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From: jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk)
Subject: Re: ObjectAda: LPCSTR -> STRING ?
Date: 1998/01/11
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In article <68tgdg$c7c$1@cnn.Princeton.EDU> mcc@tyrolia.cs.princeton.edu writes:

>>I'm working with Aonix ObjectAda 7.1 and I need to figure
>>out a way to convert a LPCSTR to an Ada STRING.  I'd appreciate
>>any help.  Thanks.

>LPCSTR is equivalent to C's (const char *).

Why not simply use something like:

with System.C.Strings; use System.C.Strings;

Win_String : Win32.LPCSTR := -- get the string;

Ada_String : String := Value(chars_ptr(Win_String));

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