LPTSTR to char *.. How

[free2cric]

Hi ,
is this correct to have final LPTSTR to char *

CString fname(argv [1]);
LPTSTR p1 = fname.GetBuffer(fname.GetLength());
char teststr[1000];
sprintf(teststr,"%s",p1); //or
strcpy(teststr,p1);

is this code to have my null terminated teststr.
Thanks
free2cric

 

[SnaiL]

Hi ,
is this correct to have final LPTSTR to char *

CString fname(argv [1]);
LPTSTR p1 = fname.GetBuffer(fname.GetLength());
char teststr[1000];
sprintf(teststr,"%s",p1); //or
strcpy(teststr,p1);

is this code to have my null terminated teststr.
Thanks
free2cric

Much better is to use std::string class and c_str() method.

 

[Thomas Matthews]

Hi ,
is this correct to have final LPTSTR to char *

CString fname(argv [1]);
LPTSTR p1 = fname.GetBuffer(fname.GetLength());
char teststr[1000];
sprintf(teststr,"%s",p1); //or
strcpy(teststr,p1);

is this code to have my null terminated teststr.
Thanks
free2cric

LPTSTR and CString are Microsoft specific types,
and best discussed in a Microsoft newsgroup.
Read the FAQs and welcome.txt below for newsgroup
suggestions.

A more portable type is std::string from the
STL.

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[Winbatch]

I agree with the others regarding string. However, if you are stuck on
CString's, you can do

CString fname(argv[1]);
char teststr[1000];
strcpy( teststr, (LPCTSTR) fname );