C / C++ / MFC

// pass-by-value
void foo( int num )
{
    num = 12;
}
...
int x = 5;
printf("%x\n", x); // will print 5
foo(x);
printf("%x\n", x); // will also print 5
 
// pass-by-reference
void foo( int *num )
{
    *num = 12; // change the value pointed to by 'num'
}
...
int x = 5;
printf("%x\n", x); // will print 5
foo(&x);
printf("%x\n", x); // will now print 12

"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain

"There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb

CMyDialog::OnButton()
{
  ::MessageBox(m_hWnd,
               "Your message text goes here",
               "Caption for your message box",
               (MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION));
}

			<br />
::MessageBox(m_hWnd,"This is the LAST record","Last Record",MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_SYSTEMMODAL);<br />

braveheartkenya wrote:

::MessageBox(m_hWnd,"This is the LAST record","Last Record",MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_SYSTEMMODAL);

MessageBox(_T("This is the LAST record"), _T("Last Record"), MB_ICONINFORMATION | MB_SETFOREGROUND);