Index: src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
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--- src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp	(revision 51672)
+++ src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -1991,17 +1991,26 @@
 
 wxTextPos wxMacMLTEControl::GetLastPosition() const
 {
-    wxTextPos actualsize = 0 ;
+    wxTextPos actualsize = 0;
 
     Handle theText ;
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+    OSErr err = TXNGetDataEncoded( m_txn, kTXNStartOffset, kTXNEndOffset, &theText, kTXNUnicodeTextData );
+    // all done
+    if ( err == noErr )
+    {
+        actualsize = GetHandleSize( theText )/sizeof(UniChar);
+        DisposeHandle( theText ) ;
+    }
+#else
     OSErr err = TXNGetDataEncoded( m_txn, kTXNStartOffset, kTXNEndOffset, &theText, kTXNTextData );
-
     // all done
     if ( err == noErr )
     {
         actualsize = GetHandleSize( theText ) ;
         DisposeHandle( theText ) ;
     }
+#endif
     else
     {
         actualsize = 0 ;