Unwanted space inbetween characters

Hi;

i am having problem with this simple line of code.
im getting char value at WM_CHAR and inputing it in array

ptext[300] and use textout to output on the screen but i get this

random unwanted spaces in between characters at times on the output screen what am i doing wrong

Code:

ptext[300] static int cxchar, cychar, i = 0, x = 0, cxclient, cyclient, j = 0; WM_CREATE: //////////////////// GetTextMetric(,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,) cxchar = ,,,,,,,,,, cychar = ,,,,,,,,,, /////////////////// WM_CHAR: ptext[x] = (char)wParam; x++; TextOut(hdc, i * cxchar, j, ptext + x, 1); i++; if((char)wParam == '\r'){ j++; i = 0; }

the characters as i type them appear as follow;

ffffj kn o sssssl e

i can do it another way by simply using

TextOut(hdc, 0, j, ptext, x);
and getting read of i .

and it works but i need i somewhere down the code and i want to use the first case .

thx

Post full code.

Ok here is the code

except that now i changed the ptext to a pointer ptextbuff
but its still the same story
u need to check the WM_CHAR section only.thx

by the way the in the code in WM_COMMAND
by using menue id 51 i wanted to show editbox but it doesnt initializes the window.

Code:

#include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <commdlg.h> #define ID_EDIT 100 BOOL siachcolor(HWND hwnd); // header for choosecolor common dlg BOOL ChooseFont(HWND hwnd); //choose font void releasef(void); void Initialize(HWND hwnd); HFONT SetFont(HWND hwnd); LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc (HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM) ; int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PSTR szCmdLine, int iCmdShow) { static char szAppName[] = TEXT ("Hello Lovely Sara, Experimental all in one Programm") ; HWND hwnd ; MSG msg ; WNDCLASSEX wndclass ; wndclass.cbSize = sizeof(wndclass); wndclass.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW | CS_OWNDC ; wndclass.lpfnWndProc = WndProc ; wndclass.cbClsExtra = 0 ; wndclass.cbWndExtra = 0 ; wndclass.hInstance = hInstance ; wndclass.hIcon = LoadIcon (NULL, IDI_APPLICATION); wndclass.hCursor = LoadCursor (NULL, IDC_ARROW) ; wndclass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH); wndclass.lpszMenuName = NULL ; wndclass.lpszClassName = szAppName ; wndclass.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION); RegisterClassEx(&wndclass); hwnd = CreateWindow (szAppName, // window class name TEXT ("The, Hello Lovely Sara, Experimental all in one programm"), // window caption WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, // window style CW_USEDEFAULT, // initial x position CW_USEDEFAULT, // initial y position CW_USEDEFAULT, // initial x size CW_USEDEFAULT, // initial y size NULL, // parent window handle NULL, // window menu handle hInstance, // program instance handle NULL) ; // creation parameters ShowWindow (hwnd, iCmdShow) ; UpdateWindow (hwnd) ; while (GetMessage (&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) { TranslateMessage (&msg) ; DispatchMessage (&msg) ; } return msg.wParam ; } LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { static HBRUSH hbrush; PAINTSTRUCT ps ; HDC hdc; static int cxchar, cychar, cxcaps, cxclient, cyclient, i = 0,j = 0, y = 0, x = 0,x1 = 0, cxbuffer, cybuffer; TEXTMETRIC tm; HMENU hmenu; static HWND hwndedit; HINSTANCE hInstance; HFONT hfont; static char *ptextbuff = NULL; static char ptext[300]; static char achar; switch (message) { case WM_CREATE: hwndedit = CreateWindow (TEXT ("edit Box Sara Writes Here"), NULL, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_HSCROLL | WS_VSCROLL | WS_BORDER | ES_LEFT | ES_MULTILINE | ES_AUTOHSCROLL | ES_AUTOVSCROLL, 0, 0, 0, 0, hwnd, (HMENU) ID_EDIT, ((LPCREATESTRUCT) lParam) -> hInstance, NULL) ; hInstance = ((LPCREATESTRUCT )lParam)->hInstance; hmenu = LoadMenu(hInstance, TEXT ("sia0016")); SetMenu(hwnd, hmenu); Initialize(hwnd); hdc = GetDC(hwnd); GetTextMetrics(hdc, &tm); cxchar = tm.tmAveCharWidth; cychar = tm.tmHeight + tm.tmExternalLeading; cxcaps = (tm.tmPitchAndFamily & 1 ? 3 : 2) * cxchar / 2; ptextbuff = (char *)malloc(200 * sizeof(char)); ReleaseDC(hwnd, hdc); return 0; case WM_SIZE: cxclient = LOWORD (lParam) ; cyclient = HIWORD (lParam) ; return 0; case WM_PAINT: hdc = BeginPaint (hwnd, &ps) ; EndPaint (hwnd, &ps) ; return 0 ; case WM_SETFOCUS: SetFocus(hwndedit); return 0; case WM_KILLFOCUS: SetFocus(hwndedit); return 0; case WM_COMMAND: // if (LOWORD (wParam) == ID_EDIT) //if (HIWORD (wParam) == EN_ERRSPACE || // HIWORD (wParam) == EN_MAXTEXT) // code about edit box //MessageBox (hwnd, TEXT ("Edit control out of space."), //"memory shortage", MB_OK | MB_ICONSTOP) ;*/ switch(LOWORD (wParam)) { case 31: hbrush = CreateSolidBrush(siachcolor(hwnd)); SetClassLong(hwnd, GCL_HBRBACKGROUND, (LONG)hbrush); // code about choosecolor InvalidateRect(hwnd, NULL, TRUE); return 0; case 41: hdc = GetDC(hwnd); if(ChooseFont(hwnd)) SelectObject(hdc, tSetFont(hwnd)); //code about choosefont ReleaseDC(hwnd, hdc); return 0; case 51: //menue id MoveWindow(hwndedit, 0, 0, 200, 500, FALSE); SetFocus(hwndedit); return 0; } break; case WM_CHAR: hdc = GetDC(hwnd); *(pbuffer + x) = (char) wParam; *(pbuffer + x + 1) = '\0'; TextOut(hdc, i * cxchar, j * cychar , pbuffer + x, 1); i++; x++; if((char) wParam == '\r'){ j++; i = 0; } ReleaseDC(hwnd, hdc); return 0; case WM_DESTROY: hdc = GetDC(hwnd); DeleteObject(SelectObject(hdc, GetStockObject(SYSTEM_FONT))); ReleaseDC(hwnd, hdc); // DeleteObject(hfont); if(ptextbuff) free(ptextbuffer); DeleteObject(hbrush); releasef(); PostQuitMessage (0) ; return 0 ; } return DefWindowProc (hwnd, message, wParam, lParam) ; }

Forget about that. but can anyone tell me why is my editbox not
initializing(visible) i cant find no reason for it ?

i checked hwndedit and it returns NULL , Baffled.

I got it , i fooled around with class name"edit"
but the first question still stands.

sunny days all.