char* to string^ conversion

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Your code is not clear. If name is a native char * then you need to convert from String back to char * like this:

   char* str2 = (char*)(void*)Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(managedString);       
   strncpy(destNativePtr, str2); // Or whatever you want
   Marshal::FreeHGlobal(str2); // Required

StringToHGlobalAnsi() allocates memory for you that needs a call to FreeHGlobal() in order to release it.