Problem: How to convert CString into const char * in C++ MFC

Question

How do I convert CString into const char *? I have tried everything found on the internet but I still cant convert them.

Please help.

Thank you.

Answer 1

I know it's late, but I couldn't use the marked-as-answer solution. I search all over the internet and nothing worked for me. I muscled through it to get a solution:

char * convertToCharArr(CString str) {
    int x = 0;
    string s = "";
    while (x < str.GetLength()) {
        char c = str.GetAt(x++);
        s += c;
    }
    char * output = (char *)calloc(str.GetLength() + 1, sizeof(char));
    memcpy(output, s.c_str(), str.GetLength() + 1);
    return output;
}