RE: [Dev-C++] What's wrong with this code?

Explain what you mean.

This program isn't using Unicode, so the TCHAR should be a normal
char. Did you really want him to write
  char NAME="CWDB";
instead of
  char *NAME="CWDB";
or 
  char NAME[] = "CWDB";

/Per W

On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Marc Heiligers wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> Change the TCHAR *NAME="OWDB"; to TCHAR NAME="OWDB"; in the header.
> 
> 
> _____________________________
> Marc Heiligers
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dreamjunky [mailto:li...@dr...] 
> Sent: 27 November 2002 06:40 AM
> To: Post Dev-cpp
> Subject: [Dev-C++] What's wrong with this code?
> 
> 
> Hello again,
> 
> I have a beginners question for anyone who would be willing to answer it for
> me.  I wouldn't have bothered bringing it here if I hadn't gone over it for
> an hour already to no avail.  It's not enough code to warrant going over for
> that long.  When I run this my CreateWindow call fails.  Any idea why?  The
> only thing in the .h worth mentioning is TCHAR *NAME="OWDB".  I'd appreciate
> any help you can offer.
> 
> #include <windows.h>
> #include "OtherWorldsDB.h"
> 
> int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrev, PSTR szCmd, int
> iCmdShow) {
> 
>  WNDCLASS wndclass;  // main window
>  HWND hWnd;    // handle to main window
>  MSG msg;    // messages rec'd from msgserv
> 
>  wndclass.lpszClassName = NAME;
>  wndclass.style   = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
>  wndclass.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
>  wndclass.hInstance  = hInst;
>  wndclass.hIcon   = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
>  wndclass.hCursor  = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
>  wndclass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(GRAY_BRUSH);
>  wndclass.lpszMenuName = NULL;
>  wndclass.cbClsExtra  = 0;
>  wndclass.cbWndExtra  = 0;
> 
>  if(!RegisterClass(&wndclass)) {
>   error("Unable to register class");
>   return 1;
>  }
> 
>  hWnd = CreateWindow(NAME, TEXT("Otherworlds Database"), WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW
> | WS_VISIBLE, 5,
>        5, 50, 50, NULL, NULL, hInst, NULL) 
> 
>  if(!hWnd) {
>   LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
>   FormatMessage(
>       FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
>       FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
>       FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
>       NULL,
>       GetLastError(),
>       0, // Default language
>       (LPTSTR) &lpMsgBuf,
>       0,
>       NULL
>    );
> 
>   error(lpMsgBuf);
>   return 1;                                // this is where the prg exits
> every time
>  }
> 
>  ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_SHOW);
> 
>  while(GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) {
>   TranslateMessage(&msg);
>   DispatchMessage(&msg);
>  }
> 
>  return msg.wParam;
> }
> 
> LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND handle, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp) {
>  switch(msg) {
>   case WM_DESTROY:      // close
>   PostQuitMessage(0);
>   break;
> 
>   default:        // default
>   DefWindowProc(handle,msg,wp,lp);
>  }
> 
>  return 0;
> }
> 
> void error(TCHAR *msg) {
>  MessageBox(NULL, msg, TEXT("OWDB Error!"), MB_ICONERROR);
> }
> 
> 
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