Winapi C++ retrieve variable

[zaryk]

Im writing another function (save function) that involves retrieving the filename - variable "szFileName" from this function...but I dont exactly know how to do the retrieving part....I figured it would involve pointers but i am not too good with pointers

BOOL Load(HWND hwnd, BOOL bSave)
{
   OPENFILENAME ofn;
   char szFileName[MAX_PATH];

   ZeroMemory(&ofn, sizeof(ofn));
   szFileName[0] = 0;

   ofn.lStructSize = sizeof(ofn);
   ofn.hwndOwner = hwnd;
   ofn.lpstrFilter = "Text Files (*.txt)\0*.txt\0HTML Files (*.html)\0*.html\0HTM Files (*.htm)\0*.htm\0PHP Files (*.php)\0*.php\0UnkEdit Files (*.uke)\0*.uke\0All Files (*.*)\0*.*\0\0";
   ofn.lpstrFile = szFileName;
   ofn.nMaxFile = MAX_PATH;
   ofn.lpstrDefExt = "txt";
   
   ofn.Flags = OFN_EXPLORER | OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST | OFN_HIDEREADONLY;
      if(GetOpenFileName(&ofn))
      {
         if(!LoadFile(GetDlgItem(hwnd, EDIT_TEXT), szFileName))
         {
            MessageBox(hwnd, "Load of file failed.", "Error",
               MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
            return FALSE;
         }
      }
return TRUE;
}

[egawtry]

If you just want to return a string pointer, use this template:

LPCTSTR MyFunc(int x, int y)
{
	static TCHAR szReturn[MAX_PATH];
 
	// Fill in szReturn here
 
	return szReturn;
}

If you really need to return a BOOL:

BOOL MyFunc(int x, int y, LPTSTR lpString, UINT cbString)
{
	// Do your thing here
	_tcsncpy_s(lpString, cbString, szFilename, sizeof(szFilename)/sizeof(szFilename[0]));
 
	return FALSE;
}

-Erik