Hi guys, i am very new to C++, any one have any idea how i can convert BSTR to const char*?

Thanks in advance.

Use one of the ATL conversion macros.
For this puppose OLE2T might work.

Regards
Ankur

Thanks, i will try that and let you know how it goes!

Hello Ankur_Verma,

I am afraid the macros did not work..i guess that is because i am not using them properly.

I will appreciate any ideas on how exactly to proceed.

Thanks.

They showed an error 'didnt work' or were they not what
you needed 'didnt work'? Its an ATL/MFC project that we are
discussin here right?
I'll add that before you could use any of these MACROS anywhere you
need to state USES_CONVERSION; in that scope.

And yes, all my friends call me Ankur_Verma (pronounce Ankur underscore Verma) only, so what you did was nothing new. I'm also known to have responded to just "Ankur" though. You might wanna try that.

Regards
Ankur

Hello Ankur, sorry i did not get your name quite right the first time i tried.

Anyway, yes it is an ATL project indeed. But the problem was far more complex than i'd initially thought. thanks for all your effort. I am at the present trying to rewrite the project and will almost definitely be coming to you guys again for some help.

Thanks again.