Convert String* to char*

sarab

Hi,
I have a managed C++ app in which i need to convert String * to char *.
How can i achive this?.
regards
-sarab

Nov 17 '05 #1

Tamas Demjen

There's a useful article about it:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311259

Tom

sarab wrote:

Hi,
I have a managed C++ app in which i need to convert String * to char *.
How can i achive this?.
regards
-sarab

Nov 17 '05 #2

Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]

sarab wrote:

Hi,
I have a managed C++ app in which i need to convert String * to
char *. How can i achive this?.

See System.String.PtrToStringChars() to get a wchar_t __pin*. You can then
use wcstombs() or WideCharToMultiByte() to convert that wide-character
string to a narrow-character string.

-cd

Nov 17 '05 #3

sarab

Thanks

-sarab

"Tamas Demjen" wrote:

There's a useful article about it:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311259

Tom

sarab wrote:

Hi,
I have a managed C++ app in which i need to convert String * to char *.
How can i achive this?.
regards
-sarab

Nov 17 '05 #4

sergega4

acting on CString you got LockBuffer( ) and ReleaseBuffer() too
"Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]" wrote:

sarab wrote:

Hi,
I have a managed C++ app in which i need to convert String * to
char *. How can i achive this?.

See System.String.PtrToStringChars() to get a wchar_t __pin*. You can then
use wcstombs() or WideCharToMultiByte() to convert that wide-character
string to a narrow-character string.

-cd

Nov 17 '05 #5

Doug Harrison [MVP]

sarab wrote:

Hi,
I have a managed C++ app in which i need to convert String * to char *.
How can i achive this?.

This article describes several ways:

How To Convert from System::String* to Char* in Visual C++ .NET
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;311259

--
Doug Harrison
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

Nov 17 '05 #6