VB equivalent to C++ char *

Hi group,

I have a vb.net project (vb2005) which needs to call a C++ class module which I have added to the project. The C++ module accepts as input a char * variable, which has no equivalent in vb. On the vb side the variable is a string. I have successfully added and tested simple C++ calls and they all work fine, but I cannot get this to work, best I can do is to get vb to think its of type SByte.

I'm told that in .Net all data types are compatible at some level. I need to somehow represent a string as char * in vb, or a char pointer as string in C++, but don't know how to do it or the best way to go about. I'm totally rusty at C++ and would rather do it in vb.

Thanks...

Maybe our enemies have a solution :

http://www.codeproject.com/Questions...nter-in-VB-Net

Just pass the String as you normally would. P/Invoke would take care of the rest. Can you post your declaration of this function ?