'System::String ^' to 'LPCWSTR'

Question

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

for

FindFirstFile(LPCWSTR,WIN32_FIND_DATA); 

Please help.

Answer 1

I have found that

String^ str = "C:\\my.dll";

::LoadLibraryEx(LPCWSTR)Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(str).ToPointer(), 0, flags); 

does not work, returning code 87. Instead,

#include 

CString s("C:\\my.dll");
::LoadLibraryEx((LPCWSTR)s, 0, flags);

has been working like a charm and seems to be the least verbose method.