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[2016-05-22 18:00:03]
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User892558 - Posts: 5
I've created my own C++ project in VS 2010 Premium following the instructions supplied by SC here "https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/doc_VCExpress.php". I copied in the code from

SCSFExport scsf_WriteBarDataToFile(SCStudyInterfaceRef sc)

in the studies6.cpp, added the appropriate includes like:

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN    // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers
// Windows header file
#include <windows.h>

but get the following compile error:

"error C2664: 'CreateFileW' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const char *' to 'LPCWSTR'"

for the line:

FileHandle = CreateFile(OutputPathAndFileName.GetChars(), GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);

Thanks Bill
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