Get text from textbox

Does anyone know how to get text from a text box with out it displaying odd symbols with chars?

Thanks


I need to get the text but everything online keeps telling me to use GetWindowText which needs a char which ends up with odd symbols in it such as a smiley face and stuff.

I need to get the text as a string not a char.

Thanks again :D

Quote:

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GetWindowText which needs a char

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Code:

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int GetWindowText(
  __in  HWND hWnd,
  __out  LPTSTR lpString,
  __in  int nMaxCount
);

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I guess I'm not understanding what you wrote as I don't see where the GetWindowText() function needs a char? Might you be having some kind of UNICODE problems?

Code:

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void GetTextAndDoSomething(HWND hWnd)
{
    // get the length of the text
    const int nTextLength = ::GetWindowTextLength(hWnd);

    // allocate a buffer for the text
    char * pData = new char[nTextLength + 1];

    // Get the text
    ::GetWindowTextA(hWnd,pData,nTextLength + 1);

    // Do something with this text
    ::MessageBoxA(0,pData,"This is the text!",MB_OK);

    // free the buffer
    delete [] pData;
}

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thanks you two:D you helped me out

thanks again!