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Chip Gore wrote:
Actually, because you are using the C++/CLI compiler,
microsoft.publi c.dotnet.langua ges.vc is the most appropriate place to
discuss this.
To be useful from C# and other .NET languages, the member functions of your
ref class should accept parameters of type System::String^ . The C++/CLI
compiler provides some pretty simple methods for getting the data as native
C++ characters if you need to, for example the PtrToStringChar s function.
On Apr 10, 4:54 pm, "Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPe...@nn owslpianmk.com>
wrote:
>
Thanks for the feedback, I'll re-post the request in the interop
newsgroup
wrote:
>On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:41:19 -0700, Chip Gore
><chip.g...@int ersystems.comwr ote:
>>
>>
>Short, useless answer: in C#, the "char" type is Unicode, 2 bytes per
>character. A C++ "char" is in fact the same as a C# "sbyte" (signed
>byte).
>>
>What you really want to know is how to get .NET strings to play nice
>with C++ strings ("char" arrays). Depending on what your C++ code
>is doing, you either need to just use .NET strings (i.e. instances
>of "String") in your managed C++ code, or you need to marshal
>between the .NET String class and your C++ strings. Here's an MSDN
>page that might be a good starting
>point:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384865.aspx
>>
>In this newsgroup, Ben, Willy, and maybe one or two others, might
>have an answer to your question. But this is a perfect example of
>the sort of question that is completely on-topic in the
>microsoft.publ ic.dotnet.frame work.interop newsgroup. In that forum,
>they are doing this sort of thing on a regular basis and you'll get
>the best, most complete answers posting in that newsgroup.
>>
>Pete
><chip.g...@int ersystems.comwr ote:
>>
>>[...]
>>And when I try and call this from "C-Sharp-Land", I'm being told
>>that my s1 and s2 are of type "sbyte *", and I'm not sure how to
>>get a C# "string" to be able to be passed in to my DEMO::DoStuff()
>>method.
>>And when I try and call this from "C-Sharp-Land", I'm being told
>>that my s1 and s2 are of type "sbyte *", and I'm not sure how to
>>get a C# "string" to be able to be passed in to my DEMO::DoStuff()
>>method.
>Short, useless answer: in C#, the "char" type is Unicode, 2 bytes per
>character. A C++ "char" is in fact the same as a C# "sbyte" (signed
>byte).
>>
>What you really want to know is how to get .NET strings to play nice
>with C++ strings ("char" arrays). Depending on what your C++ code
>is doing, you either need to just use .NET strings (i.e. instances
>of "String") in your managed C++ code, or you need to marshal
>between the .NET String class and your C++ strings. Here's an MSDN
>page that might be a good starting
>point:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384865.aspx
>>
>In this newsgroup, Ben, Willy, and maybe one or two others, might
>have an answer to your question. But this is a perfect example of
>the sort of question that is completely on-topic in the
>microsoft.publ ic.dotnet.frame work.interop newsgroup. In that forum,
>they are doing this sort of thing on a regular basis and you'll get
>the best, most complete answers posting in that newsgroup.
>>
>Pete
Thanks for the feedback, I'll re-post the request in the interop
newsgroup
microsoft.publi c.dotnet.langua ges.vc is the most appropriate place to
discuss this.
To be useful from C# and other .NET languages, the member functions of your
ref class should accept parameters of type System::String^ . The C++/CLI
compiler provides some pretty simple methods for getting the data as native
C++ characters if you need to, for example the PtrToStringChar s function.