Why can't I declare a string in my program: “string is undeclared identifier”

Question

I can\'t declare a string in my program:

string MessageBoxText = CharNameTextBox->Text;

it just doesn\'t work. It says string is u

Answer 1

Are you by any way compiling using C++/CLI, the Microsoft extension for .NET, and not standard ISO C++?

In that case you should do the following:

System::String^ MessageBoxText = CharNameTextBox->Text;

Also see the following articles:

• How to: Convert Between Various String Types
• How to: Convert System::String to Standard String
• How to: Convert Standard String to System::String