System::String to wstring

[Tao]

hi.. group,

quick question: how to convert a managed data type system::string to
unmanaged wstring?

thanks.

[William DePalo [MVP VC++]]

"Tao" <tt*******@hotmail.comwrote in message
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quick question: how to convert a managed data type system::string to
unmanaged wstring?

Something like this:

#include <vcclr.h>

wchar_t __pin *pStr = PtrToStringChars(s);

should get you a pointer to the constituent characters.

Regards,
Will

[Tamas Demjen]

Tao wrote:

quick question: how to convert a managed data type system::string to
unmanaged wstring?

http://tinyurl.com/3cz8zl

[Ben Voigt]

"Tamas Demjen" <td*****@yahoo.comwrote in message
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Tao wrote:

>quick question: how to convert a managed data type system::string to
unmanaged wstring?

http://tinyurl.com/3cz8zl

There's no need to mess with HGLOBALs.

Try: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...z5(VS.80).aspx