strcmp error 'WCHAR [260]' to 'const char *' [duplicate] - c++

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I'm having trouble by compiling this code in Release mode (it's working perfectly in Debug mode)
#include "MemoryManagement.h"
#include "Windows.h"
#include "Colors.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <TlHelp32.h>
using namespace std;
MemoryManagement::MemoryManagement()
{
handle = NULL;
}
MemoryManagement::~MemoryManagement()
{
CloseHandle(handle);
}
DWORD MemoryManagement::getProcess(const char* proc)
{
HANDLE hProcessId = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0);
DWORD process = 0;
PROCESSENTRY32 pEntry;
pEntry.dwSize = sizeof(pEntry);
SetConsoleColor(colors::blue_bright);
cout << "Searching game..." << endl;
while (!process)
{
do {
if (!strcmp(pEntry.szExeFile, proc))
{
process = pEntry.th32ProcessID;
CloseHandle(hProcessId);
handle = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, false, process);
}
} while (Process32Next(hProcessId, &pEntry));
}
SetConsoleColor(colors::green_bright);
cout << "Game found!" << endl << endl;
return process;
}
uintptr_t MemoryManagement::getModule(DWORD procId, const char* modName)
{
HANDLE hModule = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPMODULE | TH32CS_SNAPMODULE32, procId);
MODULEENTRY32 mEntry;
mEntry.dwSize = sizeof(mEntry);
do
{
if (!strcmp(mEntry.szModule, modName))
{
CloseHandle(hModule);
return (DWORD)mEntry.hModule;
}
} while (Module32Next(hModule, &mEntry));
return 0;
}
DWORD MemoryManagement::getAddress(DWORD addr, std::vector<DWORD> vect)
{
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vect.size(); i++)
{
ReadProcessMemory(handle, (BYTE*)addr, &addr, sizeof(addr), 0);
addr += vect[i];
}
return addr;
}
The error output is this one:
1>c:\users\kuhi\source\repos\cs\cs\memorymanagement.cpp(31): error C2664: 'int strcmp(const char *,const char *)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'WCHAR [260]' to 'const char *'
1>c:\users\kuhi\source\repos\cs\cs\memorymanagement.cpp(31): note: Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>c:\users\kuhi\source\repos\cs\cs\memorymanagement.cpp(54): error C2664: 'int strcmp(const char *,const char *)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'WCHAR [256]' to 'const char *'
1>c:\users\kuhi\source\repos\cs\cs\memorymanagement.cpp(54): note: Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
1>Done building project "CS.vcxproj" -- FAILED.
I see the problem is with strcmp, that I'm giving a wrong data type...
I searched around and didn't find a fix that match my situation...
Why it's working in Debug mode but not in Release mode?
I have to compare 2 strings that can change every time I open the program, so I don't get how to give the arguments as const

Answer 1

It does not make sense for this to work in debug mode; that must be a mis-observation.
WCHAR is a Microsoft alias for wchar_t (or unsigned short if needs be) (ref).
You have an array of these things.
Said array will never be compatible with const char*, because wchar_t and char are two different things. So, you cannot pass your array to functions that require const char*, like strcmp.
C (and, by extension, C++) also provides a wide-character version of strcmp that you can use: wcscmp.