Capturing files in a directory

[drwbns]

I tried using a reference instead of a static var for my files vector like so -

 bool ListFiles(TCHAR* path, std::vector<TCHAR *> &files) {

but when I use it, I have a bunch of valid file names after the ListFiles call, but a few lines later, all the values are junk such as "iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii", what could cause it?

    if (ListFiles(dir, files)) {
        for (std::vector<TCHAR *>::iterator it = files.begin(); 
             it != files.end(); 
             ++it) {
				 TCHAR* text = new TCHAR[_MAX_PATH];
				 GetWindowText(textArea, text, _MAX_PATH);
				 StringCchCat(text, MAX_PATH, *it);
				 SetWindowText(textArea,text);
        }
    }