How to use unmanaged char arrays as class member?

[Thomas Freudenberg]

Hi, I have a problem when I add an unmanaged character array as an member to a managed class. Here's a simple example:

__nogc class Foo
{
public:
static void Test(char* sz)
{}
};

__gc public class Bar
{
public:
void TestFunc1()
{
char buffer[100];
Foo::Test(buffer);
}

char anotherBuffer \_\_nogc\[100\];

void TestFunc2()
{
    Foo::Test(anotherBuffer);
}

};

While there's no problem with Bar::TestFunc1, Bar::TestFunc2 won't compile. The error message is error C2664: cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char [100]' to 'char *'. The only difference is that in the first case the char array is allocated on the stack, while in the latter it's a member of the class.. However, if I change the call to

void TestFunc2()
{
    Foo::Test(&anotherBuffer\[0\]);
}

, I get the message error C2664: cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char __gc *' to 'char *'. Any help is appreciated. Regards Thomas

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