"S Wheeler" <stephen.wheeler@intellon.com> wrote in message
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> This may have been addressed previously; if so, please provide a reference
> link.
>
> I am trying to convert String* to std:string, something like:
>
> std::string ToCppString(System::String* str)
> {
> std::string os;
> //
> if(str == 0) {
> return(std::string());
> }
> System::IntPtr intPtr( Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(str));
> char* p = (char*)intPtr.ToPointer();
> std::string ret(p);
> return(ret);
> }
>
>
> str is a XML String that may be arbitralily large. The problem is that the
> char buffer is truncated at 255 chars; I found a post describing this
> exact problem in another group, but there were no solutions. I have used
> similar methods with BSTR with success, but am unsure why the allocated
> buffer is limited to 255 chars nor how to resolve the problem. It works
> fine for str less than 255 chars.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>

>System::IntPtr intPtr( Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(str));
>char* p = (char*)intPtr.ToPointer();
>std::string ret(p);
>return(ret);