why these errors?

[SteveCRM]

this is in my timer...

milli++;
    if(milli>=10)  {
        milli=0;
        secs++;
    }
    if(secs>=10)  {
        secs=0;
        mins++;
    }
    char time;
    char buffer[6];
    strcat(time, itoa(mins, buffer, 6));
    strcat(time, ":");
    strcat(time, itoa(secs, buffer, 6));
    strcat(time, ":");
    strcat(time, itoa(milli, buffer, 6));
    SendMessage(ghWnd_clock, WM_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM) (LPCTSTR) time); 

it basically is a stopwatch, but I get all these errors!

error C2664: 'strcat' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char' to 'char *'
        Conversion from integral type to pointer type requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
C:\Windows\Desktop\C c++\Win32_clock\clock.cpp(108) : error C2664: 'strcat' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char' to 'char *'
        Conversion from integral type to pointer type requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
C:\Windows\Desktop\C c++\Win32_clock\clock.cpp(109) : error C2664: 'strcat' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char' to 'char *'
        Conversion from integral type to pointer type requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
C:\Windows\Desktop\C c++\Win32_clock\clock.cpp(110) : error C2664: 'strcat' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char' to 'char *'
        Conversion from integral type to pointer type requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
C:\Windows\Desktop\C c++\Win32_clock\clock.cpp(111) : error C2664: 'strcat' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char' to 'char *'
        Conversion from integral type to pointer type requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
Error executing cl.exe.

(sorry I should have posted only 1 )

why doesn't this work...I did the itoa function

[SteveCRM]

I didn't understand the msdn explanation of sprintf

[parksie]

It's basically printf, but uses a string instead. Actually, I wrote _snprintf, which has a length as well:

char pcBuf[100];
_snprintf(pcBuf, 100, "Number: %d", iNum);

[HarryW]

Doesn't strcat() require a properlay allocated buffer?

[parksie]

That's what I thought, but all the docs are really vague about it so I always use _snprintf (actually I use _tsnprintf, but oh well )