Problems posting text to edit box - need help.

[pghTech]

I am attempting to post text to an edit box:

I created a class off of the main dialog window and was using the constructor to initialize the edit box with text:

public:
	CSnipitDlg(CWnd* pParent = NULL);   // standard constructor

Constructor:

CSnipitDlg::CSnipitDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
	: CDialog(CSnipitDlg::IDD, pParent)
{
	CDialog::OnInitDialog();
	
	CWnd *Display;
	Display = GetDlgItem(IDC_APPNAME);

	Display->SetWindowTextW("Application Name");
	return;
}

I was under the impression I could call SetWindowTextW function of CWnd that would allow me to post the string. However, I am receiving the error:

"error C2664: 'CWnd::SetWindowTextW' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [17]' to 'LPCTSTR'

Question 2:
If you needed to get the handle of a window, and you didn't know what it was, what is the correct method?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Miros]

1) Display->SetWindowTextW((LPCTSTR)"Application Name"); should do the trick.

2) You mean for the calling routine to pass to this routine? I think GetWindowLong can get it for you.

 

[dEVooXiAm]

1) Display->SetWindowTextW((LPCTSTR)"Application Name"); should do the trick.

No it wont. LPCTSTR is either CHAR* or WCHAR* depending on UNICODE define, while "Application Name" is only a CHAR[17].

Display->SetWindowTextW(L"Application Name");

this will work, because SetWindowTextW is the unicode version of the function, so you must provide a unicode string for it.

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