Passing and retrieving a string calling a c++ function from c#

[roben]

I want to call a function in C++ (external dll) from C#.
However the string is still empty after returning from the function.

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C#
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[DllImport("ccw.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)] public static extern int
HelloWorld(StringBuilder abc);

StringBuilder mytext= new StringBuilder(1000);
AuthResult = HelloWorld(mytext);

//Here the string is still empty

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C++
-------------------
int HelloWorld(char *mytext)
{
mytext = "Hi..Test";
return 0;
}


Hope you can help!
Any suggestions?

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

roben,

The reason it is still empty is because the pointer that you are passing
in is not able to be modified. You are trying to reassign the pointer to
the character array, which can't be done. If you want to perform a
reassignment of the pointer, then you have to pass a pointer to a pointer.

What you should be doing is calling strcpy on the pointer being passed
in, and passing the other string you want to copy it to. Then, it should
work.

Hope this helps.

 

[roben]

hi,

perfect... You're right...Thanks!

I just needed to change it to strcpy(mytext, "Hello...");

roben,

The reason it is still empty is because the pointer that you are passing
in is not able to be modified. You are trying to reassign the pointer to
the character array, which can't be done. If you want to perform a
reassignment of the pointer, then you have to pass a pointer to a pointer.

What you should be doing is calling strcpy on the pointer being passed
in, and passing the other string you want to copy it to. Then, it should
work.

Hope this helps.


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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
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I want to call a function in C++ (external dll) from C#.
However the string is still empty after returning from the function.

-------------------
C#
-------------------
[DllImport("ccw.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)] public static extern int
HelloWorld(StringBuilder abc);

StringBuilder mytext= new StringBuilder(1000);
AuthResult = HelloWorld(mytext);

//Here the string is still empty

-------------------
C++
-------------------
int HelloWorld(char *mytext)
{
mytext = "Hi..Test";
return 0;
}


Hope you can help!
Any suggestions?