How to set text to a static from a .txt file

[Mif]

Part from my code:

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void LoadFileInResource(int name, int type, DWORD& size, const char*& data)
{
    HMODULE handle = ::GetModuleHandle(NULL);
    HRSRC rc       = ::FindResource(handle, MAKEINTRESOURCE(name), MAKEINTRESOURCE(type));
    HGLOBAL rcData = ::LoadResource(handle, rc);
    size           = ::SizeofResource(handle, rc);
    data           = static_cast <const char*>(::LockResource(rcData));
/////////////////////////////////////////
//send text here
void staticWindow(HWND hWnd)
{
    hStatic = CreateWindowW(L"Static", L"",
                  WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_HSCROLL | WS_VSCROLL,
                          706, 123, 355, 411, hWnd, NULL, NULL, NULL);
}
/////////////////////////////////////////
// code when user press the button to send text
case WM_COMMAND:
	switch(wp)
	{
		case IDCH_BOX1:
                    {
                    DWORD size = 0;
                    const char* data = NULL;
                    LoadFileInResource(IDR_MYTEXT, TEXTFILE, size, data);
                    char* buffer = new char[size + 1];
                    ::memcpy(buffer, data, size);
                    buffer[size] = 0;
                    SendMessageW((HWND)hStatic, WM_SETTEXT, 0, 0);
                    delete[] buffer;
                    return DefWindowProc(hWnd, msg, wp, lp);
                    }
		default:
			return DefWindowProc(hWnd, msg, wp, lp);
	}
}

in my resource.h I have:

#define TEXTFILE 256
#define IDR_MYTEXT 101

and i my resource.rc I have:

IDR_MYTEXT TEXTFILE "AmazonBasic.txt"


And in my main project folder I have this AmazonBasic.txt

I only know that is something wrong with the SendMessageW(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM) and the LPARAM doesn't have to be 0 if I have to send the hStatic the text.
Can anyone show me the right way in to doing this.. ?

[Thomas1965]

Did you ever bother to look at the docu for WM_SETTEXT ?
Why do you pass 0 for LPARAM and expect to see any text?

[Mif]

Yes Thomas.. I did.. and I set it like this for the post.. I know it doesn't have to be 0
but what should I set to: SendMessageW((HWND) hStatic, WM_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM)"?");
This is where I don't get it..

[Mif]

I mean I know it has to be like this:
SendMessageW((HWND)hStatic, WM_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM)L"text here");

but instead of (LPARAM)L"text here"), has to be my .txt file from my main folder. How to set this.. this is what I don't understand.

[Mif]

And I expect people to see the real reason I'm asking this.. I do recognize an error like that I set it 0 cause I thought a experienced programmer will know that I didn't set it by error but just to show the code.. and he will know what did I meant ... So my question is what should I wrote instead of 0 that I know is the LPARAM and it doesn't have to be 0 if any text has to be sent in my case (from the .txt that is in my project folder)...?

[Thomas1965]

You load the text into data. So you should pass data to the static control.
But first you should check that data contains the text you expect.
SendMessageA((HWND)hStatic, WM_SETTEXT, 0, (LPARAM)data);
But why is data const if you want to store the text in it?
Also don't use SendMessageW when you have a char. SendMessageW expects a wchar_t.

[Mif]

OK.. Thomas.. as I expected I wanted to see your answer .. I did pass (LPARAM)data <- in it
but what I did see on the static is chinese text.. unreadable..

[Mif]

Now I only changed the SendMessage instead of SendMessageW and the data shows up like on the .txt file The only problem now is that .. I did set the WS_HSCROLL | WS_VSCROLL, on the static but doesn't seems to work , I can only see a part of it.. :\

[Thomas1965]

This might help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13775046/static-control-scroll-bar-not-working-win32

Why do you use a static control for longer text? Normally the used as labels, for example a header for a listbox...
Why don't you just use a textbox?

[Mif]

Well.. my static control is where other messages will be shown up and not only text, even bitmap. That's why I wanna keep the static control I design for all the messages I wanna show is in that location. I thought this will be easy but the fact is I have to redesign the SDI I have.

Thank you very very much for the help Thomas ..

[Thomas1965]

You are very welcome.