Thread: buttons problem

hi again. Im having a few problems to do with a few of the components on my program. Firstly I have a button that once pressed allows the user to select a file and store its path in a variable. I would like to be able to access this variable whenever other buttons are used in my program but I cnt seem to find a way to pass the variable to each of my button components. Im not totally sure but I dont think its possible to make a variable global from within a button, and from looking around the only over thing i have come across is creating its own .h file which is something i have no clue about and would like to avoid if possible.

thanks any help will be appreciated

I am starting to seriously wonder about your level of aptitude for doing whatever it is that you are doing. SetWindowLongPtr() is great for setting or retreiving some sort of data from a button control (assuming you are even using windows), but its not the best way of doing things unless you are actually wanting another process to have some sort of access to your button.

What are you doing? I mean that in the must blunt sense of the question. Can you explain why you are saving variables within a button, and how you are doing so. I somehow have a feeling you are not creatively using the GWLP_USERDATA or DWLP_USER flags with SetWindowLongPtr() to accomplish this task, so I can only assume you are setting the button text to a value and retreiving that value...

I may be wrong, so feel free to enlighten me.