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I have this c++ code:

HRESULT hr = URLDownloadToFile(NULL, _T("www.example.com"), _T("file.txt"), 0, NULL);


but i need to have a different file name each time i open the executable. So i have a string s. In it i store the file name. Now i tried:

What I have tried:

HRESULT hr = URLDownloadToFile(NULL, _T("www.exaple.com"), _T(s.c_str()), 0, NULL);


but it gives me following errors:

C2065 E0020 C2660

I dont know how to resolve this issue. could someone please help me and send example code if possible.

Thanks in advance
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Updated 31-Jul-21 1:47am
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k5054 29-Jul-21 13:51pm    
Error code C2065 refers to an undeclared identifier. Have you declared and initialized s?

_T() is a [compile time] macro which adds the L prefix in UNICODE or nothing in ANSI.

In this case, you will need to know whether you are compiling for UNICODE and use string or wstring/u16string appropriately. Better, use URLDownloadToFileA or URLDownloadToFileW explicitly with the proper string.
 
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To be compatibel to all TCHAR Versions use you can use a String based to this:
C++
typedef std::basic_string<TCHAR, std::char_traits<TCHAR>, std::allocator<TCHAR> > tstring;

tstring s(_T("file.txt"));

HRESULT hr = URLDownloadToFile(NULL, _T("www.exaple.com"), s.c_str(), 0, NULL);
 
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Joe Woodbury 31-Jul-21 20:22pm    
The stipulation was that the file name not be hard coded; presumably it is user entered in some manner. This solution doesn't solve the conversion issue.
merano99 1-Aug-21 18:11pm    
The Titel ist: "How to use a string instead of a hardcoded value"
The file name is in a variable - in a string, and is therefore very easy to change. It was precisely about the remaining conversion problem, which I believe to have elegantly solved here. I don't think the downvotes are justified.

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