found the answer on this forum:

http://www.xtremedotnettalk.com/showthread.php?t=71907

This is easy to figure out but you can also combine the 2 lines:

String * fname = “Whatever String”;

char* ufname = ( char * ) ( void * ) Marshal::StringToHGlobalAnsi(fname);
// do your stuff with ufname here
Marshal::FreeHGlobal((int)ufname);

This is a very nice article, I found on for CString management. In fact it is an in depth , one place explanation for various unanswered String questions that you must have encountered in C++.

http://www.flounder.com/cstring.htm

1) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;311259

2) http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-372096.html

2) http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/Cpp/cpp_managed/moving/article.php/c8031/

Found a nice link for people who want to use dll written in old C++ (.NET) (unmanaged)

http://www.brainbell.com/tutors/C_Sharp/Interoperating_with_Unmanaged_Code.htm

http://bytes.com/groups/net-c/224293-how-change-height-textbox

Check out the link below to make your google search more effective..

http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/1264/12-Quick-Tips-To-Search-Google-Like-An-Expert.aspx

Here are some useful linkds…

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/mcpp/Forms_Managed_C___Forms.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa290064.aspx

Today, I was trying to learn more about the difference between managed and unmanaged code. Below are some useful links that I came accross..

1) Explanation …

http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2004/01/09/48925.aspx

http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=370170

2) Microsoft Research guys write an OS using managed code.

http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/Singularity-A-research-OS-written-in-C/

3) http://forum.cheatengine.org/viewtopic.php?t=269792&view=next&sid=7977de86c117d49814fdb848bb6d3486