#11 conversion of window text to std::(w)string?

[Jan Ringoš]

Just came to this simple problem: I have a class and I need to initialize its members (std::strings) by values that user entered into edit controls. This is perfect candidate of if-I-find-clean-safe-and-smart-yet-simple-solution-I-will-add-it-to-ext-library problem ;-) ...well actually it will be win::whatever :-)

I know that some .title member vartor to some very generic win::window class (or template) would be really nice, but that way I would need to implement a large pile of stuff, so I am going to think about some simpler solution.

If you already have invented something, please let me know as right now I haven't came up with anything.

[Jan Ringoš]

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std::string function_name (HWND hWnd) {
std::vector <char> sz;

sz.resize (GetWindowTextLengthA (hWnd) + 1);
GetWindowTextA (hWnd, &sz [0], sz.size ());

return std::string (&sz [0]);
};