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Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi implicit

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Dlanor - 26 Oct 2004 18:51 GMT
Does the following code cause a memory leak in .NET?

Void Function1()
{
hFile= CreateFile(static_cast<const char
*>(Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(s).ToPointer()),
                    GENERIC_WRITE,                
                    0,                            
                    NULL,                          
                    CREATE_ALWAYS,                
                    FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,        
                    NULL);                        

}
The part that I am concerned about here is the
Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi.  When is the const char * destroyed or
is it?

Thanks

Ron
Jochen Kalmbach - 26 Oct 2004 19:37 GMT
Hi Dlanor,

> Does the following code cause a memory leak in .NET?
> *>(Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(s).ToPointer()),

No. But it does create a memory leak in the unmanaged world.

Please use FreeHGlobal() to free the string again..

See also: Convert from System::String* to TCHAR*/CString
http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/?postid=18

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