Thread: LPSTR error...

As many of you may or probably may not know, I am working on a text editor. I was looking at how to save at WinProg.org. The file handling stuff the creator of the site used, however, doesn't work.

This is the portion with the error

Code:

LPSTR pszFileText;

            pszFileText = GlobalAlloc(GPTR, dwFileSize + 1); // error

How do I fix this?

It says "invalid conversion void* to CHAR*"

I'm new at WinAPI,

Try this:

Code:

GLOBALHANDLE hGlobal;
LPSTR pszFileText;

hGlobal = GlobalAlloc ( GHND, dwFileSize + 1);
pszFileText = (char *) GlobalLock (hGlobal);

Then be on your way to do whatever

pszFileText = (LPSTR) GlobalAlloc(GPTR, dwFileSize + 1);

thanks guys!

K. Now it doesn't work because I can't get it to work in hEdit

Code:

                            {
                                      LoadTextFileToEdit(hEdit, szFileName);
                            }     
               }
        }
    }
    break;
    case WM_CREATE:
    {
        HFONT hfDefault;
        HWND hEdit;

        hEdit = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, "EDIT", "", 
            WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_VSCROLL | WS_HSCROLL | ES_MULTILINE | ES_AUTOVSCROLL | ES_AUTOHSCROLL, 
            0, 0, 100, 100, hwnd, (HMENU)IDC_MAIN_EDIT, GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL);

I can't get it to recognize hEdit

Post the code for LoadTextFileToEdit()