Thread: need some advice on displaying values

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    need some advice on displaying values

    Ok, the topic is quite misleading but more or less, it spreads my difficulties.
    So far in my work of Windows Programming, i realised i always have trouble finding the values of my variables. For ETC. im currently working with GetCurrentDirectory and GetModuleFilename. In the functions, im supposed to pass a TCHAR buffer for the function to retrieve my file path, but the problem is, i don't know how to display the value, if only i know whats the value den i can understand more abt what im working with. I tried using the breakpoint on my VisualC++ but the values returned as 0*blahblah blah, i think those r pointers address. I wanna use MessageBox to display the values, i think thats the easiest way but i have no idea how should i go on with doing it.
    Can someone tell me how do i use a MessageBox or something relevant to display the Values of a variable/struct/macro or anithing ? I believe i should be looking for MessageBox that works like printf("%d",<Variable name>) Can someone advice ?
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    If you're asking what I think you're asking, then you would use wsprintf in conjunction with MessageBox, i.e:-
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    char szMessage[256];   // Message buffer.  256 bytes = 255 ANSI chars + null or 127 Unicode chars + null
    int i;   // The value you want to display
    
    i = 12345;
    wsprintf(szMessage, "i = %d", i);
    MessageBox(NULL, szMessage, "What you wanted", MB_ICONINFORMATION);

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    Another possible solution is CString Format().

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    Better advice would be to learn how to use the debugger. I assure you, you will save hours of wasted time with debugging statements if you learn th every few steps it takes.
    to use the right tool.
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    adrianxw, how do i use the debugger ? are you referring to the break points ?
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    Smurf ! Thanx A Lot !!! That Was What I Wanted
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    Smurf, can u show me how to use wsprintf() to display char variables ? or string arrays
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    Sorrie, i found the solution alreadi, i was just hesitating whether i should use %s as the format specifications, msdn said to avoid it for buffer over-run
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