How do I use string as a param for CreateWindowEx function

[scody]

Hi all, I am trying to get the string supplied as a param in this function to be displayed as window title when executed but I am gettin compiler error. here is the code which is causing compiler error hwnd = CreateWindowEx( NULL, "AeroClass", "Aerobatics by Scody", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | WS_VISIBLE | WS_SYSMENU | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS, 100, 100, 500, 500, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL); and the compiler error is c:\visual studio 2005\projects\aerobatics\aerobatics\aerobatics.cpp(132) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'const char [10]' to 'LPCWSTR' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast c:\visual studio 2005\projects\aerobatics\aerobatics\aerobatics.cpp(149) : error C2664: 'CreateWindowExW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const char [10]' to 'LPCWSTR' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast Can anyone please help me in gettin this string displayed on the window title when executed. Thanks Scody

[Michael Dunn]

Your project settings are set to use Unicode, but you're passing single-byte strings. Either switch to the multi-byte character set or use the _T macro on your literals.

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[Hamid Taebi]

Use hwnd = CreateWindowEx( NULL, _T("AeroClass"), _T("Aerobatics by Scody"),...

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[scody]

I changed my project settings to use multi-byte character set and it worked! Thanks very much! Scody