PtrToStringAnsi Method (IntPtr)
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Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi Method (IntPtr)

For apps that target Windows Phone OS 7.0 and 7.1, do not use any members of this type in your app. If you do, your code will throw a MethodAccessException. This type is security-critical, which restricts it to internal use by the .NET Framework for Windows Phone class library.
[SECURITY CRITICAL]

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Copies all characters up to the first null from an unmanaged ANSI string to a managed String. Widens each ANSI character to Unicode.

Namespace:  System.Runtime.InteropServices
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
<SecurityCriticalAttribute> _
Public Shared Function PtrToStringAnsi ( _
	ptr As IntPtr _
) As String

Parameters

ptr
Type: System.IntPtr
The address of the first character of the unmanaged string.

Return Value

Type: System.String
A managed String object that holds a copy of the unmanaged ANSI string. If ptr is Nothing, the method returns a null string.

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0

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