CString to CHAR *

[Frank Deo]

I know this has to be simple, but when compiling...I get this error: cannot convert from 'class CString' to 'char *' How do I convert a CString to 'char *'? Thanks! Frank

[Anonymous]

CString str; conversion -> LPCSTR(str);

[Frank Deo]

I need to convert from CString to LPSTR. The conversion from CString to Constant CHAR* doesnt work for this function. Any other ideas? :) Frank

[Tim Deveaux]

The CString provides operator LPCTSTR to perform the conversion to const char*. This conversion is implicit if you call a method taking a const char * with a CString. I find this a bit clunky, but you can use it explicitly and cast away the const like so: (LPTSTR)(LPCTSTR)str

[Mike Dunn]

CString str = _T("fluff");
LPTSTR psz = str.GetBuffer(0);

// use psz here...

str.ReleaseBuffer();

[Lost User]

Have you tried this: CString str; (char*)(LPCTSTR)str

[Sandra]

str.GetBuffer(0) does the work. Don't forget to call str.ReleaseBuffer Also (LPSTR)(LPCSTR)str will be ok in the case you don't plan to play with the buffer

[Frank Deo]

Worked great. Thanks Mike.