How to convert Platform::String to char*?

Here is a very simple way to do this in code w/o having to worry about buffer lengths. Only use this solution if you are certain you are dealing with ASCII: Platform::String^ fooRT = “aoeu”; std::wstring fooW(fooRT->Begin()); std::string fooA(fooW.begin(), fooW.end()); const char* charStr = fooA.c_str(); Keep in mind that in this example, the char* is … Read more