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[2014-10-25 19:39:58]
Bitcoinadvisor - Posts: 14
Hello,

I have written a C++ study DLL to do some processing, at certain times I want to generate a file with some data I have collected from a chart.

I am taking the scsf_WriteBarDataToFile example from Study6.cpp I have added the code to my study but, I get an error on the following lines:

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

Error  2  error C3867: 'SCString::GetChars': function call missing argument list; use '&SCString::GetChars' to create a pointer to member  c:\sierracharts\my custom study dll\my custom study dll\mycustomstudy.cpp  600  1  My Custom Study DLL

So issue here is I want to create a file and write some data to it, the error above is preventing me from doing that.


Does anyone have any suggestions please.


thanks


Andrew

[2014-10-25 20:05:34]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Here is the corrected code:
hFile = CreateFile(OutputPathAndFileName.GetChars(), GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);

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[2014-10-25 20:28:34]
Bitcoinadvisor - Posts: 14
Hello,

Thanks for the fast response, I updated that line of code.

However, I have a new error this time:

  7  IntelliSense: argument of type "const char *" is incompatible with parameter of type "LPCWSTR"  c:\SierraCharts\My Custom Study DLL\My Custom Study DLL\MyCustomStudy.cpp  599  22  My Custom Study DLL

regards


Andrew
[2014-10-25 20:35:18]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Looks like you are compiling using a preprocessor flag which supports wide, 2 byte, characters.

This kind of problem is not within the scope of our support. You want to make sure the compiler is set to use only single byte characters.
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Date Time Of Last Edit: 2014-10-27 16:56:32
[2014-10-25 20:43:34]
Bitcoinadvisor - Posts: 14
ok,

I will look into that setting.


thanks

Andrew


Date Time Of Last Edit: 2014-10-25 20:44:33

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