Thread: visual C++ 2005 Express: LPSTR error

I get this error with this code.

Code:

Code:

char szClassName[] = "CodeBlocksWindowsApp";  //Point of interest

LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
                     HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                     LPSTR lpszArgument,
                     int nFunsterStil)
{
    HWND hwnd;
    MSG messages;
    WNDCLASSEX wincl;
    
    wincl.hInstance = hThisInstance;
    wincl.lpszClassName = szClassName;  //Error line

Error:

Code:

error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'char [21]' to 'LPCWSTR'

I also get an error if I make the point of interest line a LPSTR variable. In visual C++ toolkit 2003 this error does not exist, but in the visual C++ 2005 Express (release, not beta) I get that error. Is there a way to fix this error.


ALSO I get an error if I try to do this:

Code:

    hwnd = CreateWindowEx(
    0,                   /* Extended possibilites for variation */
    szClassName,         /* Classname */
    "Code::Blocks Template Windows App",  //ERROR LINE
    WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, /* default window */
    CW_USEDEFAULT,       /* Windows decides the position */
    CW_USEDEFAULT,       /* where the window ends up on the screen */
    544,                 /* The programs width */
    375,                 /* and height in pixels */
    HWND_DESKTOP,        /* The window is a child-window to desktop */
    NULL,                /* No menu */
    hThisInstance,       /* Program Instance handler */
    NULL                     /* No Window Creation data */
    );

I get an error (were it says ERROR LINE) saying it can't convert char[number] can not be converted to LPWCSTR. Were in all other compilers I used it worked fine.

It appears you are trying to compile with UNICODE. Remove #define UNICODE or turn it off in the settings.

Yup that was it, thanks! Visual C++ is so hard to get used to.