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Casting from void* to Form1^

Is there any way to cast from void* to Form1^? I have tried 'static_cast', 'reinterpret_cast' and also 'dynamic_cast'.

Here's part of my code:
unsigned int Test(void *a)
{
//Get pointer to parent class
Form1 ^dlg = gcnew Form1;
dlg = dynamic_cast<Form1 ^>(a);

The errors I am getting:
error C2440: 'static_cast' : cannot convert from 'void *' to 'Project::Form1 ^'
No user-defined-conversion operator available, or
Cannot convert an unmanaged type to a managed type

error C2440: 'reinterpret_cast' : cannot convert from 'void *' to 'Project::Form1 ^'
Cannot convert an unmanaged type to a managed type

error C2681: 'void *' : invalid expression type for dynamic_cast

I am using Microsoft Visual Studio C++.NET 2005
Nov 6 '07 #1
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weaknessforcats
9,208 Expert Mod 8TB
No.

You cannot mix managed an unmanaged code like this.

Decide whether you want garbage collection when you allocate since you can't change your mind after the fact.
Nov 6 '07 #2

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