In the second Chapter of Charles Petzold's "Programming Windows", 5th
Edition, we have the following listing:
/*-----------------------------------------------------
SCRNSIZE.C -- Displays screen size in a message box
(c) Charles Petzold, 1998
-----------------------------------------------------*/
#include <windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int CDECL MessageBoxPrintf (TCHAR * szCaption, TCHAR * szFormat, ...)
{
TCHAR szBuffer [1024] ;
va_list pArgList ;
// The va_start macro (defined in STDARG.H) is usually
equivalent to:
// pArgList = (char *) &szFormat + sizeof (szFormat) ;
va_start (pArgList, szFormat) ;
// The last argument to wvsprintf points to the arguments
_vsntprintf (szBuffer, sizeof (szBuffer) / sizeof (TCHAR),
szFormat, pArgList) ;
// The va_end macro just zeroes out pArgList for no good reason
va_end (pArgList) ;
return MessageBox (NULL, szBuffer, szCaption, 0) ;
}
int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
PSTR szCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
{
int cxScreen, cyScreen ;
cxScreen = GetSystemMetrics (SM_CXSCREEN) ;
cyScreen = GetSystemMetrics (SM_CYSCREEN) ;
MessageBoxPrintf (TEXT ("ScrnSize"),
TEXT ("The screen is %i pixels wide by %i pixels
high."),
cxScreen, cyScreen) ;
return 0 ;
}
I'm able to compile this with VC++ 7.1 without defining the UNICODE
macro. However, when I define this macro, it does not compile. I get the
following error:
error C2664: '_vsnprintf' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'TCHAR
[1024]' to 'char *'
Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires
reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
AFAICS, it should compile. Any ideas as to why this is happening?
Thanks,
Sumit.

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Sumit RAJAN <sumit.rajan@geoconcept.com>
Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP] - 12 Jul 2006 06:16 GMT
> I'm able to compile this with VC++ 7.1 without defining the UNICODE
> macro. However, when I define this macro, it does not compile. I get
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>
> AFAICS, it should compile. Any ideas as to why this is happening?
You need to define _UNICODE to get the wide-character definition of
_vsntprintf.
-cd
Sumit RAJAN - 13 Jul 2006 05:06 GMT
> You need to define _UNICODE to get the wide-character definition of
> _vsntprintf.
You're right. Thanks.
--
Regards,
Sumit RAJAN <sumit.rajan@geoconcept.com>
Michael Buechel - 13 Jul 2006 08:17 GMT
Or use the CString::FormatV for doing this

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Kind regards, Michael Buechel
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> In the second Chapter of Charles Petzold's "Programming Windows", 5th
> Edition, we have the following listing:
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> Thanks,
> Sumit.