https://forge.codesys.com/forge/talk/Runtime/thread/211d4e9b69/2022-07-20T12:51:28.650000ZRecent posts to CharBufferString - Initialize from a WString2022-07-20T12:51:28.650000Z2022-07-20T12:51:28.650000Zjohndoe67https://forge.codesys.com/u/johndoe67/https://forge.codesys.comeb0966403476868b68cdb50bb47e435d95d975c2

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Ok, thanks for the quick feedback</p></div>

2022-07-20T11:57:09.238000Z2022-07-20T11:57:09.238000Zstmoshttps://forge.codesys.com/u/stmos/https://forge.codesys.com535e84b398ec728e0a5adf00a576e59786b47cf3

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Hi,<br/> I'm sorry, but no... I don't have a sample project at the moment. I'm not even really an expert with the CharBufferString... 😢</p></div>

2022-07-20T06:31:46.054000Z2022-07-20T06:31:46.054000Zjohndoe67https://forge.codesys.com/u/johndoe67/https://forge.codesys.com8e4a49ab214a38520cb0457221052b70c2aaa9ba

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Hello stmos,<br/> I just start to work with the CharBufferString. Do you maybe have a simple example project to understand how it works?</p></div>

2020-11-12T11:07:00.274000Z2020-11-12T11:07:00.274000Zsgronchihttps://forge.codesys.com/u/sgronchi/https://forge.codesys.com1744e4c11eedffaab7367c0caaa8a56ba4a9bf47

<div class="markdown_content"><p>You need to use the method Initialize passing the pointer to the WSTRING and the proper __SYSTEM.TYPE_CLASS, i.e __SYSTEM.TYPE_CLASS.TYPE_WSTRING.</p></div>

2020-11-12T09:40:32.648000Z2020-11-12T09:40:32.648000Zstmoshttps://forge.codesys.com/u/stmos/https://forge.codesys.com9879907fca775a3c764c8012f115d6b7a1ecfebc

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Hello,<br/> I can't find a way to initialize a CharBufferString from a WString.</p> <p>I've done something similar for a STRING:</p> <p>Declaration:</p> <div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span> <span class="nt">astring</span> <span class="o">:</span> <span class="nt">STRING</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nt">1000</span><span class="o">);</span> <span class="nt">cbs</span> <span class="o">:</span> <span class="nt">Stu</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">CharBufferString</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nt">uiBufferSize</span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="nt">2000</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nt">stringType</span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="nt">__SYSTEM</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">TYPE_CLASS</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">TYPE_STRING</span><span class="o">);</span> <span class="nt">pst</span> <span class="o">:</span> <span class="nt">POINTER</span> <span class="nt">TO</span> <span class="nt">STRING</span><span class="o">;</span> </pre></div> <p>Code:</p> <div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">astring</span><span class="o">:=</span><span class="s1">'... a very long string ...'</span><span class="o">;</span> <span class="nt">cbs</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">FromString</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nt">astring</span><span class="o">);</span> <span class="nt">pst</span> <span class="o">:=</span> <span class="nt">cbs</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nc">m_cbpBuffer</span><span class="o">;</span> </pre></div> <p>But I can't find a "FromString" method that takes a WSTRING.<br/> Any idea?</p> <p>Thanks in advance.</p></div>