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Asked: 2026-05-23T01:34:21+00:00

I have a program that runs in the Win32 environment. There is one variable

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I have a program that runs in the Win32 environment. There is one variable that I would like to set before the program begins. The only reason it is a Win32 program is because I am accessing serial ports. I don’t care how I input the variable – it is a number and I suppose a dialog edit box would be best – but I don’t know how to go about this with Win32!

Ignoring the bulk of the program, my code is as follows:

#include <windows.h>

//Initialise Windows module
int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hThisInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpszArgument, int nFunsterStil)

{
 int variable;

 //ACTION USING THE VARIABLE OCCURS HERE

 return 0;
}
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  1. Editorial Team

    To access serial port, you don’t need windows application. You can create a simple console based application, it will be a still win32 by architecture.

    The advantages being using a console application would that you could use ‘C’ style scanf or C++ style cin to read the input from user.

    For the windows application, you need to create a dialog with text box in it and Show the window and wait for user to input, let user to press a ‘OK’ button or enter.. thats a lot of process..

    Just write a console application.. That will do.. Otherwise use MFC..

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