How to convert CString to const char *

Question

I have problems converting CString to const char *. I tried the methods from other forums and msdn way and it doesn't work:

CString value1("text1");
const char * value2= LPCTSTR(value1);

Any idea ?

Answer 1

Get pointer of the internal character buffer of CString

const char * value2 = (const char *) value1.GetBuffer( value1.GetLength() );

Release the buffer when done.

value1.ReleaseBuffer()

The ReleaseBuffer() gives ownership of the buffer back to CString.