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    C++ API / function help

    Hi, I'm kind of new to C++, but not to programming in general. I'm trying to run a program that will download a file, but I'm getting errors at lines 9 and 12.

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <string>
    #include <windows.h>
      int Url(LPCTSTR szURL, LPCTSTR szFileName){
      HRESULT URLDownloadToFile(
      LPUNKNOWN pCaller,
      LPCTSTR szURL,//URL
      LPCTSTR szFileName,//Save file
      DWORD 0,/ERROR 1
      LPBINDSTATUSCALLBACK lpfnCB
      );
      if (HRESULT == "S_OK") {//ERROR 2
         return 1;            
      }
      }
    int WINAPI
    WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrev, LPSTR pszCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
    {
        int n = Url("http://google.com/","g.html");
    	return 0;
    }
    I'm just trying to simplify the API to get used to using functions. Any help would be appreciated!

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    Line 9, a comment is '//' not '/'

    Line 11, I would suspect you have some kind of type mismatch, would have probably been helpful if you posted the errors...
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    ok, thanks for the quick reply! I added that slash in after, so that was a type-o on my part, sorry.
    ..mmm.. ig it was line 12, sorry.

    9 expected `,' or `...' before numeric constant

    12 expected primary-expression before '==' token

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    Hi

    Check the declaration of the URLDownloadToFile-Function[1].

    Code:
    HRESULT URLDownloadToFile(          LPUNKNOWN pCaller,
        LPCTSTR szURL,
        LPCTSTR szFileName,
        DWORD dwReserved,
        LPBINDSTATUSCALLBACK lpfnCB
    );
    dwReserved has to be zero.

    If you wish to call URLDownloadToFile from within URL(),
    you have to pass parameters to URLDownloadToFile, like

    Code:
    HRESULT myHRESULT;
    
    myHRESULT=URLDownloadToFile(NULL,szURL,szFileName,0,NULL);
    You also have to declare variables, like myHRESULT of type
    HRESULT, such that the variable can store the HRESULT returned
    by the function URLDownloadToFile. I have set pCaller and lpfnCB
    to NULL, since we want to make this as simple as possible.



    Furthermore, you cannot compare a variable-type with content,
    as in HRESULT == "S_OK". You have to compare a variable with content,
    like
    Code:
    myHRESULT == S_OK
    .

    Then, S_OK is a representant of a constant value, not a string.


    You may have a look at a C/C++ tutorial[2,3]. Invest one hour
    to understand differences between function decalarations and
    function calls.

    Good luck



    [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...loadtofile.asp
    [2] http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=263493
    [3] http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=264033
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    Originally posted here by sec_ware

    dwReserved has to be zero.
    I did put it in as zero and removed it from being passed into the function, and I also removed the ones that would be NULL. So all I would have to do is pass the URL and the file name, because the others are already taken care of...or at least thats what I was trying to do. That is why the URL function has only:
    (LPCTSTR szURL, LPCTSTR szFileName)
    because thats all it needs that would change anything. So why isn't what I'm trying to do working?

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