error C2065: 'CString' : undeclared identifier

[misst]

Hi!!
Compiling from vc++ 6.0 to vc++ 7.0 it gives me this error:

error C2065: 'CString' : undeclared identifier


why??
What do I have to do??
i haven't found anything on web!

thank you

[Andreas Masur]

What kind of application is that? Console one? MFC one?

[DeepButi]

Did you#include atlstr.h>?

(it should be a "<" before atlstr but the rest of the line gets removed if I post it :confused: )

[misst]

thankyou!!
I was missing include <atlstr.h>:D

[rajshreedugar]

Caution:-

If you directly access the CString variable in a Win32 console application, you will get the address and not the content. In order to access the content of the variable you need to convert it to a native C++ type (for eg: std::string). My suggestion is to use std::string instead unless it is absolutely necessary to use CString. It is very much possible to use CString but not recommended due to conversion overhead. Pick your choice.

Cheers,
Rajshree Dugar