EndDialog Function

hello,

my program must return a name from a dialog box to the "main"
window , but i see that the EndDialog Function only returns ints
how i return a pointer to char(student name string) to the main window from a dialog box

thanks for any help,

EndDialog returns an INT_PTR. An INT_PTR is guaranteed to be big enough to hold either an int or a pointer. This means that you can safely return a pointer which is cast to an INT_PTR.

Here is some quick sample code. Error checking is omitted.

Code:

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/* Set up the string to return. */
char* pszStudentName = (char*) malloc(255);
strcpy(pszStudentName, "Joe Blogs");

/* Return string. */
EndDialog(hDlg, (INT_PTR) pszStudentName);

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Code:

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/* Receive returned string. */
char* pszStudentName = (char*) DialogBox(...);

/* Free returned string when done. */
free(pszStudentName);

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If you have the old header files, INT_PTR will not be defined. Simply add the following to the top of your file.

Code:

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typedef int INT_PTR;

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If you are using C++, consider using new/delete in place of malloc/free.

great!
thanks for yer help