[marinus]

Hi all i was wondering WTF is this error C2664: 'TextOutW' : cannot convert parameter 4 from 'char' to 'LPCWSTR

Im learning C++ , but i cant undestand what this means , i have tried to google it but there is no good answers


I am getting it at the COMMENTED LINE

PAINTSTRUCT paintStruct;
	/*	Device Context*/
	HDC hDC; 
	/*	Text for display*/
	char string[] = "Hello, World!"; 
	/*	Switch message, condition that is met will execute*/
	switch(message)
	{
		/*	Window is being created*/
		case WM_CREATE: 
			return 0;
			break;
		/*	Window is closing*/
		case WM_CLOSE: 
			PostQuitMessage(0);
			return 0;
			break;
		/*	Window needs update*/
		case WM_PAINT: 
			hDC = BeginPaint(hwnd,&paintStruct);
			/*	Set txt color to blue*/
			SetTextColor(hDC, COLORREF(0x00FF0000));
		 	/*	Display text in middle of window*/
		    TextOut(hDC,150,150,string,sizeof(string)-1);//GETTING MY ERROR HERE 
			EndPaint(hwnd,&paintStruct);
			return 0;
			break;
		default:
			break;
	}
	return (DefWindowProc(hwnd,message,wParam,lParam));

and Idea

Thanks for the help

This post has been edited by marinus: 07 March 2011 - 09:36 AM

[JackOfAllTrades]

See the FAQs topic, scroll down to "Common Windows/Visual Studio Errors".

[r.stiltskin]

Quote

... change the Character Set option to Use Multi-Byte Character Set or Not Set.

@JackOfAllTrades:

Just out of curiosity, would you please explain what that means in English (including the "or Not Set" part).

This post has been edited by r.stiltskin: 07 March 2011 - 10:21 AM

[JackOfAllTrades]

There are three options: Use Unicode Character Set, Use Multi-Byte Character Set, and Not Set. I believe Not Set == ASCII (single-byte character set).