Thread: Displays text using DrawText after loading it from a file

Hello, I am trying to display the text in win32 console window using DrawText after loading the string lines from a text file.

Here's the code for the file loading:

Code:

   std::vector<basic_string<TCHAR>> vectorLine;
   wfstream file ;
   basic_string<TCHAR> line;
   
   vectorLine.clear();
   wcscpy(fileName,_fileName);
   file.open("data/data_test.txt");
   if (!file) {
	   printf("Error: TokenManager: invalid   file");
   }
   
   while( getline(file, line)) {
	   vectorLine.push_back(line);
   }

 //Next, I draw the text from the lines stored in a vector.
 
  basic_string<TCHAR> tempString;
  for (int i=0; i < tokenManager.vectorLine.size(); i++) {
	  tempString=tokenManager.vectorLine[i].c_str()
	  DrawText(hdc, tempString, -1,&rectTextLine,DT_SINGLELINE | DT_LEFT | DT_VCENTER);
  }

The error is DrawText does not accept basic_string<TCHAR> and needs a long pointer to a string. This is where I am confused. I tried changing basic_string<TCHAR> to std::string and std::wstring but to no avail.
Hope someone can help recommend me the change. It's either how I delcare the vectorLine or add some macros for the conversion.

Originally Posted by oogabooga

Code:

const TCHAR* tempString;

What is the difference between const TCHAR* tempString and LPWSTR? According to msn.microsoft website LPWSTR is

Code:

typedef wchar_t* LPWSTR, *PWSTR

so LPWSTR is just a convention for easier reading??



Also the _t in wchat_t, what does that signify?