const char error

[ForNow]

Hi I am getting a number of errors in MFC functions (Using Visual Studio 2012) can't convert const char [xx] to LPCTSTR when using a literal with " double qoute it was my understanding that anything with " was a pointer now weather its char * or LPCTSTR is a different issue however it shouldn't be of type const char[xx] Thanks

[Lost User]

Do you have the project set to use the Unicode character set? If so LPC**T**STR is equivalent to LPC**W**STR, so you cannot convert a char pointer to it.

[ForNow]

Richard you did it again !!!!! ;)

[David Crow]

Try using TCHAR instead of char, and wrapping string literals in the _T() macro.

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[Lost User]

Thanks. Sadly my flashes of brilliant intuition are getting fewer and further apart these days. :(

[vishwadeepak mani tripathi]

Please read __What are TCHAR, WCHAR, LPSTR, LPWSTR, LPCTSTR (etc.)?[^]

[ForNow]

I prefixed the string with a _T macro And it compiled Thanks for your help I have to re-read and he article

[ForNow]

In my visual Studio project for character set I choose not sure what that means ansi? 1 byte The other two choices were Unicode and multi byte So if Unicode is character representation by 2 bytes. what is multi byte ?

[David Crow]

ForNow wrote:

So if Unicode is character representation by 2 bytes. what is multi byte ?

See here.

"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles

[ForNow]

So if I select for my project setting char set -> not set .... And wrap all of my strings with a _T( macro is that best practice ... Thanks