How to convert std::string to LPCSTR?

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Call c_str() to get a const char * (LPCSTR) from a std::string.

It’s all in the name:

LPSTR – (long) pointer to string – char *

LPCSTR – (long) pointer to constant string – const char *

LPWSTR – (long) pointer to Unicode (wide) string – wchar_t *

LPCWSTR – (long) pointer to constant Unicode (wide) string – const wchar_t *

LPTSTR – (long) pointer to TCHAR (Unicode if UNICODE is defined, ANSI if not) string – TCHAR *

LPCTSTR – (long) pointer to constant TCHAR string – const TCHAR *

You can ignore the L (long) part of the names — it’s a holdover from 16-bit Windows.

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