Problem with char pointers and strings

Is there a direct way to get window text to a string variable using GetWindowText() without making any char array?

Direct - no. Without char array - use(C++) a std::vector, eg:

Code:

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int len=GetWindowTextLength(hwnd);
std::vector<TCHAR> tmp(len+1,_T('\0'));
GetWindowText(hwnd,&tmp[0],len);

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Is this okay?

Code:

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char *buffer;
string windowtext;
int winlength=GetWindowTextLength(loggedin[5]);
buffer=(char*)malloc(winlength);
GetWindowText(loggedin[5],buffer,winlength);
windowtext.insert(FileContents.length(),buffer,winlength);
free(buffer);

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Well, it looks to be a mix of c and c++ which is not such a good idea. If it's c-code then you shouldn't have to cast the return value from malloc. If you want to use dynamic memory allocation with c++ then you should prefer 'new' and 'delete' or 'new[]' and 'delete[] for arrays.

edit: Sorry, I just noticed I forgot to specify the type of std::vector being initialised in my previous post; I've now edited it to correct that omission.