title: adding a text input box to a c++ gui using dev C++
body: <p>i am using the dev c++ standard windows application template, and being completely new to gui programming, i have no idea where to even begin. i looked online at the examples, and tried adding L"Edit" to the following code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>hwnd = CreateWindowEx (
             0,                   /* Extended possibilites for variation */
             szClassName,         /* Classname */
             "Windows App",       /* Title Text */
             WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, /* default window */
             CW_USEDEFAULT,       /* Windows decides the position */
             CW_USEDEFAULT,       /* where the window ends up on the screen */
             544,                 /* The programs width */
             375,                 /* and height in pixels */
             HWND_DESKTOP,        /* The window is a child-window to desktop */
             NULL,                /* No menu */
             hThisInstance,       /* Program Instance handler */
             NULL                 /* No Window Creation data */
             );
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>however when i tried to add it it gave me this error. <code>invalid conversion from const char*' to DWORD'</code> is there anywhere where i can learn how to do this using just dev c++? i actually want to learn how to do this from scratch and DO NOT want to use a builder. for those of you who use dev c++ how would i add a text input box to the standard windows gui template that they have? </p>