Error: argument of type char is incompatible with lpcwstr

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#include <iostream>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <TlHelp32.h>

DWORD getbaseadress(DWORD Pid, TCHAR* n);
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) 
{
    HWND hwnd = 0;
    DWORD pid = 0;

    hwnd = FindWindow(0,"PXG Cliente"); // erro aqui
    if (hwnd)
    {
        GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd, &pid);
        if (pid)
        {
            HANDLE ghandle = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_OPERATION, pid);
            if (ghandle)
            {
                DWORD baseadress = getbaseadress(pid, "pxgcliente.exe");// ERRO AQUI

You’re making the following mistake:

argument of type char is incompatible with lpcwstr

How to solve?

c++ string

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The function is asking for a multibyte string then use L"PXG Cliente".

I would take advantage and use the FindWindowEx() which is more modern. You must be using several legacy things in this code.

  • Thank you for the force :)

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