http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2003/10/30/57440.aspxManaged code is safer code! The following function is a C# analogue of a previous fragment: private void CopyStuff(string data) { char[] buffer = new char[128]; data.CopyTo(0, buffer, 0, data.Length); // do other stuff } If the output bufferen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2003/10/30/57440.aspx#234254Sat, 25 Sep 2004 21:45:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:234254overflow<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=234254" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2003/10/30/57440.aspx#234252Sat, 25 Sep 2004 21:44:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:234252overflow<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=234252" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2003/10/30/57440.aspx#171086Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:37:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:171086Larry Osterman's WebLog<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=171086" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive/2003/10/30/57440.aspx#171082Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:32:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:171082Larry Osterman's WebLog<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=171082" width="1" height="1">