Question

I’m using managed c++ to implement a method that returns a string. I declare the method in my header file using the following signature:

String^ GetWindowText() 

However, when I’m using this method from C#, the signature is:

string GetWindowTextW(); 

How do I get rid of the extra ‘W’ at the end of the method’s name?

Answer 1

To get around the preprocessor hackery of the Windows header files, declare it like this:

#undef GetWindowText String^ GetWindowText() 

Note that, if you actually use the Win32 or MFC GetWindowText() routines in your code, you’ll need to either redefine the macro or call them as GetWindowTextW().