'System::String ^' to 'LPCWSTR'

Question

I want to convert System::String ^ to LPCWSTR.

for

FindFirstFile(LPCWSTR,WIN32_FIND_DATA); 

Please help.

Answer 1

The easiest way to do this in C++/CLI is to use pin_ptr:

#include 

void CallFindFirstFile(System::String^ s)
{
    WIN32_FIND_DATA data;
    pin_ptr wname = PtrToStringChars(s);
    FindFirstFile(wname, &data);
}