convert a variable

[Suzie]

Hi to all.
Im very new to any sort of programing, so please dont laugh at my naivity.

I have some code that returns a long type variable.
Another part of the code needs that variable but as LPCWSTR.

Would anyone be so kind as to demonstrate how to do this please.

I have read about type casting but I am having much trouble understanding it, I feel so dumb.

[binarybob350]

Post your code. Do you need to convert a long to string?

[Vexer]

Your going to have to elaborate on what you need to do. Do you want to convert a long to a string so that you can display that string with the number in it?

[Suzie]

Sorry, I did not post code, or maybe even explain properly.

here is my code.

#include <Windows.h>
#include "test.h"

int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                     HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                     LPSTR     lpCmdLine,
                     int       nCmdShow)
{
 	
	Sleep(1000);
	TES_Run(L"notepad.exe", L"", 1); //start notepad
	TES_WaitWindow(L"Untitled - Notepad", L"", 0); //wait for the window to appear
	TES_Send(L"Hiya World", 0); //write some tesxt to the notepad edit control

	
	char szText[1024];
	TES_GetSBText(L"Untitled - Notepad", L"", 2, szText, 1024); // retreive text from status bar
	MessageBox(NULL, szText, "Text:", MB_OK); // show the text

	return 0;
}

My problem is this line "TES_GetSBText(L"Untitled - Notepad", L"", 2, szText, 1024); " specificaly the underlined part, it is intellisense error...

char szText[1024]

Error: argument of type "char*" is incompatible with paramater of type "LPWSTR"

Here is the header, test.h just incase its needed

#ifndef __TEST_H
#define __TEST_H

#ifdef __cplusplus
	#define TES_API extern "C"
#else
	#define TES_API
#endif

#define TES_INTDEFAULT (-2147483647)

TES_API void WINAPI TES_Init(void);
TES_API long TES_error(void);


TES_API long WINAPI TES_Run(LPCWSTR szRun, /*[in,defaultvalue("")]*/LPCWSTR szDir, /*[in,defaultvalue(1)]*/long nShowFlags);
TES_API long WINAPI TES_WaitWindow(LPCWSTR szTitle, /*[in,defaultvalue("")]*/LPCWSTR szText, /*[in,defaultvalue(0)]*/long nTimeout);
TES_API void WINAPI TES_Send(LPCWSTR szSendText, /*[in,defaultvalue("")]*/long nMode);
TES_API void WINAPI TES_GetSBText(LPCWSTR szTitle, /*[in,defaultvalue("")]*/LPCWSTR szText, /*[in,defaultvalue(1)]*/long nPart, LPWSTR szStatusText, int nBufSize);


#endif 

I would be glad if someone could help me out with this.
Thanks for looking.

edit

I am using VC++ Visual Studio 2010.

[binarybob350]

Since you are compiling your application in UNICODE you need to change char to wchar_t

wchar_t szText[1024];

[Suzie]

Thany you so much for your reply binarybob350.

But unfortunately this swaps one error to the other :(
The error on the line previously posted goes away but a new one turns up on the line below.

"MessageBox(NULL, szText, "Text:", MB_OK);"

wchar_t szText[1024]

Error: argument of type "wchar_t*" is incompatible with paramater of type "LPCSTR"

Notice its not crying about LPWSTR anymore, but crying about LPCSTR.

I am into my 4th day of trying to solve this problem now, its quite frustrating.

[m4ster r0shi]

Try MessageBoxW instead.

[Suzie]

Of course m4ster r0shi, thank you very much, that solves my problem.

No just to find how to make my own string for the title bar now as "Text:" becomes incompatible :(.

Thank you once again, Im quite delighted. :)

[m4ster r0shi]

L"Text:"

[Suzie]

I had become so confused with my fault, I never even seen that (something I first had to get over earlier in my project).

Thank you again m4ster r0shi sugar, I really apreciate the help, and all who replied.

What an excellent resource this forum is, I cannot thank you all enough.

Suz.

[m4ster r0shi]

Suzie wrote:

m4ster r0shi sugar

Stop it... I'm blushing...