Ron - Don't know if this is what you're looking for, but the following article talks about converting a string* to lpctstr
http://www.codeproject.com/Purgatory/Mohamed_Shoukry.asp Actually, I think the site talks about a small class that he's implemented to do this type of conversion, but the code may be helpful... Thanks! Michael Oh. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ otlkcon-devel mailing list otlkcon-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/otlkcon-devel