+1, buf);

 		else

-			CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)(b2), (LPARAM)buf);

-	else

-		memcpy(buf,b2,MAX_PATH);

+			PathToAbsolute(b2, buf);

+	}

+	else memcpy(buf,b2,MAX_PATH);

 

 	mir_free(SkinPlace);

 	return 0;

diff --git a/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_skinopt.cpp b/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_skinopt.cpp
index 522446fd62..0d804d46bc 100644
--- a/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_skinopt.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Clist_modern/src/modern_skinopt.cpp
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgSkinOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lPara
 							GetPrivateProfileString( _T("Skin_Description_Section"), _T("Preview"), _T(""), imfn, SIZEOF( imfn ), sd->File );

 							IniParser::GetSkinFolder( sd->File, skinfolder );

 							_sntprintf( prfn, SIZEOF( prfn ), _T("%s\\%s"), skinfolder, imfn );

-							CallService( MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)prfn, (LPARAM) imfn );

+							PathToAbsoluteT(prfn, imfn);

 							char * imfn_ch = mir_t2a( imfn ); 

 							hPreviewBitmap = ske_LoadGlyphImage( imfn_ch );

 							mir_free( imfn_ch );

@@ -477,8 +477,8 @@ HTREEITEM FillAvailableSkinList( HWND hwndDlg )
 	TCHAR *SkinsFolder = DBGetStringT( NULL, "ModernData", "SkinsFolder");

 	if ( !SkinsFolder ) SkinsFolder = mir_tstrdup( _T("Skins"));

 

-	CallService( MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)SkinsFolder, (LPARAM)path );

-	mir_free_and_nil( SkinsFolder );

+	PathToAbsoluteT(SkinsFolder, path);

+	mir_free_and_nil(SkinsFolder);

 

 	AddSkinToList( hwndDlg, TranslateT("Default Skin"), _T("%Default Skin%"));

 	attrib = GetFileAttributes( path );

@@ -488,10 +488,9 @@ HTREEITEM FillAvailableSkinList( HWND hwndDlg )
 		TCHAR * skinfile;

 		TCHAR skinfull[MAX_PATH];

 		skinfile = DBGetStringT( NULL, SKIN, "SkinFile");

-		if ( skinfile )

-		{

-			CallService( MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)skinfile, (LPARAM)skinfull );

-			res = AddSkinToListFullName( hwndDlg, skinfull );

+		if ( skinfile ) {

+			PathToAbsoluteT(skinfile, skinfull);

+			res = AddSkinToListFullName(hwndDlg, skinfull);

 

 			mir_free( skinfile );

 		}

@@ -668,7 +667,7 @@ INT_PTR SvcActiveSkin(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 	TCHAR skinfull[MAX_PATH];

 	skinfile = DBGetStringT( NULL, SKIN, "SkinFile");

 	if ( skinfile ) {

-		CallService( MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)skinfile, (LPARAM)skinfull );

+		PathToAbsoluteT(skinfile, skinfull);

 		mir_free(skinfile);

 		return (INT_PTR)mir_tstrdup(skinfull);

 	}

@@ -722,8 +721,8 @@ INT_PTR SvcPreviewSkin(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 		GetPrivateProfileString( _T("Skin_Description_Section"), _T("Preview"), _T(""), imfn, SIZEOF( imfn ), (LPCTSTR)lParam );

 		IniParser::GetSkinFolder((LPCTSTR)lParam, skinfolder );

 		_sntprintf( prfn, SIZEOF( prfn ), _T("%s\\%s"), skinfolder, imfn );

-		CallService( MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)prfn, (LPARAM) imfn );

-		char * imfn_ch = mir_t2a( imfn ); 

+		PathToAbsoluteT(prfn, imfn);

+		char * imfn_ch = mir_t2a(imfn); 

 		hPreviewBitmap = ske_LoadGlyphImage( imfn_ch );

 		mir_free( imfn_ch );

 

diff --git a/plugins/Clist_mw/src/BkgrCfg.cpp b/plugins/Clist_mw/src/BkgrCfg.cpp
index 33932c7e5f..5dced4e4db 100644
--- a/plugins/Clist_mw/src/BkgrCfg.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Clist_mw/src/BkgrCfg.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcBkgOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LP
 					DBVARIANT dbv;

 					if ( !DBGetContactSettingString(NULL,module,"BkBitmap",&dbv))

 					{

-						int retval = CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)dat->item[indx].filename);

+						int retval = PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, dat->item[indx].filename);

 						if ( !retval || retval == CALLSERVICE_NOTFOUND)

 							lstrcpynA(dat->item[indx].filename, dbv.pszVal, MAX_PATH);

 						mir_free(dbv.pszVal);

@@ -232,9 +232,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcBkgOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LP
 								}

 								{

 									char str[MAX_PATH];

-									int retval = CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE,

-										(WPARAM)dat->item[indx].filename,

-										(LPARAM)str);

+									int retval = PathToAbsolute(dat->item[indx].filename, str);

 									if ( !retval || retval == CALLSERVICE_NOTFOUND)

 										db_set_s(NULL, module, "BkBitmap", dat->item[indx].filename);

 									else

diff --git a/plugins/Clist_mw/src/clcopts.cpp b/plugins/Clist_mw/src/clcopts.cpp
index 5d74eddc72..63ee91a856 100644
--- a/plugins/Clist_mw/src/clcopts.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Clist_mw/src/clcopts.cpp
@@ -327,14 +327,12 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcStatusBarBkgOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM w
 			DBVARIANT dbv;

 			if ( !DBGetContactSettingString(NULL,"StatusBar","BkBitmap",&dbv)) {

 				SetDlgItemTextA(hwndDlg,IDC_FILENAME,dbv.pszVal);

-				if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE)) {

-					char szPath[MAX_PATH];

 

-					if (CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)szPath))

-						SetDlgItemTextA(hwndDlg,IDC_FILENAME,szPath);

-				}

-				else

-					mir_free(dbv.pszVal);

+				char szPath[MAX_PATH];

+				if ( PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, szPath))

+					SetDlgItemTextA(hwndDlg, IDC_FILENAME, szPath);

+

+				mir_free(dbv.pszVal);

 			}

 

 			WORD bmpUse = db_get_w(NULL,"StatusBar","BkBmpUse",CLCDEFAULT_BKBMPUSE);

@@ -447,16 +445,16 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcClcBkgOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 		SendDlgItemMessage(hwndDlg,IDC_BKGCOLOUR,CPM_SETCOLOUR,0,DBGetContactSettingDword(NULL,"CLC","BkColour",CLCDEFAULT_BKCOLOUR));

 		SendDlgItemMessage(hwndDlg,IDC_SELCOLOUR,CPM_SETDEFAULTCOLOUR,0,CLCDEFAULT_SELBKCOLOUR);

 		SendDlgItemMessage(hwndDlg,IDC_SELCOLOUR,CPM_SETCOLOUR,0,DBGetContactSettingDword(NULL,"CLC","SelBkColour",CLCDEFAULT_SELBKCOLOUR));

-		{	DBVARIANT dbv;

+		{

+			DBVARIANT dbv;

 			if ( !DBGetContactSettingString(NULL,"CLC","BkBitmap",&dbv)) {

 				SetDlgItemTextA(hwndDlg,IDC_FILENAME,dbv.pszVal);

-				if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE)) {

-					char szPath[MAX_PATH];

 

-					if (CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)szPath))

-						SetDlgItemTextA(hwndDlg,IDC_FILENAME,szPath);

-				}

-				else mir_free(dbv.pszVal);

+				char szPath[MAX_PATH];

+				if ( PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, szPath))

+					SetDlgItemTextA(hwndDlg,IDC_FILENAME,szPath);

+				

+				mir_free(dbv.pszVal);

 			}

 		}

 

diff --git a/plugins/Clist_mw/src/clui.cpp b/plugins/Clist_mw/src/clui.cpp
index f30e910dd3..3e63f9ceff 100644
--- a/plugins/Clist_mw/src/clui.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Clist_mw/src/clui.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int GetConnectingIconForProtoCount(char *szProto)
 	_snprintf(szFullPath, SIZEOF(szFullPath), "%s\\Icons\\proto_conn_%s.dll", szPath, szProto);

 

 	lstrcpynA(file,szFullPath,SIZEOF(file));

-	CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)file, (LPARAM)fileFull);

+	PathToAbsolute(file, fileFull);

 	ret = ExtractIconExA(fileFull,-1,NULL,NULL,1);

 	if (ret == 0&&!strcmp(szProto,"ICQ")) ret = 8;

 	return ret;

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static HICON ExtractIconFromPath(const char *path)
 	comma = strrchr(file,',');

 	if (comma == NULL) n = 0;

 	else {n = atoi(comma+1); *comma = 0;}

-   CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)file, (LPARAM)fileFull);

+   PathToAbsolute(file, fileFull);

 

 #ifdef _DEBUG

 	{

diff --git a/plugins/Clist_nicer/src/clcopts.cpp b/plugins/Clist_nicer/src/clcopts.cpp
index bf2cb0c777..f5747d4246 100644
--- a/plugins/Clist_nicer/src/clcopts.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Clist_nicer/src/clcopts.cpp
@@ -741,10 +741,9 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcClcBkgOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 		SendMessage(hwndDlg, WM_USER + 11, 0, 0);

 		{

 			DBVARIANT dbv;

-

 			if ( !cfg::getTString(NULL, "CLC", "BkBitmap", &dbv)) {

 				TCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH];

-				if (CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM) dbv.ptszVal, (LPARAM)szPath))

+				if ( PathToAbsoluteT(dbv.ptszVal, szPath))

 					SetDlgItemText(hwndDlg, IDC_FILENAME, szPath);

 

 				DBFreeVariant(&dbv);

diff --git a/plugins/FingerprintNG/src/fingerprint.cpp b/plugins/FingerprintNG/src/fingerprint.cpp
index e6e1a520f3..562fc411e0 100644
--- a/plugins/FingerprintNG/src/fingerprint.cpp
+++ b/plugins/FingerprintNG/src/fingerprint.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ int OnModulesLoaded(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 	HookEvent(ME_DB_CONTACT_SETTINGCHANGED, OnContactSettingChanged);

 	HookEvent(ME_OPT_INITIALISE, OnOptInitialise);

 

-	CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)DEFAULT_SKIN_FOLDER, (LPARAM)g_szSkinLib);

+	PathToAbsoluteT(DEFAULT_SKIN_FOLDER, g_szSkinLib);

 

 	RegisterIcons();

 

diff --git a/plugins/FlashAvatars/src/cflash.cpp b/plugins/FlashAvatars/src/cflash.cpp
index 00c1226331..f571a4ac7c 100644
--- a/plugins/FlashAvatars/src/cflash.cpp
+++ b/plugins/FlashAvatars/src/cflash.cpp
@@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ static void __cdecl loadFlash_Thread(void *p) {
 				TCHAR *tmpPath = Utils_ReplaceVarsT(_T("%miranda_avatarcache%"));

 				mir_sntprintf(path, MAX_PATH, _T("%s\\%s"), tmpPath, _T("Flash"));

 				mir_free(tmpPath);

-			} else

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)(_T("Flash")), (LPARAM)path);

-		} else {

+			}

+			else PathToAbsoluteT( _T("Flash"), path);

+		}

+		else {

 			if(_tcslen(path) && path[_tcslen(path)-1]=='\\')

 				path[_tcslen(path)-1] = 0;

 		}

@@ -600,11 +601,11 @@ static int systemModulesLoaded(WPARAM /*wParam*/, LPARAM /*lParam*/)
 		TCHAR *tmpPath = Utils_ReplaceVarsT(_T("%miranda_avatarcache%"));

 		mir_sntprintf(path, MAX_PATH, _T("%s\\%s\\"), tmpPath, _T("Flash"));

 		mir_free(tmpPath);

-	} // default for older Mirandas

-	else

-		CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)(_T("Flash\\")), (LPARAM)path);

-	hAvatarsFolder = FoldersRegisterCustomPathT("Flash Avatars", "Avatars Cache", path);

+	}

+	// default for older Mirandas

+	else PathToAbsoluteT( _T("Flash\\"), path);

 

+	hAvatarsFolder = FoldersRegisterCustomPathT("Flash Avatars", "Avatars Cache", path);

 	return 0;

 }

 

diff --git a/plugins/IEView/src/Options.cpp b/plugins/IEView/src/Options.cpp
index e9ff0922f5..f3864a46d0 100644
--- a/plugins/IEView/src/Options.cpp
+++ b/plugins/IEView/src/Options.cpp
@@ -1538,27 +1538,25 @@ void Options::init() {
 		sprintf(dbsName, "%s.%s", proto->getProtocolName(), DBS_SRMM_BACKGROUND);

 		if (!DBGetContactSetting(NULL,  ieviewModuleName, dbsName, &dbv)) {

 			strcpy(tmpPath, dbv.pszVal);

-			if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE) && strncmp(tmpPath, "http://", 7)) {

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)tmpPath);

-			}

+			if ( strncmp(tmpPath, "http://", 7))

+				PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, tmpPath);

+

 			proto->setSRMMBackgroundFilename(tmpPath);

 			DBFreeVariant(&dbv);

 		}

 		sprintf(dbsName, "%s.%s", proto->getProtocolName(), DBS_SRMM_CSS);

 		if (!DBGetContactSetting(NULL,  ieviewModuleName, dbsName, &dbv)) {

 			strcpy(tmpPath, dbv.pszVal);

-			if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE) && strncmp(tmpPath, "http://", 7)) {

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)tmpPath);

-			}

+			if ( strncmp(tmpPath, "http://", 7))

+				PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, tmpPath);

+

 			proto->setSRMMCssFilename(tmpPath);

 			DBFreeVariant(&dbv);

 		}

 		sprintf(dbsName, "%s.%s", proto->getProtocolName(), DBS_SRMM_TEMPLATE);

 		if (!DBGetContactSetting(NULL,  ieviewModuleName, dbsName, &dbv)) {

 			strcpy(tmpPath, dbv.pszVal);

-			if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE)) {

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)tmpPath);

-			}

+			PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, tmpPath);

 			proto->setSRMMTemplateFilename(tmpPath);

 			DBFreeVariant(&dbv);

 		}

@@ -1573,27 +1571,25 @@ void Options::init() {
 		sprintf(dbsName, "%s.%s", proto->getProtocolName(), DBS_CHAT_BACKGROUND);

 		if (!DBGetContactSetting(NULL,  ieviewModuleName, dbsName, &dbv)) {

 			strcpy(tmpPath, dbv.pszVal);

-			if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE) && strncmp(tmpPath, "http://", 7)) {

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)tmpPath);

-			}

+			if ( strncmp(tmpPath, "http://", 7))

+				PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, tmpPath);

+

 			proto->setChatBackgroundFilename(tmpPath);

 			DBFreeVariant(&dbv);

 		}

 		sprintf(dbsName, "%s.%s", proto->getProtocolName(), DBS_CHAT_CSS);

 		if (!DBGetContactSetting(NULL,  ieviewModuleName, dbsName, &dbv)) {

 			strcpy(tmpPath, dbv.pszVal);

-			if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE) && strncmp(tmpPath, "http://", 7)) {

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)tmpPath);

-			}

+			if ( strncmp(tmpPath, "http://", 7))

+				PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, tmpPath);

+

 			proto->setChatCssFilename(tmpPath);

 			DBFreeVariant(&dbv);

 		}

 		sprintf(dbsName, "%s.%s", proto->getProtocolName(), DBS_CHAT_TEMPLATE);

 		if (!DBGetContactSetting(NULL,  ieviewModuleName, dbsName, &dbv)) {

 			strcpy(tmpPath, dbv.pszVal);

-			if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE)) {

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)tmpPath);

-			}

+			PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, tmpPath);

 			proto->setChatTemplateFilename(tmpPath);

 			DBFreeVariant(&dbv);

 		}

@@ -1608,27 +1604,25 @@ void Options::init() {
 		sprintf(dbsName, "%s.%s", proto->getProtocolName(), DBS_HISTORY_BACKGROUND);

 		if (!DBGetContactSetting(NULL,  ieviewModuleName, dbsName, &dbv)) {

 			strcpy(tmpPath, dbv.pszVal);

-			if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE) && strncmp(tmpPath, "http://", 7)) {

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)tmpPath);

-			}

+			if ( strncmp(tmpPath, "http://", 7))

+				PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, tmpPath);

+

 			proto->setHistoryBackgroundFilename(tmpPath);

 			DBFreeVariant(&dbv);

 		}

 		sprintf(dbsName, "%s.%s", proto->getProtocolName(), DBS_HISTORY_CSS);

 		if (!DBGetContactSetting(NULL,  ieviewModuleName, dbsName, &dbv)) {

 			strcpy(tmpPath, dbv.pszVal);

-			if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE) && strncmp(tmpPath, "http://", 7)) {

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)tmpPath);

-			}

+			if ( strncmp(tmpPath, "http://", 7))

+				PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, tmpPath);

+

 			proto->setHistoryCssFilename(tmpPath);

 			DBFreeVariant(&dbv);

 		}

 		sprintf(dbsName, "%s.%s", proto->getProtocolName(), DBS_HISTORY_TEMPLATE);

 		if (!DBGetContactSetting(NULL,  ieviewModuleName, dbsName, &dbv)) {

 			strcpy(tmpPath, dbv.pszVal);

-			if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE)) {

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)tmpPath);

-			}

+			PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, tmpPath);

 			proto->setHistoryTemplateFilename(tmpPath);

 			DBFreeVariant(&dbv);

 		}

diff --git a/plugins/IEView/src/TemplateHTMLBuilder.cpp b/plugins/IEView/src/TemplateHTMLBuilder.cpp
index 3cc39d9d43..6a65eab30c 100644
--- a/plugins/IEView/src/TemplateHTMLBuilder.cpp
+++ b/plugins/IEView/src/TemplateHTMLBuilder.cpp
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ char *TemplateHTMLBuilder::getAvatar(HANDLE hContact, const char * szProto) {
 				if (result == NULL) {

 					/* relative -> absolute */

 					_tcscpy (tmpPath, dbv.ptszVal);

-					if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET) && _tcsncmp(tmpPath, _T("http://"), 7))

-						CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)dbv.ptszVal, (LPARAM)tmpPath);

+					if ( _tcsncmp(tmpPath, _T("http://"), 7))

+						PathToAbsoluteT(dbv.ptszVal, tmpPath);

 

 					result = tmpPath;

 				}

diff --git a/plugins/IEView/src/Utils.cpp b/plugins/IEView/src/Utils.cpp
index 5c52ae696a..d9a3f85043 100644
--- a/plugins/IEView/src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/plugins/IEView/src/Utils.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ HANDLE* Utils::hServices = NULL;
 const wchar_t *Utils::getBaseDir() {

 	char temp[MAX_PATH];

 	base_dir[0] = '\0';

-	long tlen = CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"miranda32.exe", (LPARAM)temp);

+	long tlen = PathToAbsolute("miranda32.exe", temp);

 	if (tlen) {

 		temp[tlen - 13]=0;

 		MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, temp, (int)strlen(temp), base_dir, MAX_PATH);

diff --git a/plugins/Msg_Export/src/utils.cpp b/plugins/Msg_Export/src/utils.cpp
index 265682ee8d..eb7e51567a 100755
--- a/plugins/Msg_Export/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Msg_Export/src/utils.cpp
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ bool bReadMirandaDirAndPath()
 	char tmp[MAX_PATH];

 	TCHAR *tmp2;

 	_tcscpy( szDBPath , pszDbPathError );

-	CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"miranda32.exe", (LPARAM)tmp);

+	PathToAbsolute("miranda32.exe", tmp);

 	tmp2 = mir_utf8decodeT(tmp);

 	sMirandaPath = tmp2;

 	sMirandaPath.erase(sMirandaPath.find_last_of(_T("\\")));

diff --git a/plugins/NewXstatusNotify/src/indsnd.cpp b/plugins/NewXstatusNotify/src/indsnd.cpp
index 80fdc8279d..af4a2da89a 100644
--- a/plugins/NewXstatusNotify/src/indsnd.cpp
+++ b/plugins/NewXstatusNotify/src/indsnd.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void PreviewSound(HWND hList)
 	}

 	else 

 	{ 

-		CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)buff, (LPARAM)stzSoundPath);

+		PathToAbsoluteT(buff, stzSoundPath);

 		PlaySound(stzSoundPath, NULL, SND_ASYNC | SND_FILENAME);

 	}

 }

diff --git a/plugins/NewXstatusNotify/src/main.cpp b/plugins/NewXstatusNotify/src/main.cpp
index 3dd69e97a5..d7418dbc1e 100644
--- a/plugins/NewXstatusNotify/src/main.cpp
+++ b/plugins/NewXstatusNotify/src/main.cpp
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ void PlayChangeSound(HANDLE hContact, WORD oldStatus, WORD newStatus)
 		if (stzSoundFile[0]) {

 			//Now make path to IndSound absolute, as it isn't registered

 			TCHAR stzSoundPath[MAX_PATH];

-			CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)stzSoundFile, (LPARAM)stzSoundPath);

+			PathToAbsoluteT(stzSoundFile, stzSoundPath);

 			PlaySound(stzSoundPath, NULL, SND_ASYNC | SND_FILENAME | SND_NOSTOP);

 			return;

 		}

diff --git a/plugins/New_GPG/src/gpg_wrapper.cpp b/plugins/New_GPG/src/gpg_wrapper.cpp
index 5f9df7dfd1..bfa359d69a 100755
--- a/plugins/New_GPG/src/gpg_wrapper.cpp
+++ b/plugins/New_GPG/src/gpg_wrapper.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pxResult pxExecute(std::vector<std::wstring> &aargv, string *aoutput, LPDWORD ae
 		file_descriptor_sink sout(pout.sink, close_handle);
 
 		char *mir_path = new char [MAX_PATH];
-		CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);
+		PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);
 
 		child c = execute(set_args(argv), bind_stdout(sout), /*bind_stdin(sin),*/ show_window(SW_HIDE), hide_console(), inherit_env(), set_env(env), start_in_dir(toUTF16(mir_path)));
 		_child = &c;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ pxResult pxExecute_passwd_change(std::vector<std::wstring> &aargv, string *aoutp
 //	file_descriptor_source sin(pin.source, close_handle);
 
 	char *mir_path = new char [MAX_PATH];
-	CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);
+	PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);
 
 	//execute(set_args(argv), bind_stdout(sout), bind_stdin(sin), show_window(SW_HIDE), hide_console(), inherit_env(), set_env(env), start_in_dir(toUTF16(mir_path)));
 	child c = execute(set_args(argv), /*bind_stdin(sin), */inherit_env(), set_env(env), start_in_dir(toUTF16(mir_path)));
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ pxResult pxExecute_passwd_change(std::vector<std::wstring> &aargv, string *aoutp
 	ctx.environment["LC_ALL"] = "English";
 
 	char *mir_path = new char [MAX_PATH];
-	CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);
+	PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);
 	ctx.work_directory = mir_path;
 	delete [] mir_path;
 
diff --git a/plugins/New_GPG/src/main.cpp b/plugins/New_GPG/src/main.cpp
index c70022a8d9..3b5f63ea19 100755
--- a/plugins/New_GPG/src/main.cpp
+++ b/plugins/New_GPG/src/main.cpp
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcGpgBinOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 		bool gpg_exists = false, lang_exists = false;

 		{

 			char *mir_path = (char*)mir_alloc(sizeof(char) * MAX_PATH);

-			CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);

+			PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);

 			SetCurrentDirectoryA(mir_path);

 			tmp = mir_a2t(mir_path);

 			mir_free(mir_path);

@@ -888,20 +888,12 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcGpgBinOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 		{

 			tmp = UniGetContactSettingUtf(NULL, szGPGModuleName, "szGpgBinPath", (SHGetValue(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, _T("Software\\GNU\\GnuPG"), _T("gpgProgram"), 0, path, &len) == ERROR_SUCCESS)?path:_T(""));

 			if(tmp[0])

-			{

 				if(!boost::filesystem::exists(tmp))

-				{

 					MessageBox(0, TranslateT("wrong gpg binary location found in system.\nplease choose another location"), TranslateT("Warning"), MB_OK);

-				}

-/*				char *mir_path = (char*)mir_alloc(MAX_PATH);

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);

-				SetCurrentDirectoryA(mir_path);

-				mir_free(mir_path); */

-			}

 		}

-		else

-			tmp = mir_wstrdup(path);

+		else tmp = mir_wstrdup(path);

 		mir_free(path);

+

 		SetDlgItemText(hwndDlg, IDC_BIN_PATH, tmp);

 		bool bad_version = false;

 		if(gpg_exists/* && lang_exists*/)

@@ -942,7 +934,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcGpgBinOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 			{

 				mir_free(tmp);

 				char *mir_path = (char*)mir_alloc(sizeof(char) * MAX_PATH);

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);

+				PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);

 				strcat(mir_path, "\\gpg");

 				if(_access(mir_path, 0) != -1)

 				{

@@ -980,7 +972,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcGpgBinOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 			  char mir_path[MAX_PATH];

 			  char *atmp = mir_t2a(tmp);

 			  mir_free(tmp);

-			  CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);

+			  PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);

 			  char* p_path = NULL;

 			  if(StriStr(atmp, mir_path))

 			  {

@@ -998,7 +990,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcGpgBinOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 			  char mir_path[MAX_PATH];

 			  char *atmp = mir_t2a(tmp);

 			  mir_free(tmp);

-			  CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);

+			  PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);

 			  char* p_path = NULL;

 			  if(StriStr(atmp, mir_path))

 			  {

@@ -1015,7 +1007,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcGpgBinOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 		  if(tmp[0])

 		  {

 			  char *mir_path = new char [MAX_PATH];

-			  CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);

+			  PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);

 			  SetCurrentDirectoryA(mir_path);

 			  delete [] mir_path;

 			  if(!boost::filesystem::exists(tmp))

@@ -1093,7 +1085,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcGpgBinOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 			if(tmp[0])

 			{

 				char *mir_path = new char [MAX_PATH];

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);

+				PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);

 				SetCurrentDirectoryA(mir_path);

 				delete [] mir_path;

 				if(!boost::filesystem::exists(tmp))

diff --git a/plugins/New_GPG/src/options.cpp b/plugins/New_GPG/src/options.cpp
index 4e63d6f17d..32cc4160ac 100755
--- a/plugins/New_GPG/src/options.cpp
+++ b/plugins/New_GPG/src/options.cpp
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcGpgBinOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 			  char mir_path[MAX_PATH];
 			  char *atmp = mir_t2a(tmp);
 			  mir_free(tmp);
-			  CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);
+			  PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);
 			  char* p_path = NULL;
 			  if(StriStr(atmp, mir_path))
 			  {
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcGpgBinOpts(HWND hwndDlg, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam,
 			  char mir_path[MAX_PATH];
 			  char *atmp = mir_t2a(tmp);
 			  mir_free(tmp);
-			  CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);
+			  PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);
 			  char* p_path = NULL;
 			  if(StriStr(atmp, mir_path))
 			  {
diff --git a/plugins/New_GPG/src/utilities.cpp b/plugins/New_GPG/src/utilities.cpp
index 8e56388172..b6e7cc8fc4 100755
--- a/plugins/New_GPG/src/utilities.cpp
+++ b/plugins/New_GPG/src/utilities.cpp
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ bool isGPGValid()
 		mir_free(tmp);

 		TCHAR *path = (TCHAR*)mir_alloc(sizeof(TCHAR)*MAX_PATH);

 		char *mir_path = (char*)mir_alloc(MAX_PATH);

-		CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);

+		PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);

 		SetCurrentDirectoryA(mir_path);

 		tmp = mir_a2t(mir_path);

 		mir_free(mir_path);

@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ void clean_temp_dir()
 {

 	using namespace boost::filesystem;
 	char *mir_path = new char [MAX_PATH];
-	CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"\\", (LPARAM)mir_path);
+	PathToAbsolute("\\", mir_path);
 	wstring path  = toUTF16(mir_path);
 	SetCurrentDirectoryA(mir_path);
 	delete [] mir_path;
diff --git a/plugins/NotesAndReminders/src/reminders.cpp b/plugins/NotesAndReminders/src/reminders.cpp
index a4e12ee591..4f702b1931 100644
--- a/plugins/NotesAndReminders/src/reminders.cpp
+++ b/plugins/NotesAndReminders/src/reminders.cpp
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ static void SkinPlaySoundPoly(LPCSTR pszSoundName)
 		if (DBGetContactSettingString(NULL, "SkinSounds", pszSoundName, &dbv)==0) {

 			char szFull[MAX_PATH];

 

-			CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)szFull);

+			PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, szFull);

 

 			//NotifyEventHooks(hPlayEvent, 0, (LPARAM)szFull);

 			{

diff --git a/plugins/PackUpdater/Src/Utils.cpp b/plugins/PackUpdater/Src/Utils.cpp
index 2e7f8ba142..5e438cd934 100644
--- a/plugins/PackUpdater/Src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/plugins/PackUpdater/Src/Utils.cpp
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static void CheckUpdates(void *)
 				mir_sntprintf(tszBuff, SIZEOF(tszBuff), _T("Plugins\\%s"), Files[CurrentFile].File.tszDiskPath);

 			else

 				mir_sntprintf(tszBuff, SIZEOF(tszBuff), _T("Plugins\\%s\\%s"), Files[CurrentFile].tszAdvFolder, Files[CurrentFile].File.tszDiskPath);

-			CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)tszBuff, (LPARAM)pluginFolgerName);

+			PathToAbsoluteT(tszBuff, pluginFolgerName);

 			if ((IsPluginDisabled(Files[CurrentFile].File.tszDiskPath) || !Exists(pluginFolgerName))) //check if plugin disabled or not exists

 				continue;

 		}

diff --git a/plugins/Scriver/src/chat/options.cpp b/plugins/Scriver/src/chat/options.cpp
index 1057196dbf..eba15ce208 100644
--- a/plugins/Scriver/src/chat/options.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Scriver/src/chat/options.cpp
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ INT_PTR CALLBACK DlgProcOptions2(HWND hwndDlg,UINT uMsg,WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lPa
 				TCHAR *pszText1 = (TCHAR *)malloc(iLen*sizeof(TCHAR) + 2);

 				GetDlgItemText(hwndDlg, IDC_CHAT_LOGDIRECTORY, pszText1, iLen + 1);

 				DBWriteContactSettingTString(NULL, "Chat", "LogDirectory", pszText1);

-				CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)pszText1, (LPARAM)g_Settings.pszLogDir);

+				PathToAbsoluteT(pszText1, g_Settings.pszLogDir);

 				free(pszText1);

 			}

 			else {

diff --git a/plugins/SendScreenshotPlus/src/mir_icolib.cpp b/plugins/SendScreenshotPlus/src/mir_icolib.cpp
index 4255e2e461..5082fc80b8 100644
--- a/plugins/SendScreenshotPlus/src/mir_icolib.cpp
+++ b/plugins/SendScreenshotPlus/src/mir_icolib.cpp
@@ -101,13 +101,10 @@ LPTSTR IcoLib_GetDefaultIconFileName()
 	};

 	TCHAR absolute[MAX_PATH];

 

-	for (INT i = 0; i < SIZEOF(path); i++)

-	{

-		CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)path[i], (LPARAM)absolute);

-		if (PathFileExists(absolute))

-		{

+	for (INT i = 0; i < SIZEOF(path); i++) {

+		PathToAbsoluteT(path[i], absolute);

+		if ( PathFileExists(absolute))

 			return path[i];

-		}

 	}

 	return NULL;

 }

@@ -130,13 +127,10 @@ static VOID IcoLib_CheckIconPackVersion(LPTSTR szIconPack)
 		if (szIconPack)

 		{

 			TCHAR	szAbsolutePath[MAX_PATH];

-			HMODULE	hIconDll;

+			PathToAbsoluteT(szIconPack, szAbsolutePath);

 

-			CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)szIconPack, (LPARAM)szAbsolutePath);

-

-			hIconDll = LoadLibrary(szAbsolutePath);

-			if (hIconDll) 

-			{

+			HMODULE hIconDll = LoadLibrary(szAbsolutePath);

+			if (hIconDll) {

 				CHAR szFileVersion[64];

 

 				if (!LoadStringA(hIconDll, IDS_ICOPACKVERSION, szFileVersion, sizeof(szFileVersion)) ||

diff --git a/plugins/SmileyAdd/src/general.cpp b/plugins/SmileyAdd/src/general.cpp
index 4f5c86c811..02d20ea0ab 100644
--- a/plugins/SmileyAdd/src/general.cpp
+++ b/plugins/SmileyAdd/src/general.cpp
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ void pathToAbsolute(const bkstring& pSrc, bkstring& pOut)
 	{

 		TCHAR szExpPath[MAX_PATH];

 		ExpandEnvironmentStrings(pSrc.c_str(), szExpPath, SIZEOF(szExpPath));

-		CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)szExpPath, (LPARAM)szOutPath);

+		PathToAbsoluteT(szExpPath, szOutPath);

 	}

 	else

 	{

-		CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)szVarPath, (LPARAM)szOutPath);

+		PathToAbsoluteT(szVarPath, szOutPath);

 		mir_free(szVarPath);

 	}

 	pOut = szOutPath;

diff --git a/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/ex_import/dlg_ExImOpenSaveFile.cpp b/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/ex_import/dlg_ExImOpenSaveFile.cpp
index c00751dabe..132d5b4107 100644
--- a/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/ex_import/dlg_ExImOpenSaveFile.cpp
+++ b/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/ex_import/dlg_ExImOpenSaveFile.cpp
@@ -234,19 +234,17 @@ static VOID GetInitialDir(LPSTR pszInitialDir)
 

 	// is some standard path defined

 	if (!DB::Setting::GetStatic(0, MODNAME, "vCardPath", szRelative, SIZEOF(szRelative))) {

-		if (!CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)szRelative, (WPARAM)pszInitialDir))

+		if ( !PathToAbsolute(szRelative, pszInitialDir))

 			strcpy(pszInitialDir, szRelative);

 	}

 	else if (//try to use environment variables supported by pathpatch of db3xSA

 		!ServiceExists(MS_DB_GETPROFILEPATH_BASIC) ||		

-		!CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)PROFILEPATH "\\" PROFILENAME, (WPARAM)pszInitialDir)

-	 ) {

+		!PathToAbsolute(PROFILEPATH "\\" PROFILENAME, pszInitialDir)) {

 		// use standard path to absolute

-		if (!CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)"", (WPARAM)pszInitialDir))

+		if ( !PathToAbsolute("", pszInitialDir))

 			*pszInitialDir = 0;

 	}

-	else

-		*pszInitialDir = 0;

+	else *pszInitialDir = 0;

 }

 

 /**

diff --git a/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/mir_icolib.cpp b/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/mir_icolib.cpp
index 2b77314895..1cc6a5c59a 100644
--- a/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/mir_icolib.cpp
+++ b/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/mir_icolib.cpp
@@ -140,13 +140,10 @@ LPTSTR IcoLib_GetDefaultIconFileName()
 	};

 	TCHAR absolute[MAX_PATH];

 

-	for (INT i = 0; i < SIZEOF(path); i++)

-	{

-		CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)path[i], (LPARAM)absolute);

-		if (PathFileExists(absolute))

-		{

+	for (INT i = 0; i < SIZEOF(path); i++) {

+		PathToAbsoluteT(path[i], absolute);

+		if ( PathFileExists(absolute))

 			return path[i];

-		}

 	}

 	return NULL;

 }

@@ -167,12 +164,10 @@ static VOID IcoLib_CheckIconPackVersion(LPTSTR szIconPack)
 	{

 		if (szIconPack)

 		{

-			TCHAR		szAbsolutePath[MAX_PATH];

-			HMODULE hIconDll;

-

-			CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)szIconPack, (LPARAM)szAbsolutePath);

+			TCHAR szAbsolutePath[MAX_PATH];

+			PathToAbsoluteT(szIconPack, szAbsolutePath);

 

-			hIconDll = LoadLibrary(szAbsolutePath);

+			HMODULE hIconDll = LoadLibrary(szAbsolutePath);

 			if (hIconDll) 

 			{

 				CHAR szFileVersion[64];

diff --git a/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/svc_avatar.cpp b/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/svc_avatar.cpp
index 450538e02f..129fc95084 100644
--- a/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/svc_avatar.cpp
+++ b/plugins/UserInfoEx/src/svc_avatar.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ namespace NServices
 							absolute[0] = '\0';

 

 							// check if file exists

-							if (!CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTE, (WPARAM)dbv.pszVal, (LPARAM)absolute))

+							if ( !PathToAbsolute(dbv.pszVal, absolute))

 							{

 								FILE *f = fopen(absolute, "rb");

 								if (f) {

diff --git a/plugins/VersionInfo/src/utils.cpp b/plugins/VersionInfo/src/utils.cpp
index 79ab0b564e..b89eb94a46 100644
--- a/plugins/VersionInfo/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/plugins/VersionInfo/src/utils.cpp
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ TCHAR *RelativePathToAbsolute(TCHAR *szRelative, TCHAR *szAbsolute, size_t size)
 {

 	if (size < MAX_PATH) {

 		TCHAR buffer[MAX_PATH]; //new path should be at least MAX_PATH chars

-		CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM) szRelative, (LPARAM) buffer);

+		PathToAbsoluteT(szRelative, buffer);

 		_tcsncpy(szAbsolute, buffer, size);

 	}

-	else CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM) szRelative, (LPARAM) szAbsolute);

+	else PathToAbsoluteT(szRelative, szAbsolute);

 		

 	return szAbsolute;

 }

diff --git a/plugins/YAMN/src/main.cpp b/plugins/YAMN/src/main.cpp
index 96344c2f80..c5bc34e0ed 100644
--- a/plugins/YAMN/src/main.cpp
+++ b/plugins/YAMN/src/main.cpp
@@ -332,13 +332,7 @@ extern "C" int __declspec(dllexport) Load(void)
 	YAMN_STATUS = ID_STATUS_OFFLINE;

 

 	//	we get the Miranda Root Path

-	if (ServiceExists(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET))

-		CallService(MS_UTILS_PATHTOABSOLUTET, (WPARAM)_T("."), (LPARAM)szMirandaDir);

-	else {

-		GetModuleFileName(GetModuleHandle(NULL), szMirandaDir, MAX_PATH);

-		TCHAR* str2 = _tcsrchr(szMirandaDir, '\\');

-		if (str2 != NULL) *str2 = 0;

-	}

+	PathToAbsoluteT( _T("."), szMirandaDir);

 

 	// retrieve the current profile name

 	CallService(MS_DB_GETPROFILENAMET, (WPARAM)SIZEOF(ProfileName), (LPARAM)ProfileName);	//not to pass entire array to fcn