SaveText: error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'void *' to 'char *' 1

[LPlates]

Im using this function to save text but I get an error when allocating the size of the char... LPSTR pszText
(It worked fine in a different project??)
I know this is basic, Im new to c++
Thanks in advance for the help, I will respond to your reply(s).


BOOL SaveTextFileFromEdit(HWND edit, LPCTSTR pszFileName)
{
HANDLE hFile;
BOOL bSuccess = FALSE;

hFile = CreateFile(pszFileName, GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL,
CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
if(hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
DWORD dwTextLength;

dwTextLength = GetWindowTextLength(edit);
if(dwTextLength > 0)
{
LPSTR pszText;
DWORD dwBufferSize = dwTextLength + 1;

pszText = GlobalAlloc(GPTR, dwBufferSize); // <----------------------- ERROR IS HERE
if(pszText != NULL)
{
if(GetWindowText(edit, pszText, dwBufferSize))
{
DWORD dwWritten;

if(WriteFile(hFile, pszText, dwTextLength, &dwWritten, NULL))
bSuccess = TRUE;
}
GlobalFree(pszText);
}
}
CloseHandle(hFile);
}
return bSuccess;
}

 

[Cagliostro]

use pointer type conversion:
pszText = (char *)GlobalAlloc(GPTR, dwBufferSize);

Ion Filipski

ICQ: 95034075
AIM: IonFilipski
filipski@excite.com

 

[LPlates]

Thanks IonFilipski! Can you summize why this function worked in a different project without error?

 

[Cagliostro]

I guess you was working using C and now you have switched to C++.

Ion Filipski

ICQ: 95034075
AIM: IonFilipski
filipski@excite.com

 

[LPlates]

I simply pasted the function from one c++ project into another, worked fine in first project but raised the error above in second project, and I also did not change the function at all! Things that make you go Hmmmmm, lol.

 

[gorgor]

You may have had different project settings in the other project. Poke throught the settings and you find something is different.