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Jade a =E9crit :

> Hi
> I am using GNAT's ada bindings and with functions like gethostname, etc
> they choose to have a return value as a WIN32.PSTR.
> However, all my ada functions require either ada standard strings or
> characters.  I was wondering if there is way of converting PSTR to an
> ada string.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jade.

PSTR is simply a renaming for char * if I remember well.
So you should be able to make simple conversions thanks to
Ada.Interfaces.C To_C and To_Ada functions.

Rgds

Juan

P=2ES. : Hello Philippe! ^^ (Sorry for the noise added)