CreateFile() giving errors

I'm using VS 6, Windows 2003.

Code:

hLayerFile = CreateFile("ltmp.dat", GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);

I get this error:

Code:

error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'void *' to 'struct HWND__ *'

When I hover the mouse over the CreateFile() function, it gives a weird declaration of it.

Code:

void *__cdecl CreateFile(unsigned short *, unsigned long, unsigned long, _SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES *, unsigned long, unsigned long, void *);

Did I miss something? What happened to CreateFile?

More on my project, as I have a feeling it has something to do with the error. I'm writing a dll plugin for a program. Here's the top part of driver.cpp:

Code:

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>

Any ideas on what I should do? I created a new Win32 Dynamic-Link Library project and started coding. I'm having no other (known)errors other than the few CreateFile() calls. Thanks for help.

Could it be that you have declared hLayerFile as:

Code:

HWND hLayerFile;

rather than:

Code:

HANDLE hLayerFile;

The CreateFile prototype looks correct for a unicode build, except for the cdecl calling convention. I assume this is just a "quirk" of the IDE?

Yes, changed HWND to HANDLE and fixed it. I just jumped back into windows programming after a long break from it. Didn't catch that. Thanks.