Error Incompatible Types String And PansiChar using FindWindow API.

[Chesso]

Hey im trying to set the tet of a Edit control to a String and pass it to the FindWindow API as the windowname to get the handle but i get Incompatible Type error when trying to run the app.

How can i fix this?

[AREF]

Hello

You must do a type cast. like this:

var
S:String;
Begin
S:=Edit1.Text;
FindWindow(Pchar(S) , emptyParam);

Hope it hepls.


Aref

[Chesso]

Ok i did this and it seems to be working fine.

FindWidnow(Nil, Pchar(Variable));

Is there anything extra/at all i should know about Pchar().

[AREF]

Hi

Pchar is a null-terminated string type which Delphi uses due to compatibility issues with Windows APIs.
You should reffer to Delphi help to get to know all functions related to Pchar , then click to accept my answer

Aref