How do I convert the contents of a Platform::String to be used by functions that expect a char* based string? I’m assuming WinRT provides helper functions for this but I just can’t find them.
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How do I convert the contents of a Platform::String to be used by functions that expect a char* based string? I’m assuming WinRT provides helper functions for this but I just can’t find them.
Thanks!
Platform::String::Data()will return awchar_t const*pointing to the contents of the string (similar tostd::wstring::c_str()).Platform::Stringrepresents an immutable string, so there’s no accessor to get awchar_t*. You’ll need to copy its contents, e.g. into astd::wstring, to make changes.There’s no direct way to get a
char*or achar const*becausePlatform::Stringuses wide characters (all Metro style apps are Unicode apps). You can convert to multibyte usingWideCharToMultiByte.