Displaying a pointer in hex

MSVS2010 C++ question.
How do I display a pointer in hex in a dialog box.  I have created the variable as a long.
I would like to copy a pointer into the field and coerce it to display in hex mode.
This is 32-bit build.
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supportorangesAsked:
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peprCommented:
Probably the easiest way is to use a stream and output the pointer value casted to void*, like this: 
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    char sz[] = "some chars";
    cout << static_cast<void *>(sz) << endl;
    return 0;
}

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For dialog, you may want to use <sstream> instead: 
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    char sz[] = "some chars";

    ostringstream oss;
    oss << static_cast<void *>(sz);

    cout << oss.str() << endl;
    return 0;
}

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Here displayed also via cout; however, oss.str() is the string representation of the pointer value. For Windows dialog, you probly need the C-string. Then use oss.str().c_str().

For displaying integer values in hex, include the standard header iomanip that gives you the hex manipulator, setfill('0'), and setw(8). Using them for any stream, the next integer will be displayed in hex representation using 8 characters, left padded by zeros: 
#include <iomanip>
    ...
    ostringstream oss;
    oss << << hex << setfill('0') << setw(8) << theValue;

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supportorangesAuthor Commented:
Thank you.  I never use these streams but I could.  In your example you output the correct format.  But I don't want to output it to a device.  I want to put the representation back into a CString so that I can do the assignment to a dialog box variable easily.

Would you be so kind as to let me know how I could use your idea but end up with a CString instead of something written to a terminal.  Also not practical for me to redirect streams if you know what I mean.
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peprCommented:
The cout is the stream bound to the standard output. However, oss in the example is a stream bound to the memory buffer. The oss (of the ostringstream class) behaves as a stream but can also be accessed as if it were a string object. A string object can use its .c_str() method to return the pointer to char buffer -- which is a zero ended C-string.

The CString class has the constructor that accepts a C-string literal (or the pointer to a zero ended char buffer). This way, you can use ostringstream instance to put the info there, extract the C-string pointer, and use it of CString contructor or assignment: 
    ostringstream oss;
    oss << static_cast<void *>(pointer);
    CString s(oss.str().c_str());
    ... or ...
    s = oss.str().c_str()

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The only remaining question is whether you use Unicode strings or not.
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supportorangesAuthor Commented:
Thank you, All set.  I really appreciate it.
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