http://blogs.msdn.com/b/junfeng/archive/2008/08/11/conversion-between-system-string-and-char.aspxWe can convert a char * to System.String with System.String’s constructor string str = new string((char*)p); And for the reverse: fixed(char *p = str){} Why do we care about conversion between System.String and char *? From this articleen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/junfeng/archive/2008/08/11/conversion-between-system-string-and-char.aspx#8998462Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:01:56 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8998462Artem Razin<p>Sorry for the bothering you. It seems that you're guru of SxS, and I have one interesting question regarding SxS. May I write you a question somehow?... How can I contact you?</p> <p>Thank you in advance!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8998462" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/junfeng/archive/2008/08/11/conversion-between-system-string-and-char.aspx#8853352Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:14:20 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8853352Brian<p>That is a managed char*, so it's unicode. What would that be useful for?</p> <p>Hardly a surprise that this would work ...</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8853352" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/junfeng/archive/2008/08/11/conversion-between-system-string-and-char.aspx#8848266Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:22:37 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8848266Conversion between System.String and char * | Easycoded<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.easycoded.com/conversion-between-systemstring-and-char">http://www.easycoded.com/conversion-between-systemstring-and-char</a></p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8848266" width="1" height="1">