Thread: Invalid Conversion

  1. #1
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    Question Invalid Conversion

    Code:
    	 case WM_CREATE:
    		{
    			HFONT hfDefault;
    			HWND hEdit;
       
       // Took our horizontal viewing
    			hEdit = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, "EDIT", "", 
    				       WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_VSCROLL | ES_MULTILINE | ES_AUTOVSCROLL, 
    				       0, 0, 100, 100, hWnd, (HMENU)IDC_PRIME_EDIT, GetModuleHandle(NULL),
               NULL);
       
       // Just in case...                
    			if(hEdit == NULL)
    			{
    				MessageBox(hWnd, "Could not create edit box.", "Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
    			}	
    
    			hfDefault = GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT);
    			SendMessage(hEdit, WM_SETFONT, (WPARAM)hfDefault, MAKELPARAM(FALSE, 0));
    		}
    		break;
    The error it gave me was: 42 C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\My Documents\Programming\Dingua\main.cpp invalid conversion from `void*' to `HFONT__*'

    Why?

  2. #2
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    You need to use a cast in this case:
    Code:
    hfDefault = (HFONT) GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT);
    This is because GetStockObject can return other types of objects such as HBRUSH, HPEN, etc.

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    Thank you so much.

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