Thread: SetConsoleTitle()

Hi having problems changing title of console.I have included windows.h and have called the function in main but keep getting

Code:

error C2664: 'SetConsoleTitleW' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [5]' to 'LPCWSTR'
        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast

heres where i call it in main

Code:

SetConsoleTitle("NEWNAME");

in any of the online examples I have found this is the way it was done.Tried looking at the error code on MSDN but tbh I didnt understand the examples.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Cathalo

Hi having problems changing title of console.I have included windows.h and have called the function in main but keep getting

Code:

error C2664: 'SetConsoleTitleW' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [5]' to 'LPCWSTR'
        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast

heres where i call it in main

Code:

SetConsoleTitle("NEWNAME");

in any of the online examples I have found this is the way it was done.Tried looking at the error code on MSDN but tbh I didnt understand the examples.

Thanks

You need to do one of two things:

1. modify your project settings to use non-unicode libraries.
2. wrap your string in _T() to convert const char* types to const wchar_t* types.

Thanks.Wrapped the string with _T.Still didnt work.Came across some code that had SetConsoleTitle in it.

It seemed to use a precompiled headers that u can setup when your creating the project in MS visual.I have to include<tchar.h> for the solution to work.

but it works and I dont care how!!