WindowsRuntimeMarshal.StringToHString(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime

Assembly:: System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

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Allocates a Windows RuntimeHSTRING and copies the specified managed string to it.

This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

public:
 static IntPtr StringToHString(System::String ^ s);

[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public static IntPtr StringToHString (string s);

public static IntPtr StringToHString (string s);

[<System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
static member StringToHString : string -> nativeint

static member StringToHString : string -> nativeint

Public Shared Function StringToHString (s As String) As IntPtr

Parameters

s: String

The managed string to copy.

Returns

IntPtr

nativeint

An unmanaged pointer to the new HSTRING, or Zero if s is Empty.

Attributes: SecurityCriticalAttribute

Exceptions

PlatformNotSupportedException

The Windows Runtime is not supported on the current version of the operating system.

ArgumentNullException

s is null.

Remarks

Use the FreeHString method to release the HSTRING when you are done using it.

Applies to