Borland C++ Text(Ansci to int or char)

Started to use borland c++ for easy c++ windows programming. But found out its not easy at all due to this one technicality thats driving me nutz!
I want to be able to input user input from a textbox to a variable of some sort, preferably an integer variable. But i get an error: cannot convert from ansci to int or a char. I mean that makes sense but i thought it would be as easy as VB. heh. :)
It seams as though u can get input from the user but you just cant do anything with it. I must be missing something...
So any info to getting around this problem will be greatly appreciated.

There is the GetDlgItemInt function which retrieves the contents of an edit box as an integer.
There is also the atoi function in stdlib.h which converts an ascii string to an integer.

could you please give an example of teh GetDlgItemInt thing just a line asigning a val from edit box and putting it into a integer. and is there a way to that for all data types all the same way maybe.

int i = GetDlgItemInt(hDlg, CtrlID, NULL, TRUE);

Can only be used for signed and unsigned integers, otherwise you have to fall back on the second method (use itof for floating point numbers)

cool thanks alot

man i feel so useless. i still cant get it to work. i put in

int i = GetDlgItemInt(Edit1, ???, NULL,TRUE);

i dont know what the control id of it is and then how do i put it backinto the edit box? do i ahve to use someithing liek itoa?

Assuming this is a dialog, you pass the HWND of the dialog to the first param, and the control ID of the edit box (defined in the dialog editor) as the second.

If it's a normal window, you pass the window handle as first param and the ID (the HMENU parameter of CreateWindow) of the edit box as second parameter.

There is also a function called SetDlgItemInt (there is a Set version for many Get functions) which does the reverse operation.

What's wrong with SendMessage(hwndEdit, WM_GETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM)stringBuffer); ??

GetDlgItemInt converts it to a number for you. With WM_GETTEXT (or GetWindowText or GetDlgItemText) you have to convert it yourself.

C++ never "easy". Try Java!

Java sucks. Go away.