equivalent char* in C#

Question

I have a dll that is written in c++. And I am p/invoking to call the functions.

I have this c++ declaration.

int dll_registerAccount(char* username,          


        

Answer 1

The C# way of doing this is by letting the marshaler handle the char* stuff while you work with a string:

[DllImport("pjsipDlld")]
static extern int dll_registerAccount(
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]string username,
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]string password);

Replace LPStr with LPWStr if you're working with wide chars.