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ok... iv made a program with a switch that has a char like this

PHP Code:

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char k[128]// one byte
switch(k)
{
case "help":
{
//print something
}break;
default:
{
//do something
}break;
} 


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but i need to make it so that I can send a msg to a switch with out it being a char(as it only does int) and carry out a function kinder like the following code

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LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hwnd,
                            UINT msg,
                            WPARAM wparam,
                            LPARAM lparam)
{
    PAINTSTRUCT ps;
    HDC         hdc;

    switch(msg)
    {
    case WM_CREATE:
        {
                                 return(0);
                                }break;

    case WM_PAINT:
        {
        // simply validate the window
        hdc = BeginPaint(hwnd,&ps);     
        

        EndPaint(hwnd,&ps);

        // return success
        return(0);
           } break;
    case WM_CHAR:
        {
            int ascii_code = wparam;
            int Key_state =lparam;
            #define ESC_STATE 0x10001
            if(Key_state & ESC_STATE)
            {
                msg = WM_CLOSE;
            }
        }
    case WM_DESTROY:
        {

            PostQuitMessage(0);//quiting the program

            return(0);
        }break;
    return(DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wparam, lparam));

} 


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You can't use strings with a switch. And your array, yeah, that's not "one byte". switches work off integers. Anything integeral is allowed as a value for a switch.

Quzah.

my AIE instructer told me a array that was 128 long was = to one byte..... if u wanna know what the AIE is look here http://aie.act.edu.au/ but anyway. i know char's cant be used in a switch i just wanna know how in my second bit of code i can type msg = WM_CLOSE and it to work and what type the msg is or its struct of UINT. I just wanna know how i can type in help and for me to only type in the switch case help: if u get what i mean

if you mean you wanna send message to your window procedure,why not use "SendMessage()"

Code:

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SendMessage(hwnd,MS_CHAR,WPARAM,LPARAM);

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hope it is what you need.

You can use an STL map from strings to UINTs to accomplish what you want effectively (if I understand you).