Testing is the only programming solution. Kuphryn

Excellent ! This is exactly what I was looking for :-D Thanks for your input. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= J.-C. Gauthier - http://www.grandmenhir.com/

Use thi9s code: //------------------------// // Convert BSTR to char * // //------------------------// inline char* ConvertBSTRToString(BSTR pSrc) { if(!pSrc) return NULL; DWORD cb,cwch = ::SysStringLen(pSrc);//convert even embeded NULL char \*szOut = NULL; if(cb = ::WideCharToMultiByte(CP\_ACP, 0, pSrc, cwch + 1, NULL, 0, 0, 0)) { szOut = new char\[cb\]; if(szOut) { szOut\[cb - 1\] = '\\0'; if(!::WideCharToMultiByte(CP\_ACP, 0, pSrc, cwch + 1, szOut, cb, 0, 0)) { delete \[\]szOut;//clean up if failed; szOut = NULL; } } } return szOut; }; soptest

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