I am quite stumped on something in C. I found this code on the Internet, and it only gives me one error; however, I cannot seem to fix it. The variable in the function the compiler's complaining about is:
char ConvertTime[8]and the function itself is a windows one:
GetWindowTextW(GETITEM(IDC_CONVERT_TIME), ConvertTime, 9);Apparently it has something to do with LPWSTR. I'm not experienced in this realm, so I am asking nicely for help. Thanks in advance for any reply.
The function you are calling is UNICODE function. LPWSTR is a pointer to a unicode string, not an ascii string. You need to declare the string like this: wchar_t ConvertTime[9]; , or if you want to compile the program as either ascii or unicode then use the macro TCHAR: TCHAR ConvertTime[9]; and include <tchar.h> header file.
the thing about that is, later on down the road, there's a strncpy() function that doesn't like either method.
tchar.h contains macros that can be used to treat standard c functions as either ascii or unicode, depending on how the program is written. If you replace strncpy() with _tscncpy() it will compile correctly either way. Read that article carefully and it will explain why, and give you an example. There are links at the bottom to other string manipulation functions.
I did everything recommended plus some but one other function that I have no idea what it is that it's complaining about:
atoi()
very funny. i need a tchar.h substitute for it. I know what it is.
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