#include <vcclr.h
To keep our code a little "cleaner" I'd like to encapsulate the converting of System::Strings to char pointers
I know putting the code in a function will not work because when the __pin goes out of scope, the string is no longer locked in memory

Would making the function inline work (keep the __pin in scope)
Is there anywhat to test this

Thanks, Steve

inline const __wchar_t * SysStringToLPCSTR(System::String *String

   const __wchar_t __pin * PinnedStr
   const __wchar_t       * PointerStr

   PinnedStr = PtrToStringChars(String)
   PointerStr = ( const __wchar_t *)(PinnedStr)
   return PointerStr
}