vs中的字符串

1. string

其实就是basic_string。

using string  = basic_string<char, char_traits<char>, allocator<char>>;

2. System::String

暂时忽略

3. BSTR

typedef WCHAR OLECHAR;
typedef OLECHAR* BSTR;
typedef BSTR* LPBSTR;

在C/C++中，字符串通常采用“以0结束的字符数组”来表示，而在Visual Basic中，字符串则采用“字符数组加长度前缀的方法”来表示。

A BSTR (Basic string or binary string) is a string data type that is used by COM.

BSTR由3个成员组成：

• Length prefix，4字节，不包括终止符
• unicode string，可包含0
• Terminator，0x0000(WCHAR)

上面的定义在以前的mac中不兼容。

根据定义，BSTR是个指针，指向unicode string，而不是长度前缀。这段空间是用COM申请的，下面的用法是错误的：

BSTR MyBstr = L"I am a happy BSTR";

虽然可以编译链接，但它没有长度前缀。正确的用法是下面这样：

#include <iostream>
#include <comdef.h>	// or WTypes.h

int main()
{
	BSTR bstrMyStr = SysAllocString(L"hello");
	wprintf(L"%s\n",bstrMyStr);
	SysFreeString(bstrMyStr);

	system("pause");
	return 0;
}

这是涉及中文等宽字节字符时，COM方法会出问题。

4. _bstr_t

COM中一共提供了两个类来对BSTR进行封装，一个是编译器提供的COM支持类：_bstr_t，另一个则是ATL库提供的包裹类CComBSTR。

_bstr_t的封装层次较低，它更适合作为转换头，提供char、wchar_t类型到BSTR类型之间的转换。

它的构造函数很多，内部封装了SysAllocString和SysFreeString来分配和释放内存，还会涉及浅拷贝、_variant_t类等，需要查询msdn。

_variant_t类封装了VARIANT数据类型，管理资源申请和释放，调用 VariantInit和VariantClear函数。

定义位于头文件comutil.h，和库comsuppw.lib（或者comsuppwd.lib），当然直接包含comdef头文件即可。

它的赋值运算符会返回BSTR地址，慎用。

官方示例：

// _bstr_t_Assign.cpp

#include <comdef.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    // creates a _bstr_t wrapper
    _bstr_t bstrWrapper;

    // creates BSTR and attaches to it
    bstrWrapper = "some text";
    wprintf_s(L"bstrWrapper = %s\n",
              static_cast<wchar_t*>(bstrWrapper));
    //"some text"

    // bstrWrapper releases its BSTR
    BSTR bstr = bstrWrapper.Detach();
    wprintf_s(L"bstrWrapper = %s\n",
              static_cast<wchar_t*>(bstrWrapper));
    // "(null)"
    
    // "some text"
    wprintf_s(L"bstr = %s\n", bstr);

    bstrWrapper.Attach(SysAllocString(OLESTR("SysAllocedString")));
    wprintf_s(L"bstrWrapper = %s\n",
              static_cast<wchar_t*>(bstrWrapper));
    // "SysAllocedString"

    // assign a BSTR to our _bstr_t
    bstrWrapper.Assign(bstr);
    wprintf_s(L"bstrWrapper = %s\n",
              static_cast<wchar_t*>(bstrWrapper));
    // "some text"

    // done with BSTR, do manual cleanup
    SysFreeString(bstr);

    // resuse bstr
    bstr= SysAllocString(OLESTR("Yet another string"));
    // two wrappers, one BSTR
    _bstr_t bstrWrapper2 = bstrWrapper;

    *bstrWrapper.GetAddress() = bstr;

    // bstrWrapper and bstrWrapper2 do still point to BSTR
    bstr = 0;
    wprintf_s(L"bstrWrapper = %s\n",
              static_cast<wchar_t*>(bstrWrapper));
    // "Yet another string"
    wprintf_s(L"bstrWrapper2 = %s\n",
              static_cast<wchar_t*>(bstrWrapper2));
    // "some text"

    // new value into BSTR
    _snwprintf_s(bstrWrapper.GetBSTR(), 100, bstrWrapper.length(),
                 L"changing BSTR");
    wprintf_s(L"bstrWrapper = %s\n",
              static_cast<wchar_t*>(bstrWrapper));
    // "changing BSTR"
    wprintf_s(L"bstrWrapper2 = %s\n",
              static_cast<wchar_t*>(bstrWrapper2));
    // "some text"
}

注意

3点：

• 内部采用引用计数来管理字符串
• 构造或操作的过程是有可能抛出异常
• 在调用Detach脱离BSTR字符串之后，是需要手动调用SysFreeString来释放内存的，否则会造成内存泄露问题。

5. CComBSTR

头文件：atlbase.h

CComBSTR对BSTR（成员m_str）的封装层次更高，如果要操作BSTR，建议使用CComBSTR。

Do not pass an ordinary wide-character string to this method. The compiler cannot catch the error and run time errors will occur.

部分函数成功则返回HRESULT类型S_OK。

转换成ANSI：

// _bstr_t_Assign.cpp

#include <atlbase.h>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    // Declare a CComBSTR object. Although the argument is ANSI,
	// the constructor converts it into UNICODE.
    CComBSTR bstrMyString("Hello World");
    // Convert the string into an ANSI string
    CW2A szMyString(bstrMyString);

   std::cout << szMyString << std::endl;

    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

正确的返回方法：

// The wrong way to do it
BSTR * MyBadFunction()
{
   // Create the CComBSTR object
   CComBSTR bstrString(L"Hello World");
   // Convert the string to uppercase
   HRESULT hr;
   hr = bstrString.ToUpper();

   // Return a pointer to the BSTR. ** Bad thing to do **
   return &bstrString;
}
// The correct way to do it
HRESULT MyGoodFunction(/*[out]*/ BSTR* bstrStringPtr)
{
   // Create the CComBSTR object
   CComBSTR bstrString(L"Hello World");
   // Convert the string to uppercase
   HRESULT hr;
   hr = bstrString.ToUpper();
   if (hr != S_OK)
       return hr;
   // Return a copy of the string.
   return bstrString.CopyTo(bstrStringPtr);
}

注意

不要在循环中Append()，这种情况CString更合适。

不要用SysFreeString手动释放CComBSTR。

小心下面这样的内存泄漏问题。传给out参数时，应该调用一下Empty释放m_str，但如果是_in_out

CComBSTR bstrLeak(L"Initialized");
// bstrLeak.Empty();
HRESULT hr = MyGoodFunction(&bstrLeak);

6. CString

头文件：atlstr.h，父类是CSimpleString。

它是基于引用计数的，可以使用成员函数LockBuffer()将引用计数置为-1，锁定状态下，既不能增加引用，也不能指向其它缓冲区。Unlock会将引用计数置为1.

CString内部也是VB风格字符串，当然和BSTR一样也支持C风格函数。

CStringA aCString = "A string";
char myString[256];
strcpy(myString, (LPCSTR)aCString);

// T style
CString theString(_T("This is a test"));
int sizeOfString = (theString.GetLength() + 1);
LPTSTR lpsz = new TCHAR[sizeOfString];
_tcscpy_s(lpsz, sizeOfString, theString);

操作方法：

1. GetBuffer()获得指针
2. Do Something， like writing…
3. ReleaseBuffer()，更新状态，比如长度

GetBuffer的参数和当前类型有关，如果是W版，参数就是word数。

7. 转换

7.1 Converting from char *

// convert_from_char.cpp
// compile with: /clr /link comsuppw.lib

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>

#include "atlbase.h"
#include "atlstr.h"
#include "comutil.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace System;

int main()
{
    // Create and display a C style string, and then use it
    // to create different kinds of strings.
    char *orig = "Hello, World!";
    cout << orig << " (char *)" << endl;

    // newsize describes the length of the
    // wchar_t string called wcstring in terms of the number
    // of wide characters, not the number of bytes.
    size_t newsize = strlen(orig) + 1;

    // The following creates a buffer large enough to contain
    // the exact number of characters in the original string
    // in the new format. If you want to add more characters
    // to the end of the string, increase the value of newsize
    // to increase the size of the buffer.
    wchar_t * wcstring = new wchar_t[newsize];

    // Convert char* string to a wchar_t* string.
    size_t convertedChars = 0;
    mbstowcs_s(&convertedChars, wcstring, newsize, orig, _TRUNCATE);
    // Display the result and indicate the type of string that it is.
    wcout << wcstring << _T(" (wchar_t *)") << endl;

    // Convert the C style string to a _bstr_t string.
    _bstr_t bstrt(orig);
    // Append the type of string to the new string
    // and then display the result.
    bstrt += " (_bstr_t)";
    cout << bstrt << endl;

    // Convert the C style string to a CComBSTR string.
    CComBSTR ccombstr(orig);
    if (ccombstr.Append(_T(" (CComBSTR)")) == S_OK)
    {
        CW2A printstr(ccombstr);
        cout << printstr << endl;
    }

    // Convert the C style string to a CStringA and display it.
    CStringA cstringa(orig);
    cstringa += " (CStringA)";
    cout << cstringa << endl;

    // Convert the C style string to a CStringW and display it.
    CStringW cstring(orig);
    cstring += " (CStringW)";
    // To display a CStringW correctly, use wcout and cast cstring
    // to (LPCTSTR).
    wcout << (LPCTSTR)cstring << endl;

    // Convert the C style string to a basic_string and display it.
    string basicstring(orig);
    basicstring += " (basic_string)";
    cout << basicstring << endl;

    // Convert the C style string to a System::String and display it.
    String ^systemstring = gcnew String(orig);
    systemstring += " (System::String)";
    Console::WriteLine("{0}", systemstring);
    delete systemstring;
}

7.2 Converting from wchar_t *

// convert_from_wchar_t.cpp
// compile with: /clr /link comsuppw.lib

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>

#include "atlbase.h"
#include "atlstr.h"
#include "comutil.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace System;

int main()
{
    // Create a string of wide characters, display it, and then
    // use this string to create other types of strings.
    wchar_t *orig = _T("Hello, World!");
    wcout << orig << _T(" (wchar_t *)") << endl;

    // Convert the wchar_t string to a char* string. Record
    // the length of the original string and add 1 to it to
    // account for the terminating null character.
    size_t origsize = wcslen(orig) + 1;
    size_t convertedChars = 0;

    // Use a multibyte string to append the type of string
    // to the new string before displaying the result.
    char strConcat[] = " (char *)";
    size_t strConcatsize = (strlen( strConcat ) + 1)*2;

    // Allocate two bytes in the multibyte output string for every wide
    // character in the input string (including a wide character
    // null). Because a multibyte character can be one or two bytes,
    // you should allot two bytes for each character. Having extra
    // space for the new string is not an error, but having
    // insufficient space is a potential security problem.
    const size_t newsize = origsize*2;
    // The new string will contain a converted copy of the original
    // string plus the type of string appended to it.
    char *nstring = new char[newsize+strConcatsize];

    // Put a copy of the converted string into nstring
    wcstombs_s(&convertedChars, nstring, newsize, orig, _TRUNCATE);
    // append the type of string to the new string.
    _mbscat_s((unsigned char*)nstring, newsize+strConcatsize, (unsigned char*)strConcat);
    // Display the result.
    cout << nstring << endl;

    // Convert a wchar_t to a _bstr_t string and display it.
    _bstr_t bstrt(orig);
    bstrt += " (_bstr_t)";
    cout << bstrt << endl;

    // Convert the wchar_t string to a BSTR wide character string
    // by using the ATL CComBSTR wrapper class for BSTR strings.
    // Then display the result.

    CComBSTR ccombstr(orig);
    if (ccombstr.Append(_T(" (CComBSTR)")) == S_OK)
    {
        // CW2A converts the string in ccombstr to a multibyte
        // string in printstr, used here for display output.
        CW2A printstr(ccombstr);
        cout << printstr << endl;
        // The following line of code is an easier way to
        // display wide character strings:
        wcout << (LPCTSTR) ccombstr << endl;
    }

    // Convert a wide wchar_t string to a multibyte CStringA,
    // append the type of string to it, and display the result.
    CStringA cstringa(orig);
    cstringa += " (CStringA)";
    cout << cstringa << endl;

    // Convert a wide character wchar_t string to a wide
    // character CStringW string and append the type of string to it
    CStringW cstring(orig);
    cstring += " (CStringW)";
    // To display a CStringW correctly, use wcout and cast cstring
    // to (LPCTSTR).
    wcout << (LPCTSTR)cstring << endl;

    // Convert the wide character wchar_t string to a
    // basic_string, append the type of string to it, and
    // display the result.
    wstring basicstring(orig);
    basicstring += _T(" (basic_string)");
    wcout << basicstring << endl;

    // Convert a wide character wchar_t string to a
    // System::String string, append the type of string to it,
    // and display the result.
    String ^systemstring = gcnew String(orig);
    systemstring += " (System::String)";
    Console::WriteLine("{0}", systemstring);
    delete systemstring;
}

7.3 Converting from _bstr_t

// convert_from_bstr_t.cpp
// compile with: /clr /link comsuppw.lib

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>

#include "atlbase.h"
#include "atlstr.h"
#include "comutil.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace System;

int main()
{
    // Create a _bstr_t string, display the result, and indicate the
    // type of string that it is.
    _bstr_t orig("Hello, World!");
    wcout << orig << " (_bstr_t)" << endl;

    // Convert the wide character _bstr_t string to a C style
    // string. To be safe, allocate two bytes for each character
    // in the char* string, including the terminating null.
    const size_t newsize = (orig.length()+1)*2;
    char *nstring = new char[newsize];

    // Uses the _bstr_t operator (char *) to obtain a null
    // terminated string from the _bstr_t object for
    // nstring.
    strcpy_s(nstring, newsize, (char *)orig);
    strcat_s(nstring, newsize, " (char *)");
    cout << nstring << endl;

    // Prepare the type of string to append to the result.
    wchar_t strConcat[] = _T(" (wchar_t *)");
    size_t strConcatLen = wcslen(strConcat) + 1;

    // Convert a _bstr_t to a wchar_t* string.
    const size_t widesize = orig.length()+ strConcatLen;
    wchar_t *wcstring = new wchar_t[newsize];
    wcscpy_s(wcstring, widesize, (wchar_t *)orig);
    wcscat_s(wcstring, widesize, strConcat);
    wcout << wcstring << endl;

    // Convert a _bstr_t string to a CComBSTR string.
    CComBSTR ccombstr((char *)orig);
    if (ccombstr.Append(_T(" (CComBSTR)")) == S_OK)
    {
        CW2A printstr(ccombstr);
        cout << printstr << endl;
    }

    // Convert a _bstr_t to a CStringA string.
    CStringA cstringa(orig.GetBSTR());
    cstringa += " (CStringA)";
    cout << cstringa << endl;

    // Convert a _bstr_t to a CStringW string.
    CStringW cstring(orig.GetBSTR());
    cstring += " (CStringW)";
    // To display a cstring correctly, use wcout and
    // "cast" the cstring to (LPCTSTR).
    wcout << (LPCTSTR)cstring << endl;

    // Convert the _bstr_t to a basic_string.
    string basicstring((char *)orig);
    basicstring += " (basic_string)";
    cout << basicstring << endl;

    // Convert the _bstr_t to a System::String.
    String ^systemstring = gcnew String((char *)orig);
    systemstring += " (System::String)";
    Console::WriteLine("{0}", systemstring);
    delete systemstring;
}

7.4 Converting from CComBSTR

// convert_from_ccombstr.cpp
// compile with: /clr /link comsuppw.lib

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>

#include "atlbase.h"
#include "atlstr.h"
#include "comutil.h"
#include "vcclr.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;

int main()
{
    // Create and initialize a BSTR string by using a CComBSTR object.
    CComBSTR orig("Hello, World!");
    // Convert the BSTR into a multibyte string, display the result,
    // and indicate the type of string that it is.
    CW2A printstr(orig);
    cout << printstr << " (CComBSTR)" << endl;

    // Convert a wide character CComBSTR string to a
    // regular multibyte char* string. Allocate enough space
    // in the new string for the largest possible result,
    // including space for a terminating null.
    const size_t newsize = (orig.Length()+1)*2;
    char *nstring = new char[newsize];

    // Create a string conversion object, copy the result to
    // the new char* string, and display the result.
    CW2A tmpstr1(orig);
    strcpy_s(nstring, newsize, tmpstr1);
    cout << nstring << " (char *)" << endl;

    // Prepare the type of string to append to the result.
    wchar_t strConcat[] = _T(" (wchar_t *)");
    size_t strConcatLen = wcslen(strConcat) + 1;

    // Convert a wide character CComBSTR string to a wchar_t*.
    // The code first determines the length of the converted string
    // plus the length of the appended type of string, then
    // prepares the final wchar_t string for display.
    const size_t widesize = orig.Length()+ strConcatLen;
    wchar_t *wcstring = new wchar_t[widesize];
    wcscpy_s(wcstring, widesize, orig);
    wcscat_s(wcstring, widesize, strConcat);

    // Display the result. Unlike CStringW, a wchar_t does not need
    // a cast to (LPCTSTR) with wcout.
    wcout << wcstring << endl;

    // Convert a wide character CComBSTR to a wide character _bstr_t,
    // append the type of string to it, and display the result.
    _bstr_t bstrt(orig);
    bstrt += " (_bstr_t)";
    cout << bstrt << endl;

    // Convert a wide character CComBSTR to a multibyte CStringA,
    // append the type of string to it, and display the result.
    CStringA cstringa(orig);
    cstringa += " (CStringA)";
    cout << cstringa << endl;

    // Convert a wide character CComBSTR to a wide character CStringW.
    CStringW cstring(orig);
    cstring += " (CStringW)";
    // To display a cstring correctly, use wcout and cast cstring
    // to (LPCTSTR).
    wcout << (LPCTSTR)cstring << endl;

    // Convert a wide character CComBSTR to a wide character
    // basic_string.
    wstring basicstring(orig);
    basicstring += _T(" (basic_string)");
    wcout << basicstring << endl;

    // Convert a wide character CComBSTR to a System::String.
    String ^systemstring = gcnew String(orig);
    systemstring += " (System::String)";
    Console::WriteLine("{0}", systemstring);
    delete systemstring;
}

7.5 Converting from CString

// convert_from_cstring.cpp
// compile with: /clr /link comsuppw.lib

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>

#include "atlbase.h"
#include "atlstr.h"
#include "comutil.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace System;

int main()
{
    // Set up a multibyte CStringA string.
    CStringA origa("Hello, World!");
    cout << origa << " (CStringA)" << endl;
    
    // Set up a wide character CStringW string.
    CStringW origw("Hello, World!");
    wcout << (LPCTSTR)origw << _T(" (CStringW)") << endl;

    // Convert to a char* string from CStringA string
    // and display the result.
    const size_t newsizea = (origa.GetLength() + 1);
    char *nstringa = new char[newsizea];
    strcpy_s(nstringa, newsizea, origa);
    cout << nstringa << " (char *)" << endl;

    // Convert to a char* string from a wide character
    // CStringW string. To be safe, we allocate two bytes for each
    // character in the original string, including the terminating
    // null.
    const size_t newsizew = (origw.GetLength() + 1)*2;
    char *nstringw = new char[newsizew];
    size_t convertedCharsw = 0;
    wcstombs_s(&convertedCharsw, nstringw, newsizew, origw, _TRUNCATE );
    cout << nstringw << " (char *)" << endl;

    // Convert to a wchar_t* from CStringA
    size_t convertedCharsa = 0;
    wchar_t *wcstring = new wchar_t[newsizea];
    mbstowcs_s(&convertedCharsa, wcstring, newsizea, origa, _TRUNCATE);
    wcout << wcstring << _T(" (wchar_t *)") << endl;

    // Convert to a wide character wchar_t* string from
    // a wide character CStringW string.
    wchar_t *n2stringw = new wchar_t[newsizew];
    wcscpy_s( n2stringw, newsizew, origw );
    wcout << n2stringw << _T(" (wchar_t *)") << endl;

    // Convert to a wide character _bstr_t string from
    // a multibyte CStringA string.
    _bstr_t bstrt(origa);
    bstrt += _T(" (_bstr_t)");
    wcout << bstrt << endl;

    // Convert to a wide character _bstr_t string from
    // a wide character CStringW string.
    bstr_t bstrtw(origw);
    bstrtw += " (_bstr_t)";
    wcout << bstrtw << endl;

    // Convert to a wide character CComBSTR string from
    // a multibyte character CStringA string.
    CComBSTR ccombstr(origa);
    if (ccombstr.Append(_T(" (CComBSTR)")) == S_OK)
    {
        // Convert the wide character string to multibyte
        // for printing.
        CW2A printstr(ccombstr);
        cout << printstr << endl;
    }

    // Convert to a wide character CComBSTR string from
    // a wide character CStringW string.
    CComBSTR ccombstrw(origw);
    
    // Append the type of string to it, and display the result.
    if (ccombstrw.Append(_T(" (CComBSTR)")) == S_OK)
    {
        CW2A printstrw(ccombstrw);
        wcout << printstrw << endl;
    }

    // Convert a multibyte character CStringA to a
    // multibyte version of a basic_string string.
    string basicstring(origa);
    basicstring += " (basic_string)";
    cout << basicstring << endl;

    // Convert a wide character CStringW to a
    // wide character version of a basic_string
    // string.
    wstring basicstringw(origw);
    basicstringw += _T(" (basic_string)");
    wcout << basicstringw << endl;

    // Convert a multibyte character CStringA to a
    // System::String.
    String ^systemstring = gcnew String(origa);
    systemstring += " (System::String)";
    Console::WriteLine("{0}", systemstring);
    delete systemstring;
    
    // Convert a wide character CStringW to a
    // System::String.
    String ^systemstringw = gcnew String(origw);
    systemstringw += " (System::String)";
    Console::WriteLine("{0}", systemstringw);
    delete systemstringw;
}

7.6 Converting from basic_string

// convert_from_basic_string.cpp
// compile with: /clr /link comsuppw.lib

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>

#include "atlbase.h"
#include "atlstr.h"
#include "comutil.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace System;

int main()
{
    // Set up a basic_string string.
    string orig("Hello, World!");
    cout << orig << " (basic_string)" << endl;

    // Convert a wide character basic_string string to a multibyte char*
    // string. To be safe, we allocate two bytes for each character
    // in the original string, including the terminating null.
    const size_t newsize = (strlen(orig.c_str()) + 1)*2;
    char *nstring = new char[newsize];
    strcpy_s(nstring, newsize, orig.c_str());
    cout << nstring << " (char *)" << endl;

    // Convert a basic_string string to a wide character
    // wchar_t* string. You must first convert to a char*
    // for this to work.
    const size_t newsizew = strlen(orig.c_str()) + 1;
    size_t convertedChars = 0;
    wchar_t *wcstring = new wchar_t[newsizew];
    mbstowcs_s(&convertedChars, wcstring, newsizew, orig.c_str(), _TRUNCATE);
    wcout << wcstring << _T(" (wchar_t *)") << endl;

    // Convert a basic_string string to a wide character
    // _bstr_t string.
    _bstr_t bstrt(orig.c_str());
    bstrt += _T(" (_bstr_t)");
    wcout << bstrt << endl;

    // Convert a basic_string string to a wide character
    // CComBSTR string.
    CComBSTR ccombstr(orig.c_str());
    if (ccombstr.Append(_T(" (CComBSTR)")) == S_OK)
    {
        // Make a multibyte version of the CComBSTR string
        // and display the result.
        CW2A printstr(ccombstr);
        cout << printstr << endl;
    }

    // Convert a basic_string string into a multibyte
    // CStringA string.
    CStringA cstring(orig.c_str());
    cstring += " (CStringA)";
    cout << cstring << endl;

    // Convert a basic_string string into a wide
    // character CStringW string.
    CStringW cstringw(orig.c_str());
    cstringw += _T(" (CStringW)");
    wcout << (LPCTSTR)cstringw << endl;

    // Convert a basic_string string to a System::String
    String ^systemstring = gcnew String(orig.c_str());
    systemstring += " (System::String)";
    Console::WriteLine("{0}", systemstring);
    delete systemstring;
}

7.7 Converting from System::String

// convert_from_system_string.cpp
// compile with: /clr /link comsuppw.lib

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>

#include "atlbase.h"
#include "atlstr.h"
#include "comutil.h"
#include "vcclr.h"

using namespace std;
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;

int main()
{
    // Set up a System::String and display the result.
    String ^orig = gcnew String("Hello, World!");
    Console::WriteLine("{0} (System::String)", orig);

    // Obtain a pointer to the System::String in order to
    // first lock memory into place, so that the
    // Garbage Collector (GC) cannot move that object
    // while we call native functions.
    pin_ptr<const wchar_t> wch = PtrToStringChars(orig);

    // Make a copy of the System::String as a multibyte
    // char* string. Allocate two bytes in the multibyte
    // output string for every wide character in the input
    // string, including space for a terminating null.
    size_t origsize = wcslen(wch) + 1;
    const size_t newsize = origsize*2;
    size_t convertedChars = 0;
    char *nstring = new char[newsize];
    wcstombs_s(&convertedChars, nstring, newsize, wch, _TRUNCATE);
    cout << nstring << " (char *)" << endl;

    // Convert a wide character System::String to a
    // wide character wchar_t* string.
    const size_t newsizew = origsize;
    wchar_t *wcstring = new wchar_t[newsizew];
    wcscpy_s(wcstring, newsizew, wch);
    wcout << wcstring << _T(" (wchar_t *)") << endl;

    // Convert a wide character System::String to a
    // wide character _bstr_t string.
    _bstr_t bstrt(wch);
    bstrt += " (_bstr_t)";
    cout << bstrt << endl;

    // Convert a wide character System::String
    // to a wide character CComBSTR string.
    CComBSTR ccombstr(wch);
    if (ccombstr.Append(_T(" (CComBSTR)")) == S_OK)
    {
        // Make a multibyte copy of the CComBSTR string
        // and display the result.
        CW2A printstr(ccombstr);
        cout << printstr << endl;
    }

    // Convert a wide character System::String to
    // a multibyte CStringA string.
    CStringA cstring(wch);
    cstring += " (CStringA)";
    cout << cstring << endl;

    // Convert a wide character System::String to
    // a wide character CStringW string.
    CStringW cstringw(wch);
    cstringw += " (CStringW)";
    wcout << (LPCTSTR)cstringw << endl;

    // Convert a wide character System::String to
    // a wide character basic_string.
    wstring basicstring(wch);
    basicstring += _T(" (basic_string)");
    wcout << basicstring << endl;

    delete orig;
}