help on: error C2664: cannot convert from type1 to type2

[sedawk]

Hi,

Thanks for all the inputs to my post about detecting downloadable links. I will try the last two posts.

Now I am using VC++ 6 to compile a program written in VC++ 4. The code should be ok in VC++ 4. However, when I compiled it, I got error C2664:

error C2664: 'DrawTextW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'char *' to 'const unsigned short *'

I read MSDN about C2664, it says it is about the conversion from earlier version of VC and read more info from an tech paper. But I don't understand how to fix it.

Anyone has experience about fixing this old --> new conversion?

Thanks

 

[Zyrenthian]

In your case, it is not that bad. Where the issue is not with the types but the unsigned (I believe). Try casting it as an unsigned char* and see what happens.

matt

 

[sedawk]

The source line caused problem is like this:

DrawText( hDC, &szStr, -1, &rc, DT_RIGHT | DT_BOTTOM | DT_SINGLELINE);

Why the problem happened at parameter 2?