CString to array conversion? 1

[ralphonzo]

does any clever body out there have any idea how to convert a cstring to a character array? even being able to assign a pointer to the cstring would be nice. i've tried to assign a pointer with the #include <afx.h> which throws up no errors but breaks the computer (i presume there's a memory problem here but what do you do?).

it would seem sensible to use cstrings throughout the program but i'm in the process of converting a linear 'c' prog into a 'c++ mfc' job and there's tons of code to change in a short time for this to be possible.

can anybody help?

ralph

 

[apatterno]

CString string;
string = &quot;blah blah blah&quot;;
LPCTSTR psz = string;

CString has an operator to convert to LPCTSTR. (LPCTSTR is the same thing as const TCHAR*)

If you need a non-const buffer, call GetBuffer on the string, and then ReleaseBuffer when you're done

 

[ralphonzo]

thanks appaterno, i'm working on it. it takes a while for half-wits like me to get my head round some stuff,

ralph