[winapi] edit control is lying to me...?

   bool saveFile(HWND hwnd, char *filename)
 {
     char *realfilename = filename;
     if (realfilename == NULL)
     {
         char selectedfilename[MAX_PATH+1] = "";
         
         OPENFILENAME sfn = { 0 };
         sfn.lStructSize = sizeof(OPENFILENAME);
         sfn.hwndOwner = hwnd;
         sfn.lpstrFilter = "Text Files\0*.txt\0GeekEdit Files\0*.gke\0All Files\0*.*\0";
         sfn.lpstrFile = selectedfilename;
         sfn.nMaxFile = MAX_PATH;
         sfn.lpstrTitle = "Geekedit: Save File";
         sfn.Flags = OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT;
         sfn.lpstrDefExt = "txt";
         
         if (!GetSaveFileName(&sfn))
         {
             errmsg(hwnd, "Save dialog box failed.");
             return false;
         }
         realfilename = selectedfilename;
     }
     
     HWND hEdit = GetDlgItem(hwnd, IDC_EDIT);
     if (hEdit == NULL)
     {
         errmsg(hwnd, "Could not find edit control.");
         return false;
     }
     
     int filetextlen = GetWindowTextLength(hEdit);
     if (filetextlen == 0)
     {
         errmsg(hwnd, "No text in edit control or could not ascertain length of text in edit control.");
         return false;
     }
     char *filetext = new char[filetextlen+1];
     if (filetext == NULL)
     {
         errmsg(hwnd, "Out of memory.");
         return false;
     }
     filetext = "";
     GetWindowText(hEdit, filetext, filetextlen);
     dbgmsg(hwnd, filetext);
     if (filetext == "")
     {
         errmsg(hwnd, "No text in edit control or failed to retrieve text from edit control because:");
         DWORD err = GetLastError();
         char *errstr = NULL;
         FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL, err, 0, errstr, 0, NULL);
         dbgmsg(hwnd, errstr);
         LocalFree(errstr);
         return false;
     }
     
     ofstream file(realfilename);
     if (!file.is_open())
     {
         errmsg(hwnd, "Could not open file for output.");
         return false;
     }
     file << filetext << flush;
     file.close();
     
     return true;
 }
   

 inline int dbgmsg(HWND hwnd, char *msg) { return MessageBox(hwnd, msg, "Geekedit: Debugging Message", MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION); }
 inline int errmsg(HWND hwnd, char *msg) { return MessageBox(hwnd, msg, "Geekedit: Error", MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR); }