Quote: c:\documents and settings\jyt\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\ch6\ch6\core_graphics.cpp(981) : error C2664: 'strcpy' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'WCHAR [32]' to 'char *' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast c:\documents and settings\jyt\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\ch6\ch6\core_graphics.cpp(989) : error C2664: 'D3DXCreateFontIndirectW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'LOGFONT *__w64 ' to 'const D3DXFONT_DESCW *' Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast c:\documents and settings\jyt\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\ch6\ch6\core_graphics.cpp(1004) : error C2039: 'Begin' : is not a member of 'ID3DXFont' c:\program files\microsoft directx sdk (october 2006)\include\d3dx9core.h(314) : see declaration of 'ID3DXFont' c:\documents and settings\jyt\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\ch6\ch6\core_graphics.cpp(1013) : error C2039: 'End' : is not a member of 'ID3DXFont' c:\program files\microsoft directx sdk (october 2006)\include\d3dx9core.h(314) : see declaration of 'ID3DXFont' c:\documents and settings\jyt\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\ch6\ch6\core_graphics.cpp(1034) : error C2660: 'ID3DXFont::DrawTextW' : function does not take 5 arguments

[source lang = "cpp"]

cFont::cFont()
{
  m_Font = NULL;
}

cFont::~cFont()
{
  Free();
}

ID3DXFont *cFont::GetFontCOM()
{
  return m_Font;
}

BOOL cFont::Create(cGraphics *Graphics, char *Name, long Size, BOOL Bold, BOOL Italic, BOOL Underline, BOOL Strikeout)
{
  LOGFONT lf;

  if(Graphics == NULL || Name == NULL)
    return FALSE;
  if(Graphics->GetDeviceCOM() == NULL)
    return FALSE;

  // Clear out the font structure
  ZeroMemory(&lf, sizeof(LOGFONT));

  // Set the font name and height
  strcpy(lf.lfFaceName, Name);     //the strcpy problem
  lf.lfHeight = -Size;
  lf.lfWeight = (Bold == TRUE) ? 700 : 0;
  lf.lfItalic = Italic;
  lf.lfUnderline = Underline;
  lf.lfStrikeOut = Strikeout;

  // Create the font object
  if(FAILED(D3DXCreateFontIndirect(Graphics->GetDeviceCOM(), &lf, &m_Font)))  //D3DXCreateFontIndirect error
    return FALSE;
  return TRUE;
}

BOOL cFont::Free()
{
  ReleaseCOM(m_Font);
  return TRUE;
}

BOOL cFont::Begin()
{
  if(m_Font == NULL)
    return FALSE;
  if(FAILED(m_Font->Begin()))  //ID3DXFont error
    return FALSE;
  return TRUE;
}

BOOL cFont::End()
{
  if(m_Font == NULL)
    return FALSE;
  if(FAILED(m_Font->End()))
    return FALSE;
  return TRUE;
}

BOOL cFont::Print(char *Text, long XPos, long YPos, long Width, long Height, D3DCOLOR Color, DWORD Format)
{
  RECT Rect;

  if(m_Font == NULL)
    return FALSE;

  if(!Width)
    Width = 65535;
  if(!Height)
    Height = 65536;

  Rect.left   = XPos;
  Rect.top    = YPos;
  Rect.right  = Rect.left + Width;
  Rect.bottom = Rect.top + Height;
  if(FAILED(m_Font->DrawText(Text, -1, &Rect, Format, Color)))
    return FALSE;
  return TRUE;
}

INT DrawText(  LPD3DXSPRITE pSprite,  LPCTSTR pString,  INT Count,  LPRECT pRect,  DWORD Format,  D3DCOLOR Color);

mpFont->DrawText(NULL, // Use ID3DXFont's string sprite    pStr, // The text I want to print    -1,   // Assume string is null terminated and use strlen to calc length    &rc,  // Position    DT_NOCLIP, colour);

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error C2664: 'strcpy' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'WCHAR' to 'char *'

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error C2664: 'wcscpy' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'char *' to 'const wchar_t *'

D3DXFONT_DESC desZeroMemory(&desc, sizeof(D3DXFONT_DESC));wcscpy(desc.FaceName, Name); or strcpy(desc.FaceName, Name);

char *pName = "SomeFontName";D3DXFONT_DESC desc;ZeroMemory(&desc, sizeof(D3DXFONT_DESC));strcpy(desc.FaceName, pName);	D3DXCreateFontIndirect(mpDevice, &desc, &pFont);