convert BSTR to LPSTR?

[Scozturk]

Hi. I am using a listview in a win32 api application... I want to set the text of the listview item. I do this: // LvItem.pszText= (LPSTR)_bstr_t(RsITEM(pSet,"FILE_NAME")); // it displays some junk characters... The listview works normally and there isnt any problem with the database nor with the data collection (made with RsITEM(pSet,"FILE_NAME") ) ... Thank you very much in advance for your answers... Well... I am a beginner ...

[Jose Lamas Rios]

You can't simply cast a BSTR to LPSTR because they are different formats. Try using one of ATL conversion macros

LvItem.pszText = OLE2T(_bstr_t(RsITEM(pSet,"FILE_NAME")));

Or assign the BSTR to a CString, which will do the conversion for you

CString sAux = _bstr_t(RsITEM(pSet,"FILE_NAME"));
LvItem.pszText = sAux;

Hope that helps, -- jlr http://jlamas.blogspot.com/[^]

[Scozturk]

Ok I used the second one and it worked! Thanks a lot! Well... I am a beginner ...