diff --git a/samplecode/SamplePatch.cpp b/samplecode/SamplePatch.cpp
index a58999a..90aaf4c 100644
--- a/samplecode/SamplePatch.cpp
+++ b/samplecode/SamplePatch.cpp
@@ -259,10 +259,8 @@
 protected:
     // overrides from SkEventSink
     virtual bool onQuery(SkEvent* evt)  {
-        if (SampleCode::TitleQ(*evt))
-        {
-            SkString str("Patch");
-            SampleCode::TitleR(evt, str.c_str());
+        if (SampleCode::TitleQ(*evt)) {
+            SampleCode::TitleR(evt, "Patch");
             return true;
         }
         return this->INHERITED::onQuery(evt);
diff --git a/samplecode/SamplePolyToPoly.cpp b/samplecode/SamplePolyToPoly.cpp
index da527c2..88adae9 100644
--- a/samplecode/SamplePolyToPoly.cpp
+++ b/samplecode/SamplePolyToPoly.cpp
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@
     // overrides from SkEventSink
     virtual bool onQuery(SkEvent* evt)  {
         if (SampleCode::TitleQ(*evt)) {
-            SkString str("PolyToPolyView");
-            SampleCode::TitleR(evt, str.c_str());
+            SampleCode::TitleR(evt, "PolyToPolyView");
             return true;
         }
         return this->INHERITED::onQuery(evt);
diff --git a/samplecode/SampleTextAlpha.cpp b/samplecode/SampleTextAlpha.cpp
index 6333588..ac24f08 100644
--- a/samplecode/SampleTextAlpha.cpp
+++ b/samplecode/SampleTextAlpha.cpp
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@
     // overrides from SkEventSink
     virtual bool onQuery(SkEvent* evt)  {
         if (SampleCode::TitleQ(*evt)) {
-            SkString str("TextAlpha");
-            SampleCode::TitleR(evt, str.c_str());
+            SampleCode::TitleR(evt, "TextAlpha");
             return true;
         }
         return this->INHERITED::onQuery(evt);
diff --git a/samplecode/SampleTextBox.cpp b/samplecode/SampleTextBox.cpp
index d8612db..a021dbd 100644
--- a/samplecode/SampleTextBox.cpp
+++ b/samplecode/SampleTextBox.cpp
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@
     // overrides from SkEventSink
     virtual bool onQuery(SkEvent* evt)  {
         if (SampleCode::TitleQ(*evt)) {
-            SkString str("TextBox");
-            SampleCode::TitleR(evt, str.c_str());
+            SampleCode::TitleR(evt, "TextBox");
             return true;
         }
         return this->INHERITED::onQuery(evt);
diff --git a/samplecode/SampleVertices.cpp b/samplecode/SampleVertices.cpp
index d6dd7ea..bc02256 100644
--- a/samplecode/SampleVertices.cpp
+++ b/samplecode/SampleVertices.cpp
@@ -79,10 +79,8 @@
 protected:
     // overrides from SkEventSink
     virtual bool onQuery(SkEvent* evt)  {
-        if (SampleCode::TitleQ(*evt))
-        {
-            SkString str("Vertices");
-            SampleCode::TitleR(evt, str.c_str());
+        if (SampleCode::TitleQ(*evt)) {
+            SampleCode::TitleR(evt, "Vertices");
             return true;
         }
         return this->INHERITED::onQuery(evt);