argument of type const char* is incompatible with parameter of type “LPCWSTR”

Question

I am trying to make a simple Message Box in C in Visual Studio 2012, but I am getting the following error messages

argument of type const char* is incompat         


        

Answer 1

To make your code compile in both modes, enclose the strings in _T() and use the TCHAR equivalents

#include 
#include 

int WINAPI _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hinstance, HINSTANCE hPrevinstance, LPTSTR lpszCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
    MessageBox(0,_T("Hello"),_T("Title"),0);
    return 0;
}