Question

I am quite new to Windows programming. I am trying to retrieve the name of a window.

char NewName[128];
GetWindowText(hwnd, NewName, 128);

I need to use a char[] but it gives me the error of wrong type.
From what I read, LPWSTR is a kind of char*.

How can I use a char[] with GetWindowText ?

Thanks a lot !

Answer 1

You are probably compiling a Unicode project, so you can either:

• Explicitly call the ANSI version of the function (GetWindowTextA), or
• Use wchar_t instead of char (LPWSTR is a pointer to wchar_t)