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You can look at the following link which provides a set of string conversion functions which include string to LPCSTR conversion as well.<br />
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<a href="http://www.codeproject.com/string/tconvert.asp" rel="ugc">http://www.codeproject.com/string/tconvert.asp</a><br />
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And these two pages gives you details about the different types of string and their conversions as well..<br />
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<a href="http://www.codeproject.com/string/cppstringguide1.asp" rel="ugc">http://www.codeproject.com/string/cppstringguide1.asp</a><br />
<a href="http://www.codeproject.com/string/cppstringguide2.asp" rel="ugc">http://www.codeproject.com/string/cppstringguide2.asp</a><br />
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regards<br />
Sathis
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You can look at the following link which provides a set of string conversion functions which include string to LPCSTR conversion as well.

http://www.codeproject.com/string/tconvert.asp [http://www.codeproject.com/string/tconvert.asp]

And these two pages gives you details about the different types of string and their conversions as well..

http://www.codeproject.com/string/cppstringguide1.asp [http://www.codeproject.com/string/cppstringguide1.asp]
http://www.codeproject.com/string/cppstringguide2.asp [http://www.codeproject.com/string/cppstringguide2.asp]

regards
Sathis

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what do I have to include to use CString?<br />
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CString s = &quot;abc&quot;;<br />
LPCSTR a = s;
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what do I have to include to use CString?

CString s = "abc";
LPCSTR a = s;

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i have tried to #include &lt;cstring&gt; but that does not work
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i have tried to #include <cstring> but that does not work

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got it<br />
#include &quot;atlstr.h&quot;
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how to convert from string to LPCSTR?
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convert from string to LPCSTR

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