I am using visual studios 2005 and microsoft xp service pack 3. I was writting a simplul dialog box and I added the code for the button MessageBox("Hello")
and I got this copmile error : error C2664: 'CWnd::MessageBoxW' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [6]' to 'LPCTSTR'

Please help me with this error

: I am using visual studios 2005 and microsoft xp service pack 3. I
: was writting a simplul dialog box and I added the code for the
: button MessageBox("Hello")
: and I got this copmile error : error C2664: 'CWnd::MessageBoxW' :
: cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char [6]' to 'LPCTSTR'


C++ (unlike C) will not allow implicit typecasts, which may cause this problem. The problem could also be caused by the compiler using Unicode as default string type.

The best way to solve either of the 2 problems above when using Win API functions, is to use the TEXT() macro:


TEXT("Hello")

Thanx Lundin it works like a charm.

Thanx Lundin it works like a charm.

Thanx Lundin it works like a charm.