substring error

I get this error when I compile my code and all I am trying to do is get a substring. Any suggestions.

char szDrive[MAX_PATH]="c:\\";
char dir[MAX_PATH]; BOOL bRet;
bRet=GetCurrentDirectory(MAX_PATH,dir);
printf("Current Working Directory is %s\n",dir);


error C2228: left of '.substr' must have class/struct/union type

The printf statement works just fine.

well you could start by posting the relevant code

It's because you are trying to use the .substr string memeber function on something other than a string.

Perhaps you are trying to something like

szDrive.substr(1,5) or something, but szDrive is a char*, not a std::string. I'd recommend just using the std::string class rather than char*, so you don't have to worry about overflowing your allocated memory, and all that other painful stuff associated with null terminated strings.

PROBLEMS ALL RESOLVED...THANKS FOR SUGGESTIONS!