Peter and all Windows Api users:
This is an issue with the low-level Windows type definitions that is used in MinWinc.inc and Peter's Windows.h,
type WNDCLASS
;40 bytes
style as long
lpfnwndproc as long
cbClsextra as long
cbWndExtra as long
hInstance as long
hIcon as long
hCursor as long
hbrBackground as long
lpszMenuName as long
lpszClassName as long
end type
In previous versions a string literal or bstring could be assigned directly to lpszClassName or lpszMenuName.
lpszClassName="Demo"
Unfortunately This is no longer possible because the compiler type-converter will evaluate the string and turn it into a long integer. This change of behaviour is a necessary rationalisation to make Oxygen logically consistent.
The solution is to use a pointer or casting operator thus:
For String Literals:
lpszClassName=@"Demo"
For zstrings:
zstring name[]="Demo"
lpszClassName=@name
For Bstrings:
bstring name="Demo"
lpszClassName=?name
For Strings:
string name="Demo"
lpszClassName=*name
Charles
PS: zip file below containing Window.h with these modifications
