dumb question about String

[TGF]

How do you copy a String type into a native char buffer[256]? Dumb
question, but not sure how to do it :(

TGF

[nn]

Hello,

Use ToCharArray method of String.

Regards

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How do you copy a String type into a native char buffer [256]? Dumbquestion, but not sure how to do it :(

TGF

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[Tomas Restrepo \(MVP\)]

TGF,

How do you copy a String type into a native char buffer[256]? Dumb
question, but not sure how to do it :(

If you don't mind an extra buffer copy, you can use the Marshal class in the
System::Runtime::InteropServices namespace, with the StringToAnsiHGlobal(),
then just use strncpy or another like method.

Otherwise, another option would be to use PtrToStringChars() in vcclr.h, pin
the returned pointer, and then use a Unicode-to-ansi conversion function
(such as WideCharToMultiByte) directly unto your array.

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Tomas Restrepo
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